Good equipment is worth the price. That said, you can load good ammo on almost anything these days. Great ammo can be made on good equipment and with good components, and using good techniques.
I use a combination of RCBS, Hornady, and Lyman equipment, and you wouldn't be bad buying any kit from any of the three.
To add to Para's list, get a stainless dial caliper and a tumbler kit for brass cleaning. Eventually you'll want a ton of other stuff, some of which you'll use once, and some you'll use forever.
For your load, I've had great results on northern Alabama white-tails with the 180gr Nosler E-Tip over a stout charge of H1000 or IMR7828ssc. I can't imagine they wouldn't slay elk equally well.