Thank you for your input guys,I really appreciate it as this is uncharted territory for me. The turret press I ordered is the "value" model with the steel plate base. I guess I need to order a Lee Auto Drum or Auto Disc set-up.....Which do you recommend? I do also have set of Lee 357 dies and can see how the powder drops through the center of the expander die. I will order said die in 45 ACP. Is there any hardware needed to be ordered to connect the powder drop set-up to the top of the die?
you don't need a whole lee die set if you already have some dies. You just need the powder through die. And this guy
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1012822029 if you don't have the riser, the powder dispenser whacks your primer feed system. you can see it mounted on top of the powder die in this video
(not my video, I haven't watched it. all I know is that it shows the dies)
with fine powders, the auto disk will leak some powder. And it has the advantage/disadvantage of a finite number of charge options, so you don't spend the rest of your life trying to tailor an exact load. It is also easy to move the dispenser from die set to die set, change your powder change, them go back to the exact same size hole for powder amounts.
The auto drum is hit or miss. I have 3. 1 does great, 1 leaks powder, and one used to leak, but now doesn't. it is supposedly able to change the drum insert around so you can set different drums to different volumes for different calibers and use 1 dispenser for multiple calibers, but in practice, once I get it to not leak, I am NEVER taking the drum out again. BUT you get infinite adjustability, the hopper holds more powder, and when working right, it doesn't leak.
I find the primer system to feel cheap, and it was a little fiddly to find a rhythm that worked for me, but once I did, it works great.