Forster Co-ax Press...............

[savagedasher]

In all fairness to the Co-Ax, one of the things that gets it a bad rap really is not the presses fault at all. Because it is so easy to flop a die in and out of the thing, guys think that's "all ya gotta do"....set up a die for a specific headspace case length and run that brass and they come out fine. A month later with different brass....flop in the "adjusted" die and run them to resize, only to find that now it is not sizing the same length as before. It is surprising to find how many "reloaders" don't get the whole spring back and annealing thing. This same issue affects the T-7 when setting up dies and leaving them in place...same die, same set up, different sized length. But, different because of the brass, not the press or die set up. I know two guys this year that abandoned their Co-Ax presses for this reason. Once realized, their comment was, "well if I gotta set the die every time what's the advantage???" In that context none. Anneal your brass dude...you should be doing this anyway.

Tell them I will pay for shipping I don't worry about none. Of the above . Larry

 

[Rem06]

Love the co-ax press. Have yet to see a video with another press that has less run out. Mounted mine so the primer bottle doesn't go up and down with every stroke.

that is till your rings get crooked? lol ? that's the first I heard that one, and I got a pile of them.

I did hear of mounting a rubber "O" ring on your RCBS to lessen run out ,,,another awesome wanna be forster press feature.

ireload2
"I guarantee that if you have very many dies that you will have some with crooked lock rings."

not doubting you but can you supply pics of these? I would love to see them.

 

[msinc]

Tell them I will pay for shipping I don't worry about none. Of the above . Larry

We get you like the press Larry...but I wont bother to pass on your prayer. Why would anybody give a Co-Ax away for shipping when there are so many idiots out there that just cannot wait to pay good money for one {only to be left like so many others....wondering "why"}?????
This might be a galactic shock to you, but nobody is giving Pythons away either.....

 

[Rem06]

We get you like the press Larry...but I wont bother to pass on your prayer. Why would anybody give a Co-Ax away for shipping when there are so many idiots out there that just cannot wait to pay good money for one {only to be left like so many others....wondering "why"}?????

let us rock on with our co-ax presses alone and let them get their RCBS then....
keyboard wizards that saw the survey!
at least they're not cutting and pasting what they know anymore

 

[savagedasher]

We get you like the press Larry...but I wont bother to pass on your prayer. Why would anybody give a Co-Ax away for shipping when there are so many idiots out there that just cannot wait to pay good money for one {only to be left like so many others....wondering "why"}?????

I don't know any that wonders why . All I know wonder why they they didn't get one sooner . lol Larry

 

[Rem06]

I don't know any that wonders why . All I know wonder why they they didn't get one sooner . lol Larry

sounds like using the wrong lube is in order if they are messing up their rings?
never think of flipping them or getting another set if they are running that many millions through?
and that RCBS turret bearing never wears?
ok i'm done.....sorry all
just get a Wilson

 

[Cecil S.]

I am a "newbie" but I set my bench up with RCBS Jr3 and a Coax and I love this set up. I am still learning but 2 presses help with my system. I learned this here.

 

[Capt. Oblivious]

Co-Ax and Whidden dies, cant imagine anything else

 

[Dshooter]

Co-ax 100%. I have chrono data and targets upon targets of proof, not to mention a data book full of measurements that tells me the press works as advertised. All the haters and "CreedBros" must be the same crowd

 

[hoz53]

We get you like the press Larry...but I wont bother to pass on your prayer. Why would anybody give a Co-Ax away for shipping when there are so many idiots out there that just cannot wait to pay good money for one {only to be left like so many others....wondering "why"}?????
This might be a galactic shock to you, but nobody is giving Pythons away either.....

i got a Python and 2 coax presses so I guess that makes me a triple idiot in your opinion. This 3Xidiot paid 900.00 total for all three of them.

 

[msinc]

i got a Python and 2 coax presses so I guess that makes me a triple idiot in your opinion. This 3Xidiot paid 900.00 total for all three of them.

Not at all...I said "good money"....if you got $900 in all three you did good. No matter what you buy it's resale value that counts. If you had paid $3500 plus{about the current going moron rate} for the Python and believe you really got the greatest revolver made then you'd be an idiot. If you had to have two Co-Ax presses believing they would shrink your groups twice as small and produce better reloads because the die slides into a little slot, then I'd say "yeah" again.
No such thing as 3X an idiot hoz......I know a guy that got three DWI's in one night, but he's still just the same single idiot. It is possible to be a "bigger idiot"....like the court commissioner that cut him loose twice!!!

