How much money am I looking at?

It depends on what you're going to reload. Pistol, Rifle, or Shotgun?

It also depends on how much you're going to reload. Do you shoot 500 rounds a week? Month? Year?

It also depends on how many calibers you are going to reload for.

Some single stage presses, like the RCBS Rock Chucker, are great presses that will serve you well for decades, and can load pistol and rifle quite well. But single-stage presses are also the slowest.

Turret presses are faster, can reload pistol and rifle quite well, and are easy to setup for multiple calibers. They may or may not be more expensive than a single stage press depending on the brand and model.

Progressive presses are the fastest, and make it easy to churn out several hundred rounds in an hour. They are significantly more expensive, and may not load as many pistol or rifle calibers as the turret or single stage presses.

In addition to a press, you MUST have at least one reloading manual ($25-30). You MUST have a scale to weigh your powder. This alone can run from $25.00 for a balance beam up to a few hundred for a digital scale that automatically dispenses powder for you.

It would be foolish to reload without a good set of calipers that measure to 0.001" These can run from $30-$100+). You should also get a bullet puller to help you fix or disassemble your mistakes ($15-20). You should also consider a tumbler to clean your brass. There are other ways to do this, but a tumbler is one of the easiest. Tumblers can run roughly $60+ for vibrating tumblers, all the way to $200+ for rotary wet tumblers with stainless steel media.

Die sets for different calibers will run you all sorts of prices depending on the brand and number of dies in the set. Buy the best dies you can - don't go cheap on this part. LEE dies are some of the most affordable and they work well. For pistol dies, get the carbide ones - you won't have to lube your cases.

This doesn't really answer your question as well as you would like, but without knowing what you want to reload and a few other details, it is hard to tell you too much. Figure at the least you're going to get into it for $400-500 before you're ready to reload at the very least, and can easily go well over $2000 in a heartbeat. Heck, a Dillon 650 progressive press with all the bells and whistles will run over $1200.

If you're reloading for shotgun, I can't help you. I don't have any experience with that.

I didn't read all the answers, but, you are talking quite a bit of money just to get started, and you have to a lot of shooting or hoarding now days just to make it worth while. You should/could be buying bulk ammo now,, before it really gets bad, and you will be ahead of the game. I went to a gunshow today and I am still sticker shocked. $1 a round for most ammo. All guns were up $200 from last month. I bought 1500 rounds of 762 x39 for $400. I though that was a deal. I remember when it was $139 /1000, plus a free sks rifle to boot. So, decide what you will be doing, pistol, rifle, both, will determine the press, I can tell you now that the rcbs rockchucker is the best, the dillon square deal b for pistol only is best, The dillon 550 is not the best machine for both. But both presses need dies, shell holders, primers, powder, powder measure, scale, manual, etc, etc, etc.

Hamish gave you a good answer. His cost estimate is pretty close. I will add that I don't think a progressive press is wise for beginners. It's just too easy to make a critical mistake(such as a squib load). A good turret press would be fine though. I reload with a Lyman turret press myself. I suggest you go buy a reloading manual or two and read the process involved to safely produce ammo before you buy all the equipment. It takes a long time and a bunch of shooting before the cost of the equipment will be recouped. I reload 9mm,.40 S&W,45acp,.44 mag,7x30 Waters,5.56.and 30.06 so I have a bit tied up just in dies.

I use Lee equipment. Some people say it is cheap and crappy. I have been using my stuff for at least 3 years. I load .223, .243, .308, .30-06, .38 SP, .357 Mag, and .45 ACP. Around $400 would be a decent guess. Kittery Trading Post, Midway USA, and Natchez Shooters Supply are decent and I have ordered from them. You probably want to check out your local gun shop. Powder and primers are hazmat materials and require an additional $25 or so to ship. Unless you are buying large quantities, you can probably save money buying those locally. You may also want to check out Powder Valley, MidSouth Shooters supply, and Graf and Sons.

shop a while think about what you will be doing 2 calibers or 5. will you be reloading just pistol ammo or rifles .. I bought a rock chucker years ago and can reload everything I own except a shotgun . Buy smart and you will not have to replace something that is not heavy enough to hold up .

You need Reloading manuel / press (RCBS / Lyman) / scale / lube pad / dies / powder ($30 a lb. & up) You can find complete kits that have all you need & then some. (but no dies or powder) If no store local has powder you will pay $25 haz. ship fee per box. over shipping cost. Check EBAY out. for dies. & shell holders. Lots a luck. Looking in my stuff I have bullets $2.50 per 100 & powder $4.95 per Lb.

Plan on having about $300 invested if you go with a less expensive kit. You could easily spend a thousand bucks or more if you choose to do so.