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I now own Five Lee presses. This is what each is used for:

Lee Loadmaster: Dedicated to progressive reloading of "practice" .223

Lee Pro 1000: Dedicated to progressive reloading of "practice" 9mm

Lee Turret: Used for "match grade" .223 and 9mm, .38 Special, .32 S&W Long, and .30-30.

Lee Breech Lock single stage: This press usually has a dedicate universal decapping die on it. I also use it for swaging (resizing) bullets, and cutting military crimps out of spent brass.

Lee Classic .50 BMG: Used for loading all .50 BMG. I don't have a rifle that shoots this yet, but I bought some spent brass I've been playing around with...

For reloading, I do the following things:

Stage 1: Prep brass
1) Deprime brass
2) Resize brass--I use the Lee sizer tools, and then chamfer and deburr
3) Clean brass--I use Walnut medium first, then corn cob media to remove the walnut residue

Stage 2A: Reload Progressive
1) If brass is rifle brass, lubricate
2) Dump brass in hopper
3) Check powder and primer levels
4) Go!

Stage 2B: Reload Turret
1) Fire up Lyman scale (it takes 30 mins to warmup), select proper load, fill with powder, turn on autoload
2) If brass is rifle brass, lubricate
3) Put brass in loading block
4) Take shell, put in shell holder, perform each function on bullet, repeat

Stage 2C: Reload Single Stage
1) Fire up Lyman scale (it takes 30 mins to warmup), select proper load, fill with powder, turn on autoload
2) If brass is rifle brass, lubricate
3) Put brass in loading block face up
4) Remove a shell from loading block, prime and resize, replace in loading block face down (primer up), repeat
4a)Remove a shell from loading block, resize neck, replace in loading block face down, repeat (rifle only)
5) Remove a shell from loading block, load with powder, replace in loading block face up, repeat
6) Remove a shell from loading block, seat bullet, replace in loading block face down, repeat
7) Remove a shell from loading block, crimp, repeat

Stage 3: Cleanup
1) Load finished bullets into container for storage (I like the plastic MTM flip-top boxes)
2) Label container with date reloaded, caliber, bullet weight and type, and load number. I use a circled "P" to identify loads loaded on a progressive press, and a circled "M" for match loads for competition (which so far has just been the pistol league at work).
3) Record load data in load log. This includes date reloaded, caliber, bullet weight and type, load number, press type used, powder type and quantity, seat depth used, what type of prep the brass underwent (cleaning, resizing, crimp removal, primer pocket uniforming, and flash hole uniforming). When this load is shot, anything of note is later recorded in the log.
4) Clean powder scale.