Badger, presses for rifles and pistols come infour flavors. The "C" press. The "O" press. The Turret Press. And the "Progressive."

The C press is the cheapest, is easy to use and will work reasonably well on most cartridges. It's main problem is it's not very strong. If you consider the C.......you realize one side of the thing is open and unsupported. This allows the press to do a lot of flexing even if it's built of good steel. A reloading press generates many thousands of ft lb of force when resizing cases. The "O" press costs more but as you can see almost totally eliminates any flexing...although there is some give even with the "O" design, believe it or not.

The Turret press is a glorified version of the C. It's not particularly strong, plus it adds the additional "slop" of a revolving head. It's only advantage is it's a little bit faster...but very little.

The progressive presses today are variations of the "O" design. Basically a big "O" press with all the dies mounted above and it's the shell plate below that revolves. These are good solid presses and considerably faster than all the above. And they build as good a ammunition as any of the above. But the progressive has some serious drawbacks as well. First, they are much more expensive. Secondly, they can be tedious to set up or adjust most things. Thirdly, they aren't versatile. Because of the commotion involved with setting them up and adjusting things, they are NOT a press for the experimenter or guy who likes to continually try different combinations of bullets, powders, etc. A progressive press is for the guy who wants to make one thing and make lots of them.

For anyone starting out reloading, ask yourself how serious are you about guns, hunting and reloading. If you just want to try it and dip your toe in the water, get the cheapest Lee "C" press. They will work fine starting out and you can likely sell it later if you really get into reloading.

If you are seriously a gun nut and hunter, I suggest you get a good "O" press...........the RCBS RockChucker is probably the most popular. It's very strong and you won't live long enough to do it any harm or wear it out. A turret press really offers no significant advantage to anything.

I would NOT start out with a progressive press. The vast majority of all reloaders get a good "O" press and live happily ever after.

Hope this helps.