ORIGINAL: bigcountry
If you have a hankering for progressive, you are going to have to shell out the money for a dillion.
I agree the Dillon is a high end, user friendly progressive but I retired my RL 550 a few years ago. Didn't need a high capacity reloader so I went to a RCBS Rockchucker and 2 Lee single stage presses (garage sale variety). Use the RCBS for full length resizing when needed and the Lee's for neck sizing and bullet seating. Use a RCBS hand primer and a Lee volumetric powder measure. I think I do a better job of reloading by going one step at a time. and having multiple presses set up gives me 40 - 50 rounds per hour.