Four hours later and finally back from town. 
I appreciate those links, Jim and Dufus, I've never heard of either of them and they didn't come up when I was googling things. They're bookmarked now though. Those prices are way better than Midway, 500 wads for just under $10 and shot for $37/25lb. I'll still see what I can find here though, I'll avoid that shipping cost if I can. Who knows, maybe I can find scrap lead around town. I've got a forge, I could cast it myself.
So to update my findings... I found a powder and primers today, the powder is $30 which was less than what I expected for around here, I didn't see the primers but the guy I was chatting with there said they had them. I'm expecting the price would be similar to what Midway listed considering the powder was about right. He also told me somewhere else I could go to look for other materials so when it dries out we get some sunshine in the next week or two I'll find some back roads and take a ride out that way.
Guys, I said reloading was something I'm considering getting into meaning I know very little about the best way to go about it and I don't know anybody else that does it which is why I came here first. I shoot for fun in my yard and saving money isn't my big reason for wanting to do this. Yes I would like to save some money in getting started at it, and even if I was breaking even I'd still want to do it because reloading genuinely interests me. I'll keep my eye out for a MEC 600 in fair condition, the ones I saw on ebay were missing parts or pretty rusted up and would still cost $80-100 after shipping. For that much money I'd at least like something to not have been neglected. The prices and counts I put in that first post were just from a few minutes skimming through websites, if I spent longer I'm sure I would come up with something better but I never said I was buying any of it right now or in the next few days. I'm a patient person and I don't mind waiting for the right deal to come my way. Shoot, I was looking at motorcycles for probably 4 years before I found a goldwing for a price I liked. I scored an 85 GL1200 with only 50k miles in great condition for $700. All that said, I doubt I'll wait that long for a deal on a press. Once I've done all the research I think I can do and had my ear to the ground long enough, if a MEC doesn't find me I'll end up buying the Lee and using that until I can afford a nicer one.
This is a pretty rural place I'm in, I'd have to drive maybe 90 minutes to a gun range if I wanted to pick through their trash for spent hulls so in my travels I'll see if I can find anybody that's saved theirs for whatever reason and talk somebody out of some of them for a few dollars. There's one place in town that might have some of the things I'm looking for but my past dealings with them have been less than pleasant and left a bad taste, they're not getting my business. I'd use the ones out of my yard but they've been in the dirt so long I wouldn't dare putting them back in a gun.
I appreciate those links, Jim and Dufus, I've never heard of either of them and they didn't come up when I was googling things. They're bookmarked now though. Those prices are way better than Midway, 500 wads for just under $10 and shot for $37/25lb. I'll still see what I can find here though, I'll avoid that shipping cost if I can. Who knows, maybe I can find scrap lead around town. I've got a forge, I could cast it myself.
So to update my findings... I found a powder and primers today, the powder is $30 which was less than what I expected for around here, I didn't see the primers but the guy I was chatting with there said they had them. I'm expecting the price would be similar to what Midway listed considering the powder was about right. He also told me somewhere else I could go to look for other materials so when it dries out we get some sunshine in the next week or two I'll find some back roads and take a ride out that way.
Guys, I said reloading was something I'm considering getting into meaning I know very little about the best way to go about it and I don't know anybody else that does it which is why I came here first. I shoot for fun in my yard and saving money isn't my big reason for wanting to do this. Yes I would like to save some money in getting started at it, and even if I was breaking even I'd still want to do it because reloading genuinely interests me. I'll keep my eye out for a MEC 600 in fair condition, the ones I saw on ebay were missing parts or pretty rusted up and would still cost $80-100 after shipping. For that much money I'd at least like something to not have been neglected. The prices and counts I put in that first post were just from a few minutes skimming through websites, if I spent longer I'm sure I would come up with something better but I never said I was buying any of it right now or in the next few days. I'm a patient person and I don't mind waiting for the right deal to come my way. Shoot, I was looking at motorcycles for probably 4 years before I found a goldwing for a price I liked. I scored an 85 GL1200 with only 50k miles in great condition for $700. All that said, I doubt I'll wait that long for a deal on a press. Once I've done all the research I think I can do and had my ear to the ground long enough, if a MEC doesn't find me I'll end up buying the Lee and using that until I can afford a nicer one.
This is a pretty rural place I'm in, I'd have to drive maybe 90 minutes to a gun range if I wanted to pick through their trash for spent hulls so in my travels I'll see if I can find anybody that's saved theirs for whatever reason and talk somebody out of some of them for a few dollars. There's one place in town that might have some of the things I'm looking for but my past dealings with them have been less than pleasant and left a bad taste, they're not getting my business. I'd use the ones out of my yard but they've been in the dirt so long I wouldn't dare putting them back in a gun.