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<blockquote data-quote="Hunter 257W" data-source="post: 4944648" data-attributes="member: 12277"><p>Wow, another 460 Weatherby lunatic exists in TN! </p><p></p><p> I'd recommend the RCBS Rockchucker kit because you get most everything you need at one time. It sells for around $400. You'd still need dies, shell holders for each cartridges, case trimmer and dial caliper. I like the Forster Trimmer myself because you can also get a case neck turning tool for it if you ever want to do that operation later. A lot of trimmers don't have that capability.</p><p></p><p> Being that you load for 3 Weatherby cartridges you can easily pay for the tools. The RCBS Rockchucker kit is about $400. Dies from $40 up, the Forster Trimmer and caliper would be something like $100 or a bit more??</p><p></p><p> The 460 especially can benefit from loading your own ammo. With factory ammo it's pretty much a shoulder smashing elephant killer and not much else. If you load your own you have all the lighter .458 bullets to choose from. It's a real hoot and actually fun to shoot with the various 300 grain bullets at full throttle around 2900ft/sec. I used to buy 460 cases for $30 per 20 but think they are $40 or so now. Still that's dirt cheap compared to paying $100 for 20 loaded rounds just to get brass. I bought a couple hundred 257 Weatherby cases this Spring but don't recall the price. They were waaaaay cheaper than factory ammo for sure. I can load 20 257's with Barnes TTSX bullets for less than $30 and of course the price is a lot lower if I use a more standard bullet.</p><p></p><p> With the tools and components both in short supply right now you can take the time to read up on loading and make more informed decisions. The shortages will pass as they always do once the election is over. </p><p></p><p> One thing I would recommend is to stay away from a Progressive Press. These are the tools that produce a loaded cartridge with every pull of the handle. In my opinion, they should only be used after several years of single station press loading because there is so much happening at the same time on a Progressive Press that it's REAL easy to mess up and turn out bad or dangerous ammo. Stick with a single stage press like the Rockchucker and stay safe. I've loaded since the late 1970's and still much prefer this way in spite of having two Progressive presses also.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hunter 257W, post: 4944648, member: 12277"] Wow, another 460 Weatherby lunatic exists in TN! I'd recommend the RCBS Rockchucker kit because you get most everything you need at one time. It sells for around $400. You'd still need dies, shell holders for each cartridges, case trimmer and dial caliper. I like the Forster Trimmer myself because you can also get a case neck turning tool for it if you ever want to do that operation later. A lot of trimmers don't have that capability. Being that you load for 3 Weatherby cartridges you can easily pay for the tools. The RCBS Rockchucker kit is about $400. Dies from $40 up, the Forster Trimmer and caliper would be something like $100 or a bit more?? The 460 especially can benefit from loading your own ammo. With factory ammo it's pretty much a shoulder smashing elephant killer and not much else. If you load your own you have all the lighter .458 bullets to choose from. It's a real hoot and actually fun to shoot with the various 300 grain bullets at full throttle around 2900ft/sec. I used to buy 460 cases for $30 per 20 but think they are $40 or so now. Still that's dirt cheap compared to paying $100 for 20 loaded rounds just to get brass. I bought a couple hundred 257 Weatherby cases this Spring but don't recall the price. They were waaaaay cheaper than factory ammo for sure. I can load 20 257's with Barnes TTSX bullets for less than $30 and of course the price is a lot lower if I use a more standard bullet. With the tools and components both in short supply right now you can take the time to read up on loading and make more informed decisions. The shortages will pass as they always do once the election is over. One thing I would recommend is to stay away from a Progressive Press. These are the tools that produce a loaded cartridge with every pull of the handle. In my opinion, they should only be used after several years of single station press loading because there is so much happening at the same time on a Progressive Press that it's REAL easy to mess up and turn out bad or dangerous ammo. Stick with a single stage press like the Rockchucker and stay safe. I've loaded since the late 1970's and still much prefer this way in spite of having two Progressive presses also. [/QUOTE]
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