{"id":202,"date":"2023-03-29T16:37:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=202"},"modified":"2023-03-29T16:37:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T16:37:20","slug":"the-best-reloading-kits-a-buyers-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=202","title":{"rendered":"The Best Reloading Kits: A Buyer\u2019s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Looking to roll your own ammo on the cheap? Here are the best reloading kits you can buy to get started.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Don\u2019t want to jinx anything, but it seems that components are slowly becoming available again. Ammunition is appearing on shelves\u2014though I doubt shelves will ever be full again in my lifetime. And I\u2019m seeing bullets and powder available for sale and for order and\u2014believe it or not\u2014I\u2019ve seen some primers for sale. Yes, everything is priced at a premium, and yes, people are going to gobble up those components, but sooner or later supply will meet demand.<\/p>\n

And, due to the fact that we\u2019re in the midst of the greatest ammunition drought in living memory, I feel pretty confident there\u2019ll be an influx of new reloaders in the near future. Whether that new reloader is you or whether you\u2019re considering a purchase for the prospective reloader in your life, buying all the tools necessary to go from zero to reloader can be daunting.<\/p>\n

I started with minimalistic gear, acquired piecemeal between my father and me, over the course of a year or so. We both shot .308 Winchesters at the time, and once we\u2019d covered the bases, we began to cook up a deer hunting load. We had a Lee press, RCBS scale, Lyman dies, a nondescript plastic dial caliper, R.E. Wilson chamfer\/deburring tool, just a hodgepodge of stuff, but it worked well.<\/p>\n

And for those of you who are just getting into reloading, I\u2019ll answer the oft-asked question: Yes, you can mix and match brands of gear. RCBS dies will work with a Hornady shellholder in a Redding press, and so on and so forth.<\/p>\n

But setting out to outfit yourself from scratch can be confusing, especially when you overlook certain crucial pieces of gear. For this reason, several reloading gear companies offer complete reloading kits, giving the new reloader all he or she would need with the exception of the components themselves, dies and shellholders. I picked five popular reloading kits, ranging in street prices from $180 to $600, to illustrate some differences in content, quality and value.<\/p>\n

The 5 Best Reloading Kits:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lee Challenger Kit<\/strong><\/h3>\n