Bottom line, I see the press for the gimmick that it truly is, period end of story....you love the thing. We are not going to change, go in peace.

 

[Mad_Charlie]

The Co-ax seems like a nice press to have for a given set of tasks but until a get a much larger reloading room, I'll have to stick with just one press and my RCBS is fulfilling the role nicely. Maybe some day, and throw in a Dillon 650 while we're at it.

That's my setup, I use the different presses for different things.

 

[JRS]

You can pay more money for a press, but can't beat the Lee Classic Cast press. It is the most precisely aligned mass produced reloading style press made, and allows a wide range of leverage adjustment, from minimum mechanical leverage for sensitivity (bullet seating), to maximum leverage for case forming.

 

[Geronimo Jim]

Logic and common sense tells me that a floating die and floating shell holder
will load straighter ammo.

 

[eric n]

I've never touched a co-ax and will gladly pay 300+ to buy a press that makes more accurate ammo.
I do have a rock chucker, micrometer, calipers and runout gauge along with redding, Wilson and harrels dies.
My getup sizes shoulder setback within .0005.
.000 runout on the case neck and various points of the body.
Seating runout avg. is .0015 tir with many less then .001 and a very few at .003.
Doesn't the case self center in the r/c? My shellholders have a lot of slop.
All I do is size cases and seat bullets with it. What will I gain buy buying a co-ax?
Thanks

 

[JRS]

I've never touched a co-ax and will gladly pay 300+ to buy a press that makes more accurate ammo.
I do have a rock chucker, micrometer, calipers and runout gauge along with redding, Wilson and harrels dies.
My getup sizes shoulder setback within .0005.
.000 runout on the case neck and various points of the body.
Seating runout avg. is .0015 tir with many less then .001 and a very few at .003.
Doesn't the case self center in the r/c? My shellholders have a lot of slop.
All I do is size cases and seat bullets with it. What will I gain buy buying a co-ax?
Thanks

You'll gain a lighter wallet. Your dies are the major component for producing straight ammo.

 

[savagedasher]

I've never touched a co-ax and will gladly pay 300+ to buy a press that makes more accurate ammo.
I do have a rock chucker, micrometer, calipers and runout gauge along with redding, Wilson and harrels dies.
My getup sizes shoulder setback within .0005.
.000 runout on the case neck and various points of the body.
Seating runout avg. is .0015 tir with many less then .001 and a very few at .003.
Doesn't the case self center in the r/c? My shellholders have a lot of slop.
All I do is size cases and seat bullets with it. What will I gain buy buying a co-ax?
Thanks

Simplicity of loading
I have 20 plus dies set up for loading all I have to do is snap them in the press and pull the handle . Change the primer seater and go. Every primer is seated with a dead stop so everyone is the same . Most of my reloading I don't have the handle on the press because of the leverage gain.
Like I said anyone who is in happy with the press I will pay. The freight Larry

 

[hoz53]

Not at all...I said "good money"....if you got $900 in all three you did good. No matter what you buy it's resale value that counts. If you had paid $3500 plus{about the current going moron rate} for the Python and believe you really got the greatest revolver made then you'd be an idiot. If you had to have two Co-Ax presses believing they would shrink your groups twice as small and produce better reloads because the die slides into a little slot, then I'd say "yeah" again.
No such thing as 3X an idiot hoz......I know a guy that got three DWI's in one night, but he's still just the same single idiot. It is possible to be a "bigger idiot"....like the court commissioner that cut him loose twice!!!

Bottom line, I see the press for the gimmick that it truly is, period end of story....you love the thing. We are not going to change, go in peace.

well i dont quite luv any loading presses but I agree different strokes for different folks. We are both happy with wat we got -thats what matters.

 

[msinc]

Logic and common sense tells me that a floating die and floating shell holder
will load straighter ammo.

It didn't work that way for me, as bad as I had hoped it would. I had a Co-Ax once...logic, common sense, a floating die and a floating shell holder did not produce straighter ammo....if it did I would still have the thing. It was not the dies, they work fine on my other presses.

 

[dryhumor]

I use an RCBS Rockchucker and a Forster. I can tell small differences between the two. I only use the RCBS for small base cases, the Coax for large base cases. I see better seating control and consistency with the Coax. I have to do slight adjustments with the seater on the RCBS, which slows me down and eats up time.

I'm not sure if there is a do all catch all gee whiz press that meets everyone's expectations, but I know if I had the room and table space, I'd probably set up a second Coax for small head cases. The RCBS would semi retire to bullet pulling duty...

I thought about layout when I set my Coax. It is just far enough back to work for me, and, the spent primers drop into the trash can below.