+1I recently started reloading. I took a free class given by Sportsman's Wharehouse. RCBS master reloading kit was $249.00 this weekend. I bought everything over a 5 month period and am now up and running. Just be careful and follow the "work up" rule. Everything doesn't have to be a hot load. My favorite load for the my 45 uses .3 grains above the start (1.5 grains less than the max)
But every gun is a rule unto itself. I have a .308 Win rifle that started showing pressure signs well below "book max", so I back off a half grain and settled down their. Later down the road I got a chronograph and my load that was less than 2 grains over the start load measure above the velocity listed for a max load. On the other side of the fence my 45 ACP load didn't start cycling the action correctly until .2 grains under max and averaged 722 fps.