Yesterday afternoon I went into academy to buy some Grendel and I was lucky to find one box, earlier this week the other academy had none. So, I walk around to the other side of the ammo aisle and notice a Lee 50th Anniversary kit for $150 bucks. Long story short the impulse buy got me. I was thinking if it sucked I would just return it. So I guess I'm gonna try my hand at handloading.
I hope that kit doesn't give you a sour taste for reloading. If you find it will work for you make sure you keep your cases lubed up real well, otherwise you may feel like your going to break that press in half on large rifle case.
At least you made the leap though.
I have limited experience loading .300 blk out.
Are you loading subsonics?
I'm sure the Lee Perfect Powder Measure would toss H-110 pretty good.
Yeah that is my plan. I may load some supers for grins, but good subs are outrageous. I'm interested in making or buying custom bullets.
I am an avid reloader, but do very little in rifle calibers.
Your powder measure is not going to meter well with rod type rifle powders. Spherical Ball powders are going to probably measure best, followed by flake.
You've already stated that you don't want to have to measure each powder charge, so you'll have to find a powder that meters well in your Lee Perfect.
I'm sure H110 / W296 will measure well for your .300 black out rounds. (I think that's what I use. It's raining and cold so I'm not going out to my ballistic laboratory to look at my load diary)
People are using Trail Boss to load .308 Subsonic I think, but I have no experience with that caliber.
Edit to add:
You can trust that little Lee Scale, but it's very slow. It takes forever to stop moving.
Upgrade to a good Ohaus when you can.
What bullets have you tried in 300blk? I hear the 200+ grain jacketed bullets tend to not deform well due to the construction and the subsonic speed. It makes sense.
So far what Brass, Bullets, and Powders do you own?