stellarpod
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Reloading and shooting is the pair of hobbies that permits to to build something and then have it disappear so you can build it again. Can't do that if you build birdhouses.
You can if you give them away.
Why the emphasis on speed? Is that your preferred means of evaluation? Having been through and engineering analysis such as you are currently engaged in, I must say it matters not one whit.
Granting that we should all be concerned first about, 1) safety, 2) relative accuracy, isn't THE most basic tenant of a progressive press (vs. single stage) the ability to radically improve speed? And isn't this discussion about the merits of one progressive versus another? Then, doesn't it follow that a comparison of the speed component is of at least passing interest? I can understand differences of opinion regarding what rate of production is adequate, but I would have to say that if you care enough to upgrade from a single stage to a progressive press, you probably care a least a "whit".
You're absolutely right about the cost of peripheral items. But, those cost are a reality regardless of whether you go single or progressive.
stellarpod