Gunsmoke,... I believe one must learn to crawl before they can walk and walk, before you can run. :mrgreen: What I mean by that, is,... creating a single cartridge at a time, through intimate learning of each and every step, can give you reloading insight, a progressive may not.
Not trying to start anything, I never did mass produced reloading, or, full auto reloading,...so, this is just my very limited opinion.
But, I doubt you will hear many anal retentive moron single stage reloaders saying you would blow up all your guns :angry-extinguishflame: for not being experienced enough when doing each and every loading step,... by hand,... on a single stage press.
As I am most definitely in the
GREAT MINORITY when it comes to my opinion of progressive presses,... bottom line for me is, if I don't see, or, I don't do, every step in hand, with every cartridge,... it don't go in any of my weapons!!!
Now,... putting all the above in proper context,... consider that I am someone who only shoots a dozen rounds, when some will shoot hundreds,...I am someone who only shoots a few hundred rounds, per weapon, per year,... compared to some who will shoot thousands!!!
All the best to you!