Starting with nothing, what all do I need to get started?

[BCP1980]

Welcome to the forum…..…I have had very good service out of the Lee carbide pistol dies. For the money I believe they are hard to beat.

 

[Rank Amateur]

Are the Lee carbide dies decent?

For what you’re loading they are inexpensive and plenty good enough. No need for high-end dies for straight-wall pistol cartridges.

 

[hpshooter]

The nice feature of a turret press like the OP is purchasing is that it can be used as a single station press since it is manually advanced. Size and prime a loading tray of cases, advance your powder measure station/expanding station over the shell holder charge the cases put them back in the loading tray, seat the bullets them crimp them . A carbide taper crimp die is the cat's PJ's for semi auto rounds that headspace off the case mouth.

Easy peezy and don't have to be taking the dies in and out of the press after they are set up. Once the operator is familiar with the function of each die and has them adjusted to produce rounds that function in their firearm rounds can be run thru each station pretty quickly.

 

[bozo699]

Are the Lee carbide dies decent?

There very good pistol dies. This forum is an excellent place to purchase new and used reloading equipment and components. I’ve personally bought hundreds of items off here and never have had a bad deal, the members of this forum and the forum itself is the best on the web by a large margin.
Welcome to the forum and best of luck with your new journey. I look forward to seeing more posts from you.
Wayne

 

[Don_M2]

There very good pistol dies. This forum is an excellent place to purchase new and used reloading equipment and components. I’ve personally bought hundreds of items off here and never have had a bad deal, the members of this forum and the forum itself is the best on the web by a large margin.
Welcome to the forum and best of luck with your new journey. I look forward to seeing more posts from you.
Wayne

Thanks

 

[Don_M2]

@charlie b

Well, I did the math...I hate math.

With my work discount, my cost for 1,000 rounds of FMJ works out to $0.53 per round.

For my CARRY ammo, again with my work discount, it works out $0.99 to $1.15 per round.

I'll have to go into work to see what I can actually get the components (brass, bullet, primer, powder) for, but my initial math shows that to make FMJ target rounds, my cost per 1,000 is about $0.50 per round PLUS POWDER, and to make a copy of 1,000 of my actual CARRY rounds is $0.63 per round PLUS POWDER!

So the math isn't looking good...

It seems I MIGHT be able to clone my carry rounds for a LITTLE less than factory fodder, but I WON'T carry handloads for self defense, with as lawsuit crazy as everyone has become.

 

[kenhwind]

@charlie b

Well, I did the math...I hate math.

With my work discount, my cost for 1,000 rounds of FMJ works out to $0.53 per round.

For my CARRY ammo, again with my work discount, it works out $0.99 to $1.15 per round.

I'll have to go into work to see what I can actually get the components (brass, bullet, primer, powder) for, but my initial math shows that to make FMJ target rounds, my cost per 1,000 is about $0.50 per round PLUS POWDER, and to make a copy of 1,000 of my actual CARRY rounds is $0.63 per round PLUS POWDER!

So the math isn't looking good...

It seems I MIGHT be able to clone my carry rounds for a LITTLE less than factory fodder, but I WON'T carry handloads for self defense, with as lawsuit crazy as everyone has become.

Yes, but remember the brass is reusable.
9mm Luger isn't really worth it to reload, I do but then I'm not working any longer either and I don't mind reloading.

If you buy your bullets in bulk, you can get the price of bullets down some too.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

I think the days of reloading penciling out to save money is over. It’s just a pursuit to make better more accurate ammo over mass produced factory ammo.

 

[dfrosch]

Loading trays: https://www.midwayusa.com/s?searchTerm=loading tray

 

[Lone Hunter]

I've decided on this press...

LYMAN Brass Smith 8 Station Turret Press SKU: 539000084

Check out LYMAN Brass Smith 8 Station Turret Press SKU: 539000084 with 5 reviews and an overall rating of 4.8, available Online at Brownells Today and many more Reloading Presses products are available in our Reloading Department.

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Other than the 9mm and 10 mm dies and shell holders, what else will I have to have in order to be up and running.

I know I will need:
9 and 10mm brass
9 and 10mm bullets
Large and small pistol primers
Priming tool
Powder (2 lbs to start?)
Powder measure + trickle measure
Powder scale & funnel
Powder scale
Digital Caliper
and....???

You might want to wait and check Black Friday deals. It could save you some money…

 

[bozo699]

I think the days of reloading penciling out to save money is over. It’s just a pursuit to make better more accurate ammo over mass produced factory ammo.

^^^^^^^100%
Wayne

 

[Webster]

I've decided on this press...

LYMAN Brass Smith 8 Station Turret Press SKU: 539000084

Check out LYMAN Brass Smith 8 Station Turret Press SKU: 539000084 with 5 reviews and an overall rating of 4.8, available Online at Brownells Today and many more Reloading Presses products are available in our Reloading Department.

www.brownells.com

Other than the 9mm and 10 mm dies and shell holders, what else will I have to have in order to be up and running.

I know I will need:
9 and 10mm brass
9 and 10mm bullets
Large and small pistol primers
Priming tool
Powder (2 lbs to start?)
Powder measure + trickle measure
Powder scale & funnel
Powder scale
Digital Caliper
and....???

Many of the powder and bullet companies have free reloading data on their website.

