Thanks for the continued info all. After more research chasing suggestions of some of you,,, I've decided that the 650 is out... It's looking more like the 550 for me if I go that route. Once you start adding all this stuff up,,, it starts gettin a tad overwhelming. (for a "turn key top notch" set up that is)
Brian Enos' site was great for the information provided,,, however,,,, it gave me a clue of how little knowledge I had as far as "needed" equipment,, thus end cost was WAY more than anticipated. I do "flinch" when paying that kind of $$ for tools,,, but I usually do it since I've learned that I end up paying more in the long run when I eventually get frustrated with the inferior equipment and then end up dropping the $$ on the good stuff later anyway.
I then turned to supply costs in an effort to determing "payoff" time of the equipment. I was ready to pull my hair out trying to find how the heck some of you are loading pistol rounds for less than $.10 round, (let alone .03 to .05!!),, then realized you must be shooting lead only and that must be MUCH cheaper to reload. I will need to run FMJ with EVERYTHING I shoot,,, so my reloading prices were coming out to WWB factory prices when buying supplies for 1000 to 2000 round quantities. I ran 9mm pricing from Midway and Wideners and was coming up with $.20/round when purchasing available supplies. (available being the key word, but DAMN!) I buy WWB at Wally (granted when they are in stock) for 18.97/100. I didn't even run .40/.45 pricing after that.
I then turned to .223 and things improved a bit,,,,. Again, availability was the key,, and the only way I could save close to %50 was by using Mil Spec bullets. (fine by me) Anything non Mil spec was twice the price,, but like I said Mil Spec is fine with me. That brought the price of the round to about 0.20/round. I currently purchase in lots of 1000 for .389/round. (new brass mil spec.) I didn't run .308 pricing,,, but since it was available in Mil Spec as well I will assume (for now) that the .308 pricing will follow suit and be a substantial savings.
Researching the gear I would need (want) to run I'm coming up with pricing of right around a grand to get turn key set up. (FOR ONE CALIBER) Some of the Dillon conversions will use some of the same parts for my calibers,,, but it still adds up DAMN quick.
Seeing this changed my thought process to looking for a MUCH more simplistic view,,, and now I will start researching for a more "simple" way to simply reload my rifle calibers. and stick to WWB for my pistol stuff,,, while hoping/praying that it becomes more available in days to come.
So,,, in that light,,, I'm off to research some of the single stage presses that AZAR suggested, and see if it would benefit me more at this time to concentrate on the rifle cal. reload only.
Again,,, thanks to all,,, and please keep the advise coming,, you just can't get enough help when it comes to "changing one's ignorance".