Reload Outfit Cost

[Faulkner]

One thing about the Lee handloader is that once you get the routine done you can reload load up to 50 rounds an hour.
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Just for the sake of comparison, I started out from scratch 10 years ago with a Dillon 550B progressive. Once I got the routine down I can load 400 rounds an hour.

Looking at the most recent Dillon "Blue Press" catalog, I'd estimate it would cost about $600 to start out, but Dillon is quality top line equipment with a lifetime no BS warranty. Secondly, with my limited leisure time it's worth the extra investment to be able to turn out 4 or 5 times the quantity of ammo in the same time frame of a single stage.

 

[buckbeans]

I brought a friend along to to a gun show looking for reloading equipment last spring and was able to assemble the basic tools needed to get him started for 116 dollars!!! don't know if I can still do that now.