 

[Leo_B]

@charlie b

Well, I did the math...I hate math.

With my work discount, my cost for 1,000 rounds of FMJ works out to $0.53 per round.

For my CARRY ammo, again with my work discount, it works out $0.99 to $1.15 per round.

I'll have to go into work to see what I can actually get the components (brass, bullet, primer, powder) for, but my initial math shows that to make FMJ target rounds, my cost per 1,000 is about $0.50 per round PLUS POWDER, and to make a copy of 1,000 of my actual CARRY rounds is $0.63 per round PLUS POWDER!

So the math isn't looking good...

It seems I MIGHT be able to clone my carry rounds for a LITTLE less than factory fodder, but I WON'T carry handloads for self defense, with as lawsuit crazy as everyone has become.

What is your breakdown to come up with 53c per round?

 

[UrsusMagnus]

I think the days of reloading penciling out to save money is over. It’s just a pursuit to make better more accurate ammo over mass produced factory ammo.

That’s it The ability to learn what the gun likes and make custom ammo for any gun in your safe

 

[Don_M2]

What is your breakdown to come up with 53c per round?

For 155gr ball ammo (tax included):
1,000 bullets = $196.83
(XTP Hollowpoints = $319.99)
1,000 cases = $215.50
1,000 primers = $96.26
Powder for 1,000 rds = ?
TOTAL $508.62
÷ 1,000 = $ 0.51
XTP Hollowpoints = $.63 per 1,000

Factory Ammo
PPU ammo 170gr FMJ =
$24.64 box
$527.32 case
+ tax =$582.08
÷ 1000 = $0.58 round
Hornady 155GR XTP Hollowpoints
$27.20 box
$1,088 case
+ tax $1,164
÷ 1,000 = $1.16 round

 

[Kracken McGraw]

You might want to wait and check Black Friday deals. It could save you some money…

Brownell’s has a Black Friday code right now for 15% off and free shipping.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

From the looks of it, if I order this combo, all I'll need to get is the 2 die sets & shell holders (plus the consumables). I have some titanium-carbide dies in my cart @ Brownell's, but I'll check Midway before I "pull the trigger."

I don’t see the combo deal as a good value, there will be things in here you won’t use or you will wish you had got something more mainstream.

 

[pertnear]

I agree with several that have already mentioned that full Black-Friday sales are hitting this coming Friday.

 

[Leo_B]

For 155gr ball ammo (tax included):
1,000 bullets = $196.83
(XTP Hollowpoints = $319.99)
1,000 cases = $215.50
1,000 primers = $96.26
Powder for 1,000 rds = ?
TOTAL $508.62
÷ 1,000 = $ 0.51
XTP Hollowpoints = $.63 per 1,000

Factory Ammo
PPU ammo 170gr FMJ =
$24.64 box
$527.32 case
+ tax =$582.08
÷ 1000 = $0.58 round
Hornady 155GR XTP Hollowpoints
$27.20 box
$1,088 case
+ tax $1,164
÷ 1,000 = $1.16 round

Why such expensive primers? How many uses are you projecting for the brass? I buy components mostly from MiWall in CA as they usually have the best prices and have been excellent service so far. For range practice I'd go with
Berry's 147gr round nose $132.99 / 1k
MagTech SPP $34.95 / 1k MiWall
Winchester W231 powder $33.95 / 1LB good for 2k rounds
Starline brass $139.50 / 1k Creedmoor Sports
That totals $185 / 1k rounds plus brass. I'd expect at least 8 loadings per case but some will almost inevitably be lost so using 7 that's $20 / 1k for $205 / 1k range rounds. And I just realized you're talking about 10mm and I'm looking at 9mm. Soooo, I'd put together my 9mm practice ammo for 20.5 cents per round.

Moving on to 10mm
Berry's 155gr. round nose $168.99 / 1k
Winchester LPP $49.50 / 1k MiWall
Winchester W231 powder $33.95 / 1LB good for 1k rounds at 7.0gr charge
Nosler brass $169 / 1k Raven Rocks Precision
That's $253 / 1k plus brass. I have no clue but I'd think at least 6 loadings per case so using 5 for some losses that's $34 for $287 / 1k or 28.7 cents per round.

XTP 155gr $239.90 / 1k Outdoor Limited free shipping
You'll likely want hotter than W231 runs so
Hodgdon Longshot $34 / 1LB good for 744 rounds makes it $45.70 / 1k
That's $370 / 1k or 37 cents per round for the hotter XTP
29 cents vs 58 cents and 37 cents vs 116 cents for your two uses. I didn't add in hazmat fees or tax as some tax and some don't and you might catch a no hazmat fee special. Add some shipping on parts of it but still a good savings.

 

[Lee Whitsel]

Tumbler and possibly a way to champher unless you stick wilth belling mouths

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So other than not needing the hand priming press, is my list right?

Looks o.k. except for case tumbler! I have 2 for sale when I went to Harbor Freight and bought their basic Ultra Sonic Cleaner and found out how much better a sonic cleaner is. Cleans cases, cd's, glass's, carb out of lawn mowers, jewelry, a lot of things. And its fast. Don't buy a Lyman same thing at H.F for about 1/2 the money. Case tumbler can be a fire hazard I hear a complaints about them catching on fire.