Multiple presses or just one with multiple conversion plates?

[AG166]

I shoot a few hundred pistol rounds a month and my Dillon 550 keeps up with my needs with no problem. I also have an RCBS Rock Chucker for when I want to be a little more precise in my rifle rounds, but that's only about 50 a month.
My next machine is going to be a Dillon 650 someday....

[NSR500]

2 MEC 9000's, 12 & 20ga.
2 Hornady LNL's
1 Dillon SDB
2 RockChuckers
1 RCBS Model "A2"
1 RCBS Model "A".
This is not counting the Dillon 550 I sold! (Liked the LNL MUCH BETTER!!)
It's a sickness I think

Damn, that's a fair amount of gear!

[tankerman]

Get a couple of 650's and a couple of single stages.

[Divernhunter]

I load for 30+ different cartridges. I do not have to readjust any of my dies once they are set with real locking rings. I have only single stage presses. I have a Hornady for my 50BMG. I have a Rockchucker for sizing rifle stuff and a Jr(RCBS) for seating bullets and sizing pistol brass. I turn out alot of ammo and always batch prep my brass. I also hand prime all of it while watching TV.

[mstlaurent]

Mstlaurent,
When you are shooting 200-300 rounds of ammo 3 times a week consistantly each for 2 people for a few years, changing calibers back and forth is not fun no matter how long it takes. I've had Hornady LNL AP before as well and have to agree it is a great press for a given situation and if I only had space for 2 presses in in my cave (or the lack of room thereof), one would maybe be a Hornady LNL AP and a good single stage.
That said, I don't like to have to set up the presses for 9mm and 45acp. I just want to walk up to the press and handload. That's another reason I have Redding comp dies on my XL650's. So I can set the seater stem to the recorded number mark and go. I only have to spot check for qualitiy control. That is where it is very important to see how much ammo you realistically shoot for a period of time.
If I were to buy for what I loaded the last couple of years, a 550B and a single stage is all I really need now. Or a Lee Classic turret and single stage.

LGB

That's a lot of ammo. When I reload I load about 2,000 to 3,000 rounds of a particular caliber over the course of a week or two, and that lasts me for a year or so. So my scheme works for me. If I were shooting as much as you are, I would have a press for each caliber too. I'd probably put a Ponsess-Warren on them too, so my arm didn't fall off. How many calibers do you reload for?

[SexualChocolate]

I have the majority of my weapons in either .45, 9mm, 5.56, and 7.62

I shoot the 9mm, .45 and 5.56 the most.

So I have a Lee Pro 1000 in .45 and one in 9mm, and a Lee single stage for the 5.56 duties.