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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Matt Giroux" data-source="post: 3633197" data-attributes="member: 45570">I started myself out on an old rock chucker single stage from the 80s that was passed down to me about 3-4 years ago, and for someone coming in as green as can be it was very good and easy to use, 1 thing I would recommend is an electronic scale for powder measurement. Doesn't have to be anything fancy. Hornady makes one that is like 30-$40 and it has worked well for me. I load mostly straight wall pistol cartridges with the occasional custom 308 load for my deer rifle. I would advise you start with 9mm, 38 spc, 357, something lower pressure and straight wall to get your feet wet and learn. The trimming down to spec and working with necked cartridges such as 308 and 556 took me awhile to get used to and become proficient at. THE BIGGEST thing to remember is take it slow and don't get discouraged, I'm sure others can agree but I can tell you out of the first 500 or so rounds I loaded I had to make corrections in one form or another, go back to my notes and review my load data for that specific 50 rounds then tweak it here and there (Powder Charge, Seating Depth, etc) before I finally found that sweet spot for my gun.</blockquote>