So when I got the thing I ordered it in 223 without dies, and just set about decapping/sizing/swaging every 223 case I, and several of my friends, could lay our hands on. Now am under 1k on 9mm so I got it switched over and got the bullet feeder mounted and have been loading some rounds. There have been a couple things to get the hang of, and I have been going slow. Just now getting in a groove, have done about 600 rounds, and have things pretty well (I think) dialed in.
A fella needs to take some care, because if something is wrong you can get a pretty big pile of wrong in a hurry if you do not wise up. I am using a Lee sizing die with a Squirrel Daddy pin. I have encountered Norma cases that the pin is too large for, and that pushes the pin up, and if you do not notice the next station tries to swage the primer pocket with a spent primer still in it. The machine seems strong enough to not be bothered, but I made a sharpie mark on the decapping pin to make it more obvious if it is pushed up. There is unusual resistance when this happens, and now I just pull that case before it gets swaged and then tap the rod back down with a hammer.
One problem I had was the bullet feeder not actuating because there was not enough slack in the spring the bullets feed through. They know this is a common problem with presses that articulate down, stretching the spring when the feeder needs to actuate (the make a collar with springs to address this). I was going to order a new, longer spring (I had used it on my 650 and it had needed to be shortened), but I had a moment of clarity and realized I could hang it from the joists instead of the case feed bowl, and position it perfectly with the spring I had (I actually had to trim it shorter). This saved several hundred dollars because I had a pretty full shopping cart on Double Alpha before I had my epiphany.
I did go ahead and order the Armanov Ammo Checker and will probably check all of my match ammo for a while. Not like a malfunction would cause me not to win anything, but I want to avoid the embarrassment