I'll throw my 2 cents in. I have loaded for years on a RockChucker and decided to upgrade to a progressive. I tried a Pro 1000 and the only ongoing problem is with the primer feed. Having read Recluse's hint for waxing and dry lubing the primer chute I'll give it a try. The other problem was with a flake powder ( Solo 1000) I found I was getting a half charge in one case and a charge and a half in the next. Needless to say I had a lot of fun with an impact puller. Luckly I didn't fire any, might have been exciting. Cleaned out the powder drop tube and made sure there was no lumps in the powder next time around no problems. As to the Dillon machines I had a neighbor here at the shop that was a commercial reloder. Had nothoing but dillion machines. During times I didn't want to work was over there watching the machines work. I've seen powder spills, primer misfeeds, failure to index right, case feed failures, two powder measures with cracked housings. No indictment of the machines, I have no idea how many thousands of rounds each one loaded or what PM was done on the machines. Not much from what I've seen. The whole point of this is anytime you have something more complicated than a fork things are going to break, not work right and in general be a pain in the you know what. Pick any product that has a large market, cars, guns whatever. You buy one item of brand X and you have nothing but problems with it. It leaves a bad taste in your mouth and you hate brand X. Your buddy buys brand X and is so happy you can't stand it. Who's right??? Not looking for a fight, been on both sides of the deal. Like I said just my 2 cents.
AggieEE