Took a chance and pre-ordered the deluxe / automation version of the APP press. Also got inline's quick change plate. I had planned on using it primarily for sizing 9mm and my 240g .308 subs. I got the sizer that fits in the bottom of the press for both of those as well. I just got everything hooked up today and have not tried to size or decap any cases yet but my initial feelings with boolit sizing is that I LOVE THIS PRESS!
Set up was slightly intuitive. If your familiar with lees products you can put together 80% of it without looking at the directions. The feed tube took a bit of messing with to get the distances right for the boolits to feed correctly, much like adjusting the case drop tube on the Hornady LNL progress. looking at the directions there is a few different types of tops plates for the boolits / case shuttle. they slide on and most of the misalignment i had with a boolits not dropping into the sizing die or becoming canted was because it wasn't pushed to the left on the shuttle enough. Sizing was easier that on my single stage press. I usually have to lube my 308s a bit with just a bit of one shot to assist with sizing. I did not need that with this press, less bearing surface in contact with the boolits? could also be the mechanical advantage of the linkage.
The only issue that slows you down is that you can out run the feed tubes in no time. With the rifle boolits i had to go a bit slower to allow it to fall and align in the sizer die but still quicker than with a single stage. With 9mm, you can really move! i didn't like having to drop the boolits in individually. So went to the hardware store to figure that out to make things quicker.
found a funnel that fits that specific drop tube. Used an o ring on the bottom and on the inside to adjust it so the bullets would drop right in. Also took a debur tool to round the plastic a bit. This allows you do dump then in alot faster. I did find with FN bullets, it doesn't matter if it is nose up or nose down. I could take a handful and slowly drop them in to fill up the tube. with the 240gs they had to be nose down but still alot faster.
The addition of adding the old powder canister to collet the sized boolits is really useful. Thats how I keep everything i cast sorted out anyways.
I can tell the handle, although functionally, might need to be replaced with nice roller one from inline.
I'll tried to add videos to youtube but my iphone is giving me problems.