I started loading .44 Magnum in 1964 using a Lee Loader (about $10 at that time) and a powder scoop. I had no powder measure and no powder scale back then. I used another Lee Loader for 12 ga shotgun shells, also measuring powder with a scoop. Just starting out, you really don't need a powder measure or powder scale right away. Lee makes a set of plastic powder scoops that will work fine for measuring most powders, but it's slow. I still have my first Lee powder scoop set, and for some things, I still use it, even though I now have three powder measures and two (actually three) powder scales. The third scale I have not used since the 1970s. BTW - I have two single stage presses, never had a progressive.