I hear ya, really I do.My Dillion 550 is 17 years old. I have never had a problem with it. Speaking from experience, don’t go cheap on reloading equipment. You wouldn’t put a $30 scope on one of your precision rifles would you?
Here is where I left off last night, in regards to getting setup for reloading 223 and 308 for "precision".
Lee Classic 4-hole turret (base price of $149)
Redding Premium dies
Extra turrets, Powder Measure, Digital Scale, etc
$840
Dillon 550 (base price of $525)
same items as above
$1450
The Dillon setup is $610 more, but the real question is do I actually "have to" spend the extra money to slowly reload the ammo I want? I know the Dillon is good and popular, but so is that Lee Turret. Is the Dillon $610 better?
And if I'm being honest here, while I've been researching and asking tons of questions about reloading, I'm still hesitant because it's a huge investment/rabbit hole with time and money both.