Ok so I have been rolling my own since the early 80's and have never cast anything other than fishing weights. I am tired of the high cost of jacketed bullets and want to start casting bullets. I would rather sink my money into equipment for casting than shooting jacketed bullets down range anymore. I already have the Lyman casting books 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th editions and one mold its an RCBS 35-200 HP, I bought it for casting bullets for my 350 Rem Mag.
So I would like to reload for the following calibers
Pistols
9mm
38 spl
357 mag
40 cal
44 mag
45 Long Colt
45 acp
Rifles
30/30
350 Rem Mag
44 Mag
45/70
50 Cal Black Powder
12 Ga Slugs
and I might be interested in 308 and 30/06
So what advice do you all have and what materials and tools of the trade do you recommend. I'd would rather spend more for better equipment upfront than buy cheap and replace it with better equipment down the road.
Thanks for all your comments good bad or ugly.