When I was just 19 or 20 I had a few old Mausers. After shooting up a bunch of factory ammo, I had a bunch of 7x57 and 6.5x55 brass, so I bought a single stage Lee press and started reloading. Nobody to teach me and I shot alone, so I read voraciously on the subject......
soon enough I had a Model 70 in 458 win mag and a Blachawk in 45 Colt, but shooting jacketed was pricey and store-bought cast bullets in 45 and 458 were those awful hard-cast things with terrible crayon-lube. Then came the pot, molds and more guns!
I'm 48 now and have nearly 50 different molds and I still have those same old Mausers that started it all. Life is good!