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<blockquote data-quote="BillM" data-source="post: 4178463" data-attributes="member: 45785">I wouldn&#039;t start with a Dillon unless you absolutely will be shooting thousands of rounds a month, and not doing much loading for a specific purpose other than practice ammo. If you will want to work up target or hunting loads get one of the smaller presses. If you&#039;re going to be crafting precision rounds, you&#039;ll hate the Dillon. And you might love a C or O press. Starting with a progressive is a good way to get to hate reloading. I&#039;ve had a Spar-T turret press for closing on 50 years. Wouldn&#039;t give a Dillon bench space. My brother shot competition for decades. I think he&#039;s got 4 or 5 Dillons. Couple 550s, a 650... Not really sure as I&#039;ve not seen his setup since about 2010. He shoots AR&#039;s, M1A&#039;s, and 9mm, and used to keep most of the brothers &amp; sisters, and their kids, in ammo. If you&#039;re going that route, you might want to spend time around someone like him first. He was talking to me about needing 8 identical sets of molds for a Magnacaster, the other day... I have maybe more than a dozen molds. But none of them are the same. Think no more than 3 are same caliber...&nbsp; You might be somewhere between us. <img src="/images/smilies/smile.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="BillM, post: 4178463, member: 45785"] I wouldn't start with a Dillon unless you absolutely will be shooting thousands of rounds a month, and not doing much loading for a specific purpose other than practice ammo. If you will want to work up target or hunting loads get one of the smaller presses. If you're going to be crafting precision rounds, you'll hate the Dillon. And you might love a C or O press. Starting with a progressive is a good way to get to hate reloading. I've had a Spar-T turret press for closing on 50 years. Wouldn't give a Dillon bench space. My brother shot competition for decades. I think he's got 4 or 5 Dillons. Couple 550s, a 650... Not really sure as I've not seen his setup since about 2010. He shoots AR's, M1A's, and 9mm, and used to keep most of the brothers & sisters, and their kids, in ammo. If you're going that route, you might want to spend time around someone like him first. He was talking to me about needing 8 identical sets of molds for a Magnacaster, the other day... I have maybe more than a dozen molds. But none of them are the same. Think no more than 3 are same caliber... You might be somewhere between us. :) [/QUOTE]

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