By now you should be thoroughly confused. If you have a bench, old desk or heavy table to mount it, go with a bench mounted press of one kind or the other. I started out reloading with the Lee Loader, loading .38 SPL cartridges. I loaded satisfactory rounds with it, but outgrew it very quickly. It is just too slow and full length sizing of straight-walled pistol brass trumps neck sizing (Lee Loader). When I moved up to a bench mounted press, it was like going from cooking on a wood stove to a gas range...maybe better. My first single-stage press was a Lyman Spartan and it served me well, until I got serious about competitive pistol shooting. Going from that to a progressive was even better. I still load small amounts of rifle and pistol ammo on a single-stage press. I have used balance beam scales and digital scales. The digital scales have been what I consider high end, and I haven't had any problems. Suit yourself. If you are considering buying used reloading equipment, my advice is to only do it if you have a buddy, who is experienced in reloading, look over the used equipment. There is some outdated reloading equipment out there where accessories and/or parts can be almost, if not in fact, impossible to obtain. Broken or sprung parts can be hard to figure out. Those Lee kits are ok, but right now, everyone seems to be sold out of them.
