500 Nitro,
I suppose if a person were to start with NOTHING...just about any reloading venture might seem a bit high. For me it would be a "cake walk"...inasmuch as I cast and reload for just about a Ba-zillion calibers from .25acp on up to 12ga. But granted, the avg. reloader probably isn't going to be set up that well. All of the forementioned taken into account. If a person were to buy a mold, dipper, and MEC 600JR. (and perhaps a Lyman type "spinner" for crimping, they could reload some pretty good slug type ammo for a paradox at a reasonably decent price.
Wishing I only HAD a "paradox" to experiment for... SP2
(The bane of being a "full blown" reloader for so many years) (If they made it, I prob. bought it.)