I got into reloading to reload the .308.
You can load cheaper than you can buy factory.
You can load more accurate than you can buy factory.
But you will not save money, becuase it's a hobby, not a biz.
7 years ago when I was going to start reloading, I bought a Rockchucker Kit, made by RCBS, as it is supposed to have everything needed but the brass, primers, powder, dies, and shell holders. They are now called, "Rock Chucker® Master Supreme Reloading Kit"
http://www.rcbs.com/equipment/rcpress.html
Some things in the kit are good and I still use them 7 years later:
1) RCBS Rockchucker press
2) RCBS 505 scale [OEM Ohaus]
3) Deburring tool
4) Uniflow Powder Measure
5) Speer reloading manual [for over all lengths, not for loads]
The other things I use to load .308:
1) chair
2) bench
3) board that the press is bolted
4) "C" clamps to clamp the board to the bench
5) radio
6) Lamp/magnifier lens
7) space heater
8) clock
9) .308 brass, I like "LC" [Lake City military once fired surplus]
10) Large rifle primers, any brand will do, WLR these days
11) Redding Imperial Sizing Die Wax [better than the RCBS Glycerin]
12) Shell holders, Lee 2, RCBS 3, Lyman 2, or Hornady 1
13) Die sets, Forster is MY favorite with sliding sleeve seaters, but I can get good groups with RCBS cheepees if I rotate the case while seating
14) Calipers, I use the cheap $20 made in China 6" dial calipers
15) Sinclair bullet comparitor, a big nut full of holes, is used to measure cartridge length to the ogive
16) RCBS decapping die
17) Sinclair concentricity gauge [Save yourself $100, cut to the chase, and remove the expander ball from the sizing die; that's the main culprit, unsupported seating causes a little eccentricity, if the rifle chamber is eccentric, then reloading can't help much]
18) plastic ammo storage boxes, how else are you going to store the ammo, sandwich bags?
19) 3M Post its, how else are you going to label what's in the ammo boxes?
20) 0000 steel wool to clean off the dirty necks of the cases after fired
21) Lee primer pocket cleaner, it's $2, don't be too cheap for this one.
22) Quickload software program for calculating pressure, velocity, and noise
23) Leupold 40X scope, rabbit ear rear bag, bench rest [how else are you going to tell how accurate your loads are?]
24) IMR4895 powder
25) bullets, I like Sierra and Hornady, but now I am getting Barnes Triple shock for hunting
Here are some step by step pictures on line:
http://www.alliantpowder.com/beginner/how_to_cartridges.php