Good one on the manual. Though like I said in previous post, After studying your manual and more research. I’d start shopping for reloading components first before reloading tools or equipment. If you already know what calibers your gonna reload. #1 on the list.. PRIMERS.. then powders, bullets, and cases. Without any of these, reloading tools and equipment is useless. We’re going through the biggest shortage off all time.
That's good advice, and generally how I went about getting reloading components and equipment. However, it did help a lot where my buddy already had the basic equipment needed. I am slowly supplementing his setup with equipment.
Depending on caliber, I've noticed that the shortages have started impacting boolits and brass, particularly for the common calibers. When I started buying/ordering stuff in later 2020, I primers and powder were already either low or out, but boolits and brass were med to low stock, but I was able to find what I wanted in stock lots of places. Then early Jan, boolits and brass for .308 were out everywhere. Could find some boolits, but many times was 25-50% more and usually limits on how much you could order. I seems like brass and bullets, at least for .308 is coming back in regular intervals.
Now I'm noticing dies, presses, and other reloading equipment either out of stock or long lead. I hoping that is because lots of folks getting into reloading.