One of the things I was thinking of getting into was hand loading and reloading ammunition for my rifles, and later when NY deems it ok to grant me a permit, handguns.
Right now, they're pretty limited at 5.56 NATO and 7.62 NATO (the 7.62x39 and 5.45x39 toys live just fine on russian surplus :) )...
Largly, to give me another hobby, something that dosen't involve spending vast amounts of money for crap I don't need. (Hey, at least the stuff I reload, I can shoot..)
My question is, what do I need to get into this? What equipment and manuals? What the heck's a "die"? (I know, I sound really stupid, but...hey, gotta find out from somewhere. I'm largly a computer geek, not a journeyman.)
Is it worth it to reload ammunition? I know that you can get some truly amazing and accurate handloads, where it'd make sense to do so...but would it make sense to do so for just blasting/plinking ammo?
Just basically looking for more information on the subject..
Thanks!