Reloading is a great hobby, and one that has it's pleasures. Eventually you will probably end up with both a single stage and a progressive.
I have a Forster Co-Ax for low volume/precision/test loads, and a Dillon 550 for volume. The Forster is a very good press, and doesn't require different shell holders for all the different cartridges you may load.
A big advantage of the single stage is working up test loads, where you are changing powder weight every 5 or 10 rounds, or when trying different bullet weights during the same session. The reloader's obsession is finding "that" accurate load! Also, since I don't load a thousand rounds for any hunting load, I use it for low volume work. For a beginning reloader, the single stage screws with your head less when you are learning, since progressives can be a real pain with test boxes.
The advantage of a progressive is once you have all your load data figured out (powder amount and bullet seating depth), you can just start rocking high volume. There are successful rifle competition shooters who use a Dillon to load their ammo, so they are capable of very accurate loads once locked down. If you take your time to set up a progressive they aren't hard to use. Some guys, not me, turn their progressives into a single stage and only do certain operations one at a time. Anal is as anal does.
So........ for a press to get going with, if I were making the decision, I would choose the type of press I'd be using the most. I.E. low volume, vs. high volume. In the end you will want both.
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