All set up! I can see I'm going to have to get used to a couple of things--mostly priming--after loading on the red press for so long. The casefeeder, by the way, is not quiet. But it is awesome.
Silly newbie questions:
1. When just starting to load a batch, how do you "sync up" feeding cases with when the primers start to show up in station 2? On the red press, primers immediately show up on the primer punch after one pull of the handle. More importantly, the same primer stays on the primer punch until it's used. So you don't have to do anything to make sure there's a primer for your first case and a case for your first primer. On the 650, if the primer in station 2 doesn't get used (if there's no case for it), it goes on its merry way around the primer carousel. Which leads me to question 2:
2. Is this ski-jump thing a practical joke? What's the right way to deal with things when you want to advance the press without priming a case in station 2 and the primer magazine is full? For example, let's say you want to run one case through all the stations to make sure you're happy with all the die settings before you really start cranking out rounds. Unless I'm missing something (like a simple primer-station disconnect), you'll wind up sending four primers off the ski jump as you send the case around to each station.
I'm extremely impressed with the 650 so far. It seems to address the three main quirks I disliked about the red press: high primers, iffy case ejection, and things coming loose. I'm sure the 650 has its own quirks, but I have a feeling I'll be able to get used to them.