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I have been handloading for 30 plus years. I kicked myself numerous times for not just getting a Dillon Progressive years ago. I couldn't justify the expense so I bought a collection of cheaper "stuff" that has since worn out, broken, or just been thrown away because it didn't work and nobody else wanted it.
I finally bit the bullet and bought a Dillon XL-650 with Casefeeder about a year ago. Since I already had dies, scale, calipers, and case preperation tools the total cost was just under $1,000. Expensive?? Not when I added up all the money I spent on my old LEE Progressive (not including the trip to the ER for stitches in my hand when a tray of primers exploded on the press one day).
Buying a Dillon press will be one of those things you will either do, or you will make excuses why not to do for years. If you intend to shoot any volume, either in fun or competetion, you will eventuallyown a Dillon.