Forster Co-Ax Press?...nah

[danny]

Take a look at this "bad boy".

http://www.ch4d.com/products/equipment/presses/RC000

This is either going to get a lot of the "press hate" that the Forster Co-Ax gets, or, because it is of a conventional design, a lot of favorable comments on how big and powerful it is and how you can grind slop into the press to get it to allow things to "float" into alignment the way the Co-Ax already does by design.

Why "chuck" rocks when you have the power to crush them?

Danny

 

[wildfowler]

103 pounds?? What is that?

 

[22DASHER]

Look at the price!? WTF?

 

[ireload2]

The CoAx does not really allow everything to float into alignment. It only permits translation in X and Y axis. Z axis is the adjustment of the die along a vertical axis. But what about roll and pitch about the X and Y axes? The CoAx press does not allow the die to tilt in any axis if it is not straight. Besides if you make everything right why does it need to float and you don't need the marketing baloney.
The ultimate alignment is no press at all. Use a chamber type die that aligns on only the case.

Check out 6 degrees of freedom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_freedom

Bigger stronger and cheaper
http://www.harborfreight.com/20-ton-shop-press-32879.html

Take a look at this "bad boy".

http://www.ch4d.com/products/equipment/presses/RC000

This is either going to get a lot of the "press hate" that the Forster Co-Ax gets, or, because it is of a conventional design, a lot of favorable comments on how big and powerful it is and how you can grind slop into the press to get it to allow things to "float" into alignment the way the Co-Ax already does by design.

Why "chuck" rocks when you have the power to crush them?

Danny

 

[kountryboy2]

The CoAx does not really allow everything to float into alignment. It only permits translation in X and Y axis. Z axis is the adjustment of the die along a vertical axis. But what about roll and pitch about the X and Y axes? The CoAx press does not allow the die to tilt in any axis if it is not straight. Besides if you make everything right why does it need to float and you don't need the marketing baloney.
The ultimate alignment is no press at all. Use a chamber type die that aligns on only the case.

Check out 6 degrees of freedom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_degrees_of_freedom

Bigger stronger and cheaper
http://www.harborfreight.com/20-ton-shop-press-32879.html

Is your other screen name ,fgulley

 

[Twitchy]

Look at the price!? WTF?

That's what caught my eye too. That and of course the 103 pound shipping weight. Maybe I'm missing something, but what makes this more "quality" over a RC or any other press?

 

[hoz53]

Take a look at this "bad boy".

http://www.ch4d.com/products/equipment/presses/RC000

This is either going to get a lot of the "press hate" that the Forster Co-Ax gets, or, because it is of a conventional design, a lot of favorable comments on how big and powerful it is and how you can grind slop into the press to get it to allow things to "float" into alignment the way the Co-Ax already does by design.

Why "chuck" rocks when you have the power to crush them?

Danny

That's the press the old western scrounger dangerous Dave use to sell. I saw one at an nra convention and he said it would load up to 20mm. I wouldn't want to use something that big for loading normal size cartridges. it's really designed for 50 bmg and bigger. My coax has spoiled me and I don't want to screw another die in again but I suppose I will have to

 

[LHSmith]

Is your other screen name ,fgulley

What? His post is intelligible - I only had to read it once to get the intent. He simply points out the CoAx is not the only means to produce better ammo. If you are mesmerized by gadgets, then the CoAX press is for you. Myself, I apply K.I.S.S. to my reloading tools.

 

[kountryboy2]

What? His post is intelligible - I only had to read it once to get the intent. He simply points out the CoAx is not the only means to produce better ammo. If you are mesmerized by gadgets, then the CoAX press is for you. Myself, I apply K.I.S.S. to my reloading tools.

You do have a good point. Lol I do like the co ax press as well as my other 4 presses

 

[Raythemanroe]

IDK anyone with one, so I am assuming you are stating weight and price equals precision?



Ray

 

[amlevin]

What? His post is intelligible - I only had to read it once to get the intent. He simply points out the CoAx is not the only means to produce better ammo. If you are mesmerized by gadgets, then the CoAX press is for you. Myself, I apply K.I.S.S. to my reloading tools.

Nice to see others share my views. I passed on the Co-Ax and went with a Summit. Sized cases are just as straight if not straighter and finished rounds have runout so low it's hard to see the needle move on the gauge.

Over $100 less in cost and with a $20 Hornady LNL bushing kit I no longer have to screw in dies either. Drop in a pre-set die and the press is almost as quick to use as a turret.

One thing certain, there will be some that equate cost with quality and end up buying some of these monster presses (and not just to load 50 BMG).

 

[ranger3]

I have a COAX love it and also use two RCBS and a Lee turret press, a Dillon 550,
each one does something different. I use my coax for my match ammo. The coax has improved concentricity, consistent seating depths ad well as speeding up small batches. I use all of them for different processes. It took a bit of getting used to, but the coax is now my go to press. I don't have a clue where 103 lbs comes from, it's about the same as my Ammomaster.

 

[Bill3508]

I don't see how that can weigh 100 lbs. Unless the pic doesn't show its true size.

 

[JRS]

The weight listed is the shipping weight. It's probably shipped in a wood enclosure. The overall length of the press is 2'- 3 1/4". The ram is 1- 5/8" in diameter. That's a lot of steel!

 

[Catfur]

The weight listed is the shipping weight. It's probably shipped in a wood enclosure. The overall length of the press is 2'- 3 1/4". The ram is 1- 5/8" in diameter. That's a lot of steel!

For those forming wildcat cartridges from Oerlikon cannon brass...

 

[hoz53]

For those forming wildcat cartridges from Oerlikon cannon brass...

That rockcrusher is big. Way bigger than anything the main manufacturers make. It probably does weigh around 100 pounds.

 

[Bill3508]

So who's going to be the first to try it out. I want better pics.

 

[dickn52]

You can obviously reload up to and including 105mm howitzer rounds with this beast.

 

[noylj]

OK if I stick with my Co-Ax?
Have no need for the press on steroids.

 

[JimPag]

Still not as nice as that Italian masterpiece of a press that Jeff Pinehardt sells with his bullet making dies. Now that's a press.