Lee

Lee Precision is how most people start reloading, and that is a deliberate position rather than an accident. Their presses and dies cost a fraction of the competition, their Lee Loader kit will load ammunition with a hammer and no press at all, and the Auto Breech Lock Pro brings progressive loading within reach of a first-year budget.

Two things set them apart mechanically. The Factory Crimp Die applies a consistent crimp regardless of small variations in case length, which forgives exactly the sort of inconsistency a new reloader produces. And their dies ship with a shell holder and a load data sheet in the box. Whatever press you use, buy a current manual and work up from the starting load.