Since Cartridges and primers are as rare as frog hair, I have been taking stock. I realized I am good on caps, powder and lead balls, so I have been making cartridges. I have monitored prep and all things involved and really feel I am down to 3 minutes a cartridge. This is from packet of rolling papers to final ready to shoot cartridge. I am pretty sure if you factor in depriming, cleaning cases, resizing, etc, that is much faster than my single stage reloader. If you get one of these (they are the bees knees), I recommend getting the Raw cigarette papers. I think they work the best and are somewhat thinner than Zigzags. They are readily available on Amazon. I plan on getting 250 of the 44 made before trying my hand at the 36.