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lkd wrote:How would you score that if you had a Hornady LnL or a Dillon 550?

I can't. I don't own those presses, but I am willing to bet that someone will come along a relate their experience.

NcongruNt wrote:The Lee Breech-Lock Challenger single stage is a snap to change dies on.

I agree that single stage presses are easy to change the dies -- changed many dies myself on a single stage press. For non-Breech Lock presses, aka a standard press, I am partial to the Hornady lock rings as the set screw does not bugger up the threads like the RCBS lock ring set screw. Once a die is lock-ringed, changing it happens as fast as you can screw the old one out and the new one in.

The point I was addressing was he rated "Ease of Caliber Change" as a 1 for single stage presses and 3 for a progressive. I can lift out my quick-change turret and change all 4 dies in my Loadmaster in the same amount of time it take me to change one die in my single stage. I am not saying a single stage is bad, I am saying that a "3" rating seems a little too harsh for a progressive since it is as easy as a single stage.

lkd wrote:Spoken like somebody who is really out of touch with the beginning reloader's challenges.

FWIW, my first press was a Lee Loadmaster, so it can be done.

Regarding your "Ease of Caliber change", personally I think it is easier to change calibers on a progressive. I swap the old turret out and the new turret in and change shellplates in about 2 minutes.

Regardless of the press type, the first time you load a new caliber you need to set the dies correctly. After that initial setting, you should be able to swap dies or turrets in quickly without having to reset everything.

Regarding "Load Accuracy", I think you should distinguish between rifle and pistol, as they are hugely different.