Yes I work up a load on a single stage press. I then do ALL my loading on a single stage press. The reason that I don't use a progressive is from hearing others who have them complain all the time about it either breaking down or having this or that problem. I have been hand loading for 40 years and I am one that just wants my loads to be as accurate as I can make them. As to progressives as well as using a powder dumper to drop loads you about need to use a ball powder for consistency. Depending on what you are loading for there are some fine short stick powders that will work and are more temperature stable. Problem with most ball powders is they are not very temperature stable. Depending of temperature between work up and shooting time you can get some pretty large velocity swings which in turn may cause pressure problems and both can cause accuracy issues. It sounds like you are just wanting to load blasting ammo for 100 yards or so with 1/2 a beer can accuracy. If it were me I would work up a ladder load with my chosen powder for the bullet weight I was going to shoot and if it was a ball powder, which will aid in less function problems, I would use the middle of the lower end accuracy node. That way it will not matter that much if your progressive drops a charge a tenth of so one way or the other off and you will most likely not run into pressure problems with higher temperatures in the summer.
This is what I did a number of years ago when I was given an 8lb jug of AA2200 Data powder that is a very fine ball powder. I also came across a cash of 55 gr FMJ bullets at a give away price. I also acquired free a BUNCH of once fired LC military cases. Found a middle of the road powder charge that remained expectably accurate from low to high temps and loaded up a few thousand. Have fun.