Most people would recommend learning on a single stage or turret press to begin with but I'm not one of those people.
I started with a progressive and haven't looked back. I figured, I'd end up with one anyway, might as well buy it up front. A progressive press is a multitaskers' reloading tool. As long as you understand what is happening at each station with each push or pull of the handle, I don't see why it would be daunting for a beginner. I picked it up very quickly and was cranking out quality assembled ammo. Beginners can load one case at a time and cycle the single cartridge around the stations until completion, rather than get one completed round with each pull/push of the lever if they choose to. My progressive can also be switched to manual indexing if I wanted to slow it down even further. If you're attentive like you're supposed to be while reloading, you'll be fine with a progressive.
If I hadn't jumped in with both feet immediately, I'd have definitely opted for a turret press.
The single stage turret presses allows the operator to have all the dies (3-5) installed and adjusted for the caliber in question. When you operate the ram, it (the case holder and case) raises into whichever die station is currently above it (rotating turret head).
On a progressive press, the shellplate and cases moves under the next station and several cases move up to their respective dies. Multiple cases being processed with one stroke.
A non turret single stage press, only has space for a single die. You must process all the cases the same way before changing the die and moving on to the next operation.
SO basically, your single stage turret press is somewhere between a progressive and a non turreted single stage press in terms of complexity.
You're still going to need a good scale and bullet puller!
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