Several comments- I shoot high power rifle. Good commercial equipment, the stuff that costs over $25K to get started, checks everything, the case, condition, weight, length and more, the load, double checked to within 0.1 grain (which is overkill for accuracy). Bullet seating is done far more accurate than any Dillon press, not to mention bullet weights are checked as well as diameter. Good commercial stuff (and the 1050 isn't in that class) checks everything, and can be much more consistent than a hand loader (you make mistakes after loading a couple hundred ).
For any serious shooting you are talking 1,000s of rounds, not hundreds. Its the practice, practice, practice that burns up ammo, and no you cannot use surplus junk as you don't know how good you are shooting if you do.
I do not have the patience to reload 1,000s of rounds, one at a time, I enjoy shooting, not reloading, consequently I am looking for whatever equipment will do the job, without excessive overkill. Yes I can just buy the same stuff (actually have it made) that Remington or Hornady uses, just a few hundred k per caliber and extreme overkill on volume. So I guess money is an object, but if you get down to the price of a Honda, I might go for it, IF it works better than say a 1050. Only problem with a 1050 is that you still must decap, clean, and trim cases as a separate step, or just buy and use only new Nossler cases. I do not know if the 1050 has the primer problems that the 550 and 650 have. The primer problem, in my opinion, is very dangerous, its only a matter of time until your hurt by it. I have had 3 events so far (full primer stack detonations and holes in the ceiling) with my 650 and many more near misses with crunched primers. In my opinion Dillon needs to redesign their primer system before someone gets seriously injured by it. I have decided to unload my 650 because of this and go to something safer.
Again I ask, does anyone know what the BEST equipment is? What equipment do the military sniper teams use? What about
http://www.ammoload.com/mark-x.htm or similar equipment?