Originally Posted by
HKGuns
I use an approach similar to MarkM. But I don't use the LnL progressive for rifle rounds and don't recommend it. I only use the progressive for pistol.
I decap and size on the Hornady Iron single stage, then hand prime and hand powder charge in the trays before moving back to the Iron to seat the bullets.
Something always goes wrong on a progressive when loading rifle rounds and I prefer a higher margin of safety when loading rifle. Before I purchased the Iron single stage, I used the LnL progressive as a single stage. I was simply fed up with fixing priming, decaping or other issues that sent everything awry.
Its pretty hard to screw up a pistol load, not so much with rifle.
I think of them as follows:
Shotgun - Most forgiving
Pistol - Mostly forgiving
Rifle - Have your shit squared away before loading