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Get a Dillon 550C. There's nothing better or even close. I prep the cases in an RCBS small-base full length die on my single stage press and then feed the fully prepped cases into the Dillon. I use a Redding Competition Seating Die and Redding taper crimp die in the Dillon. I have two 550's, one for large primers and one for small primers.

I just don't understand the prepping cases on another press part.

I sized and trimmed 1000 pieces of 45 ACP brass on my Rockchucker then loaded em on my Dillon SDB and I hated every minute of that.

I only prep rifle cases prior to running them thru my Dillons. That way they are sized in a rigid cast-iron press, trimmed, chamfered, primer pockets cleaned and uniformed, and tumbled to like new finish.

There's no need to prep handgun cases unless they need trimming which is rare.

By the way...the new Lyman power trimmer is awesome! 20+ cases a minute!

I would hate that too!

Case prep is, easily, my least favorite reloading chore. I'd rather throw all my pistol brass away and replace it with new stuff, if I hard to size and trim it all.

I'm slowly working my way through a couple thousand .223 cases. Even with an RCBS power trimmer, it's not much fun. A few hundred here and there, is about all I can muster for patience.

I've got a big bucket of IMI M193 brass that I need to size, decrimp and maybe trim that just gets bigger cause I'm too lazy to tackle that job.