Started on a Square Deal B, for .45 ACP, and now load .45 and .38 Super.
Didn't realize there was another kind of press...
The one point I would make is that humans are creatures of habit. Hands learn habits, and it can be very difficult to override them.
Therefore, given that there is auto-advance and manual advance, I would chose one and never change. I demand equipment that fits my habits, and I don't try to override habits. I've seen too many experienced, veteran carpenters get hurt trying to do exactly that.
So I believe that the wise man chooses his habits deliberately, and then fits his equipment to his habits from then on.
Otherwise, if you bounce back and forth between auto-advance and manual advance, sooner or later you'll be pulling the trigger on a double charge.
So having started on a Square Deal, if I upgraded, I'd go to a 650, not a 550, because the type of advance would be the same.
But that's just my opinion.
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