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Bringing up this really old thread back from the dead. Finally moved into a house in The Colony and I have my own space with one of the spare bedrooms. I got my bench set up but I need to organize a little bit. A friend of mine had a workbench where he destroyed the top so he gave me the legs, which are very similar to the Edsal ones from Home Depot. with the outlet knock outs. I picked up a butcher block countertop from Ikea that was on clearance. Bought a 5" bench vise, and sent en email to RCBS about the replacement parts. I plan on replacing the closet door so I can make it lockable to keep my tools/ammo and such in there. It current has one of those bi-folding doors. I don't have a picture of it currently since most of my stuff are still in boxes since we just moved in last week.

I have everything I need added to my Christmas wishlist on Amazon which is about $300 for it all. Hopefully my wife will get most, if not everything I need. I just bought a Hornady die for 223 and it is going to come with 100 free bullets by mail and I had 9mm dies already. I don't plan on starting until after the New Year anyways. Thanks for everyones input!

This is my original post so I wanted to update it instead of create a new one. I just got the RCBS reloader from my friend today and will be heading to Cabelas to pick up some things for it.

Was wondering what I need to buy for it.
I live in a 725sqft apt, so I will be mounting it to a 2x6 board and clamping it to my dinner table.

Aside from the obvious things..bullets, shells, primer, powder, dies...(already have them) what else will I need to get started?

I do have the Lyman reloading book which I plan on reading before starting. I plan on reloading 45, 9mm and 556/223

Thanks everyone!

The only dies I have are 9mm right now that I bought so my friend can load. The only caliber I shoot are 9mm, 45ACP and 223/556. Somewhere down the line I plan on buying a 308 bolt gun.

Another question regarding dies, does it have to be RCBS? I think the 9mm die I bought is a Lee.

I forgot to mention that the picture I posted isn't the actual press I am getting. He just showed me the press just so that I know what part was missing from the one he is giving me...

G.A. Heath wrote:On my Single stage press I simply choose to hand prime. Find out the model of your friends and if it's the same as mine I will gladly mail the never used parts off mine if I can find them. There has been some revisions in the primer arm system between RCBS Rock Chuckers if I am not mistaken, but I am willing to bet that RCBS will send you the parts at no cost.

After I clicked submit I realized I knew where the primer arm was, went and checked so now it's on my desk. My press is a Rock Chucker IV, if it's OE arm will fit yours then you can have it. I do not have the auto prime system as I never purchased that seeing how I prefer to hand prime when using my single stage rig. Another worthwhile upgrade is to install the Hornady L-N-L bushing kit.

Thanks! Just finished reading everybody's responses and I am thinking I will hand prime. I have no problems buying the parts for replacement since I am not even paying for the press in the first place. I feel that I'd rather do it right and hand prime. What about decapping/depriming? Is that a separate tool as well?

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Sounds good. Any specific one to get or are they all the same? I am not sure what the model for the press is so I don't want to order the one for the wrong model. Thanks everyone!

A friend of mine has an RCBS press with a missing part. His father in law gave it to him since he has switched over to progressive. My friend doesn't need it and he doesn't want to spend any time trying to hunt down the part to get it working, so he is going to give it to me for free. I do not have possession of it yet, but he sent me the picture of what it looks like online and what part is missing. he said it is the part that presses in the primer?



Thanks in advance for the responses.
I am going to be purchasing a house in a few months, so I will have room to get into reloading.

I have attached the picture that shows what is missing circled in red. My question is, can it be replaced? How much is this part and can I buy it from RCBS or some place online that sells it? Is that part it worth replacing?