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If you get good at it, the Lee loader is not all that different in speed compared to loading on a SS press. Check out youtube. Then time yourself on a SS press. Most people don't load any much faster, on average, than the fastest Lee loaders!

But I agree with the noise factor. All that whacking and keeping track of so many things would get tiresome pretty fast.
 
Limited on time and limited on money:

A single stage to feed any significant amount of shooting in your calibers requires a lot of time to load.

A compromise is a turret press that can be operated as a single stage to learn each reloading process. It can also produce pistol ammo faster than a single stage press.

To save money, the LEE cast iron turret press gives a good reliable press for the money.

USED with all the additional and somewhat expensive reloading "stuff" thrown in as a package is a great way to save money. These don't show up every day, but keep checking the local ads.

As said already. Read and ask questions first. The best way would be to have an experienced reloader help you decide what to get and maybe where.
 
Lost Sheep...you forgot buying a new gun just to be able to reload something else than you have been...I'm looking at a .243 and .30-30 as we speak. :D
 
I've never used a Dillon so I can't compare. I have a RCBS Jr., Pro1000, Lee hand press, Classic Cast BL, & Load Master.

The Jr. works fine but takes extra effort. The hand press works also but is slower because you have to keep handling the press & all the flex drives me crazy. I have a friend that has been using one for years tho.

I use a SS for rifle because it seems easier & faster to me.

I don't like the SS for handgun because it takes 3 pulls to make a finished round where The Pro1000 kicks one out every time you pump the handle. I did make a few modulations. I replaced the ejector with a paper clip bent in a half moon shape. I also changed the spring on the chain but that shouldn't affect the way it works. The Pro1000 can be used as a manual turret by drilling a hole in the turret for the rod to pass through. I did this when I loaded 30-06 on it. The only problems I have had other then the ejector self induced. I had some problems learning to use it because I thought I already knew how to load but a progressive & SS are not the same thing. You should run on round at a time until try learn how to is it tho.

The Load Master is a good press also I just line the simpleness of the Pro1000 better.

No Flame from here. I just like these presses & don't have tyre problems others have but them again my while life has been using tools. I normally don't have the problems with tools others have because I take the time to learn them.

As was said earlier to few & also to many primers in the hopper cause problems. I keep no more then 120 in it & no less then the shoot full. If I want to run it dry the last 10 need the help of a paper clip to push them into place.
 
I just got into reloading too, and went with the Lee classic turret press. It seemed like the best value and compromise of speed/simplicity. I love being able to use the auto index and make a box of ammo pretty quick, but it is also nice to convert it to single-stage and do one stage at a time. You can either remove the indexing rod, or simply don't bring the press all the way down. So it is flexible in that regard. For instance I may deprime all at once, clean, primer pockets in front of the TV, inspect, then they are all ready to go. I have loved reloading .45 so much I already bought dies to reload .9mm, .223 and .308 next. I think the turret will come in handy for the 9mm and .223 since I blast through ammo so fast, but the .308 I could see myself weighing each charge and doing it essentially single stage.
 
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