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Originally Posted by Calliope
I chose a turret over a progressive because I want to be able to concentrate on 1 cartridge at a time and manually operate my powder drop, but still have more speed than a single stage.
What's funny is I still look for excuses to buy a high end single stage like a Forster Co-ax or RCBS Summit, but then I sit down at my T-7 turret and that goes away.
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You can do exactly that on the 550, what makes it such a great press. 100% control as you manually index. You can run it exactly as a turret, move the shell plate instead of the turret. Go fast go slow, a true upgrade to a ss or turret press.
250rds a month, even a ss press is fine. At 250rds a week, now you are in progressive territory IMO. Loafing along on a 550, only 45min a week. If you don't have much time to shoot, you have even less time to reload.
Cost of gear should really never be the issue. So you spend $400 or $200, that is nothing compared to the time list using slower equip. Not to mention, any progressive will cut your handle pulling by 75%.