Getting into casting is cheap and easy.
First collect your alloy, used wheel weights are the way to go here.
Buy a copy of the Lyman cast bullet book, get Brennan's booklet from the CBA here:
http://www.castbulletassoc.org/
or down load his work in progress ultimate cast bullet book from here:
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/CB-BOOK/files/
Its one of these bloody Yahoo sites so you will need to register if you don't have a Yahoo account, its free just a chew on.
Get a couple of old cast iron pans and some yorkshire pudding trays from second hand shops or car boot sales, a large dutch oven type is good for smelting, cleaning and fluxing your wheel weights. The yorkshire pudding/small tea cake trays is where you'll pour your cleaned alloy to make ingots for storing and adding to you casting pot.
For this you'll need a smaller cast iron pot, heat for it all comes from any old gas bottle ring that will take the weight, again second hand and cheap.
What you don't want to skimp on is a good ladle, Lyman or RCBS are champion and a good mould, for beginners don't touch Lee they need fettling and you'll have enough to think about to begin with.
I'd suggest the Lyman 323470 mould for 8mm Mauser, a proven classic Guy Loverin design, works well in my G98 and even sizes down well for my .319" 1903 Steyr.
Some glasses, some gloves and a place to work with good ventilation and out of the rain and your good to go.
When you get all this together get back to me here and we'll go over the next steps.
