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Some of my reloading gear was not new when I acquired it in 1950. IOW, good used gear from a gun show or Craig's List will cost a lot less than the new stuff and will work just fine. Heck, I've made sub-MOA '06 ammo with an old Lyman 310 tong tool. About the only critical item is that the resizing die not be scratched from abuse.
IMO, given how many jackrabbits, coyotes, prairie dogs and deer I've killed with old Leupold Vari-X II 3-9x40 scopes, they work as well as the new stuff.
I've mostly loaded Sierra bullets. 50- and 55-grain in my .223. Done okay with the Noslers, as well. Don't know if they still do, but Sierra used to make a 52-grain HPBT that was 3/8 MOA out of my Swift and ruinacious on feral housecats at 300 to 400 yards.
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