I was cleaning up tonight after my first actual loading (Dardas 158 gr SWC over 3 gr of Bullseye on Hornady single stage press and dies, CCI primer) I must have checked and rechecked everything a thousand times! I guess a little obsessing is a good thing, eh? I must have weighed and reweighed every charge. The measure is throwing 3 or 3.1 pretty consistently.
Anyway, when cleaning up, I swabbed the whole bench and the floor area with a wet paper towel, after sweeping up as many of the tiny single specks of powder I could find. Should I be worried (although reading this post so far I'm thinking the answer should be "no") about these tiny single specks of powder, probably less than a grain or so scattered over the benchtop, now wiped up with a wet paper towel?
Oh, thanks everyone for mentioning that the dryer sheets get rid of the static and powder sticking everywhere and to everything (the measure reservoir, the scale, the scale pan, the end of the measure funnel...) I wiped everything down good with the dryer sheet, and I was even able to (I think) get every last speck of powder out of the measure.
I truly appreciate all the advice to always start with a single stage, even if you know you will go progressive. There is no way I would be comfortable using one yet. Maybe soon, but for now I am quite happy cranking them out one at a time and obsessing over each one. I know this will pass, but I'm hoping that the smile on my face at the range lasts a long time.