Who here's got a Dillon 550?

[GW]

The auto indexing is worth the extra $$ I started with a Square Deal then upgraded to a 550 for a brief while till I discovered how much I missed the auto-index feature. I E-bayed the 550 and got a 650 with the case-feed
You need lots of primertubes & powder handy if you want to reach the 1000 rounds per hour rate.
My best was just under 700 RPH, but I really load at a slower rate than that.

[Bing]

I am a little slower on reloading with my 650 too. I can probably do 500 rounds in an hour or so....but it is still much faster than manually indexing the 550.

[C-pher]

I have the 550, and I load about 6 or 7 different rounds... I love my 550.

I have to agree, it's the dinking around that really gets ya...once you get it dialed in, you can load up pretty fast.

[randy]

If you are experminting with pistol loads, a progressive maybe isn't the hot hook up.

Once you've decided on a pistol load then want to crank out some ammo for the weekend the progressive is the only way to go.

I'd stick with the Dillion 650 over the 1050 for a couple of reasons. The 650 has a life time warranty the 1050 one year.

It's easier and cheaper to convert calibers on the 650.

If you are buying the loader to make 9mm unless you have a gun that requires long loads or super hot loads USPSA Limited and Open guns. Then you are pi$$ing in the wind loading 9mm vs. the cost at wal mart or gun shows. I don't think 9mm pencils out. 38 should be worth while you don't have to hunt for brass. You'll start saving when you load 45 or 40.

1 pound of win 231 will load around 1100 to 1300 rounds of 9 $18.00
1000 115 grain 9mm around $65.00
1000 Winchester small pistol primers $18.00
Total around $101.00

(I stocked up on primers and buy powder in 8 lb cans I don't buy 9mm so these are guesses for todays prices)

I read on here wally world is selling 1000 rnds of 9 for $107.00. You'll save around $6.00 reloading. You'll spend more time looking for brass, cleaning brass, dealing with military crimped primers, the ones that just get ruined blah blah blah than the $6.00 is worth.
Good luck