I have a friend who has decided to get into reloading. So far, he has an RCBS Rock Chucker press and a Harrell's powder measure for rifle reloading. His fiancee, who is a poor grad student, is getting him the RCBS universal hand priming tool. I have a set of .303 British dies and some reloading components for the Enfield he bought from me that I'm giving him now that he wants to reload for it.
I was thinking of getting him a couple other items I consider to be mandatory. My problem is that I've had much of my reloading equipment since 1971 when everything was made in the US and works fine. With so many items now made overseas, and Christmas just around the corner, I'm looking for recommendations for these items:
- A good analog scale (the Hornady is made here or older Ohaus-made scales are on ebay),
- a powder measure for pistol reloading (I notice the RCBS is made in China, and Hornady doesn't say),
- case tumbler,
- reasonably-priced (not Starrett, I can't afford those if I get him the first two items) dial calipers (I suspect the RCBS/Dillon/Hornady are all made by the same manufacturer),
- reloading dies for several rifle and pistol calibers (30-06 for his Garand at the top of that list),
- a powder trickler (the RCBS Trickler 2 looks about right),
- a few other small items, such as reloading blocks.
As always, thank you for your recommendations.
Cheers,
Richard