Depending on type of reloader, u will probably have to spend $200-500 to get started. Press, dies, powder measure, scales, primers, bullets, powder, &cases are minimums. OAL guage good to have too. Takes a lot of shooting before you start to break even. Safety wise, to me, running thumb over primed case to check for high primers, looking in each case to verify powder charge(& all are at same level), frequently checking powder measure to make sure it's throwing right wgt. of powder, making sure OAL is right for chamber of gun( that can vary by gun), and a good tight roll crimp to prevent bullet setback are all important. I use a 1967 vintage Lyman Spar T turrent press and can turn out 125-150 rds/hr w/everything set up. Don't care for progressive presses because of manually checking each primer before powder charging and looking in each charged case for powder level. Hard to do that w/progressive press but they turn out many more rds/hr than I can. Talked u out of it?

Following this process, never had a bad rd in 40 yrs of handloading. Quit for a while cause I got tired of it but w/ price of ammo, will probably start back.
