Originally Posted by Skeet 028

I have an extensive background in many progressive reloading machines. Reloading equipment was my business for about 40 years. As some have said here they have good experience with the less expensive presses. Yep sometimes the stars and planets align for some. I've seen good ammo come from all kinds of progressives And I can also say there are some machines that just take too much tinkering to achieve good results. The other side of the coin...there some people that are patient as Job and they get great results. Then there are the people who shouldn't be allowed near any progressive press. I have seen my share of those. One was a good reloader till he got a P-W 800 press. Being an engineer he just couldn't leave that press alone...."improving" it. I have seen a few progressive machines that should have never been invented. Thankfully they are almost all extinct these days. The first thing we want to have is a press that will work great in the hands of reloaders. What we also want to see is reloaders that know their limitations. Some can seem to get anything to work. Wish I was that person...but still feel I do better on getting recalcitrant presses to work correctly with a reasonable amount of time getting 'em to work. BTW I bought Lee APP for some case prep and it does a surprisingly competent job. Sometimes cheap does work! Sometimes expensive...doesn't! Good grief that got longer than I intended