If you want to prime off of the progressive, I would recommend a hand primer. RCBS and Lee both make decent ones and it would be cheaper than buying a single stage for priming. I always hand prime even if using a progressive press... that way I can make sure the primer is seated correctly. It works especially well for rifle because you have to trim, chamfer, and debur anyways, so while you are prepping your brass, you can prime it and have it ready. Just my two cents..
There's 2 things you can do. The plastic part that the lever hits to index the shell plate can be screwed in and out to adjust the timing. There is also a bolt on the bottom that can be unscrewed and you can adjust the whole carrier to advance or retard the timing of press.
All right, I got the indexing fixed. I rewatched the setup videos and I was putting the knob on the shell plate upside down, so apparently there was too much pressure on it. Once I did that adjusting the bolt on the bottom worked like a champ.
Additionally, I'm giving up on priming and just going with a hand primer. When I resize, though, the opening is too big on .223 . . . does that mean I have the die too far down? Trying to look for my videos with the adjustments now. My bullet seating die just doesn't seem like it's crimping, the bullet will fall down inside the shell. If I back off the bullet position knob it will go through without dropping but it's still loose.
I have been able to make a grand total of 14 rounds since I set my press up. Thankfully between the weather and being busy a lot of it is due to lack of time, because otherwise this would be really frustrating.
What is the deal with priming? Are you neck sizing the brass or full length sizing? It sounds like your sisizing die is not adjusted correctly. When you seat the bullets there should be a some resistance, you can also use calipers to check the I.D. of the case neck. I'll check when I get home on the adjustments for the sizing die. Your problems seem exactly opposite of how mine went when I set it up. I had everything up and running in about an hour