Best progressive reloading machine?

[Prion]

The 550B works well for me but I only shoot a few hundred hundred rounds a week.

 

[EddieNFL]

The only people who prefer manual-advance progressives, are the ones who haven't experienced the auto-advance progressives.

Used auto indexing presses since the mid '80s. Still prefer the 550 for certain tasks.

Once again we learn opinions vary.

 

[ranger335v]

Dillon's top model, what is it...1050?

 

[hydraulicman]

versitile I would get a dillon 550

if you need more ammo. get the 650

 

[redneckdan]

I like the star I have set up with a case feeder. Only does .38 and .357s but runs smoothly once it is set up for a load.

 

[rightside]

I use the Dillon 650 without the case feeder. When cases get low and am refilling, I do a check to make sure everything functioning is just right.

 

[swiftak]

I'll stick with my 550.

 

[Owen]

dream machine would be a 1050 with the powered by Ponsness & Warren ( http://reloaders.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=71 )

 

[noylj]

Loaded on a friend's 650 without case feeder. he had bought two, but didn't think he needed the case feeder.
What a pain in the ass that was. It was very uncomfortable reaching to the back with my right hand to insert cases.
I had never even thought about a case feeder for my Hornady, but it became obvious to me when I first saw where the empty cases went that the press and I could only get along with a case feeder.
After that, I really appreciated my Hornady. Every station is where I would want it. Only thing better is the 1050...

 

[prickett]

Geeze, all the RCBS Pro 2000 users, are rolling their eyes. If you like to load lots of calibers, pistol and rifle, its hard to beat the green machine. Caliber changes in 3 minutes, and a superior and safer APS priming system, were the strong motivators for me. Super press, you'd be doing yourself a disservice not to examine the RCBS Pro 2000 auto-advance option. I've had mine for 2 years, and the more I use it the better I like it.

The closest Dillon to it is the 650, but try changing calibers on a 650 in three minutes...more like 15 minutes on a good day.

The only people who prefer manual-advance progressives, are the ones who don't own an auto-advance progressive.

You sure don't hear much about the Pro 2000, but I LOVE mine. Anyone know how the Dillon primer feed compares the RCBS's APS priming system? I'd have to be pretty darn good to make me want to give up the APS.

BTW, I replaced RCBS's powder drop with a Lee Powder thru the die, so station 2 now primes, bells, and drops powder. That allows addition of a check die and a separate FCD or taper die.