I pulled the triigger again: Reloading

[D-Man]

I highly recommend Universal Clays for most any pistol round.  Burns clean, shoots great, and handles temperature extremes very well.

[DesertMarine]

Good luck with your reloading.  Would recommend that you clean your cases before depriming.  That keeps dirt and powder residue out of your dies and prolongs their service.  I use a vibrating tumbler.  Some people don't clean their brass before depriming, everybody does it differently, and that is fine.  Second what Tom said, get a micrometer.  It is an important tool, probably on the most used tool in reloading and over all cartridge length is important. 

[Conagher 45]

One other peice of equiptment you might want to get after you get started reloading is the Lyman Universial Case trimmer. You are not going to have .38 cases stretching out in length, but reloading for semi-auto rounds it is nice to have all the cases the exact trim to length as stated in the reloading manuals, this gets rid of a lot of headaches. Personally I trim all my cases after the first time they are fired just to keep everything the same length. Have fun reloading can be addicting.

[D-Man]

Get a bullet puller as well.  You will make mistakes and need to take them apart from time to time!