You'll need dies for each caliber you plan to reload for (a sizing/decapping die, a seating die, and for some calibers a belling die). Something to measure grains of powder. Something to seat primers in the brass. And something to clean your brass with.
I have both a single stage RCBS and a Dillon 550b. A small balance scale and the powder measure for my Dillon are what I use to see how much powder goes in each shell. I have two different vibratory tumblers for cleaning the brass. A lee hand-held priming tool with a built-in primer flip tray rounds things out.
For what it sounds like you are wanting, I'd go with a single stage Lee or RCBS loader. Sometimes, you can find a basic kit with everything you'd need to get started other than brass/primer/powder/projectiles.
Youtube has a variety of videos on reloading and how various folks approach it. Check a library for books on reloading. Use the recommended load data for the powder/caliber your are loading for as your starting loads. keep track of what works and be very wary of folks giving you the recipe for their latest OMGWTFBBQSHTF loads.
The only thing on my bench that isn't Lee is a big honking Hornady scale. The Lee scales are twee little things made of plastic. They might work great, but I don't trust them.
Thank you very much. I’m going to check it out now and see what it costs to get started. I just dropped a thousand bucks for ammo for my .40 Browning HP and I have another three pistols and two rifles to make purchases for. So if I can get started reloading for a thousand bucks, that’s a pretty good deal I think... Not to mention that, when and if the balloon goes up people will be crying for reloading equipment. Thank you again. Very useful info.
I like the Dillon ads. Always a lovely lady in the ads. Hey, sue me, I’m a red-blooded American!!!!
Single stage? Is that one pull of the lever equals one finished bullet or just one step in the process?