Progressive VS single stage

[6pt-Sika]

When I first started loading shotgun shells almost forty years ago I started with a pair of Ponsness Warren 800B’s in 12 and 28 quickly followed with a pair of 800C’s in 20 and 410 . Eventually I upgraded the pair of B’s to C’s and added a PW 375C with two heads one for 16 and the other for 10 gauge 3 1/2” . When I thought I was done with shotgun stuff I sold them all . I still think nobody makes better machines than PW . But now I’ve got a pair of MEC 9000 12’s a 9000 16 a 9000 20 a pair of 9000 28’s a 9000 410 , Grabber 28 , Grabber 410 , 650 12 , 650 16 , Steelmaster 12 3” , Sizemaster 10 , 600JR 10 , 600JR 12 , 600JR 16 , 600JR 20 and 600JR 410 . All of those except four were bought used at what I consider a great savings . I use the 9000’s for skeet,trap,sporting and birds . I use the Sizemaster 10 for all 10 gauge stuff and wish they made a 9000 10 2 7/8” , I use the Steelmaster 12 for all 3” , 600JR 12 for buckshot slugs and Bismuth , the 600JR 16 again for buck slug bismuth , 600JR 20 for buck n slugs . I had a 600JR 28 that I sold to a friend before I decided to try buck and slugs , and was about to get another 600 or Sizemaster for the 28 but I’ve been using the Grabber 28 that had been setting there doing nothing . Now with all that being said if money were no object all the 9000’s would be gone and replaced with PW 800 Plus machines as well as a PW LS-1000 for 10 gauge 2 7/8” and a LS-1000 12 gauge 3” . But I’d still have MEC Sizemaster’s for the 10 , 12 , 16 , 20 and 28 for buck and slugs . While I like the PW 375C it’s not as user friendly for placing buck and slugs as a Sizemaster/600 are . Now before someone says the obvious , I’ve got way more presses than one guy needs however if they come my way in good shape and cheap I tend to pick up duplicates from time to time hence the reason I’ve got a pair of 9000’s for the 12 and 28 .