First of all you want to keep this cheap I see. And you're only looking at around 2000 to 3000 a year. If you are SURE that's all you need then why not look at a single stage press? For things like the .44Mag I load and shoot I don't use enough of it to justify buying a caliber conversion kit for my Dillon 550. Instead I load on a Hornady Lock N'Load. I can pretty easily do roughly 150 rounds an hour without rushing or skipping any of the sensible checks. So a couple of hours one evening and you'll have 300 rounds to keep you going for a month or so.
Now this is
IF you are being honest with yourself about the amount you shoot. And
IF you won't be led into shooting more by the lower cost of your reloaded ammo.
Still, even if you did "lie" to yourself (best of intentions of course
) and you shoot more than that if you have the time to put in a couple of hours per week a single stage can still push through that same 150 per hour. So an hour a week or four hours a month at some point will produce 600 rounds a month or 4800 per year for that four hours a month of effort.
And a single stage of this sort is also a good lead in for rifle reloading. For rifle it's a bit slower since the higher requirement for accuracy requires weighing every charge where on the handgun ammo I use a dipper that drops the right weight give or take a small amount. So rifle reloading is limited to around 50 or slightly more per hour.
The question that comes now is will your family life GIVE you that hour or two a week to reload? That's where the progressive comes in. And in a more minor way the turret press. These CAN make more ammo. But for some folks their larger advantage is that they can make the ammo that they require in less time at the reloading bench. And if time is tight due to kids or taking the wife over to see the outlaws then a progressive can maximize your hourly production so you can get what you need out of the time you can devote.
But if time isn't an issue then from the numbers you're posting a single stage becomes a viable option.
When I had the couple of 1000's that I was given I also found them to have some quirks or just plain outright problems that needed fixing.
On both of them I found that when the carrier came up that the whole die plate pushed to the side slightly because the carrier wasn't centered correctly. To fix that I had to drill out the holes in the upper carrier that the die plate locks into for the post screws. That gave me more play to allow the die plate and carrier to float over to centered and then I tightened the screws down.
The primer tray and track sometimes jammed and wouldn't feed when nearly full. A couple of extra notches filed into the rear of the post that the pin runs against gave it more jiggle to keep things flowing better. Not perfectly but better.
The light spring on the primer ram wasn't enough to keep the carrier up off the pin so the plate could rotate. So I added a home made bracket with an outboard plunger and spring so it was more positive.
The plastic primer track got worn with age and started rising up out of the zinc alloy carrier. So I drilled in from the side and tapped it for a set screw to put a slight pressure on it and lock it into position.
A side sheild made from aluminium roof flashing that snapped onto the support posts was needed to direct the ejected primers down through the openings in the base and into the collection bucket. Otherwise about 1:3 went shooting out onto the floor.
The spring detent in the die plate isn't strong enough to hold the plate from turning when locking and unloading the die rings for adjustments. So I drilled and put in a pin that stops the plate from rotating when in position. This last isn't needed but it makes life a lot more pleasant.
The auto indexing setup on the 1000 is OK when new but seems to wear easily. The ones that came on the presses I was given were worn enough that they were more trouble than they were worth. I removed those parts and made them into manual indexed presses and found that was way less frustration for finding that one sweet spot only to have it change within an hour. But to be fair mine were rather worn as I say.
So the quirks can be fixed rather than lived with but some of them require a bit more work and metal working skills than some folks normally have.
Because of all these issues that I found I can't say I recommend them.
