Sir Charles and Virgina Gentleman,
Thank you both for answering my infantile, first grade questions .... as I have stated elsewhere, I have been on the user element of so many military weapons ... could even headspace a .50 Cal machine gun if absolutely necessary.
But, barring a problem in a firefight (and thank the Big Guy I was never in one) ,if we had a problem with anything from a K-.38 to a Mini-Gun, we gave it back to the armorer ... who would much rather mess with it than have one of us screw it up with our 'untrained hands'.
So, since the Lee Dies fit most reloading machines, I think the first thing to look for is a good set of Schofield (dies by Lee).
Then, once they are purchased, I could start looking around for a good deal on a new or lightly used reloading machine .....I am guessing I would only be making about 150 Schofield cartridges at a time (60 for Pistols, 60 for my '73 Codymatic that was made to shoot Schofield, and 30 extra for 'whatever' ... and at $0.20/cartridge that he charges, I think it would be a moot point if he sold me a reloading machine or if he continued to make them for me ... I think he still knows that I would be buying my supplies from him anyway ....