Opinons on a press

[Medic505]

If the Co-Ax press is so well made, it wouldn't have to incorporate so many sliding parts to achieve proper alignment.

Have you ever used one? Probably not. Don't knock it till you've tried it.

 

[JRS]

Have you ever used one? Probably not. Don't knock it till you've tried it.

Owned one, used it, and sold it. Went back to my mass produced most precisely aligned re-loading style press made.

 

[Gary O'Neal]

Owned one, used it, and sold it. Went back to my mass produced most precisely aligned re-loading style press made.

And what press is that? Something is amiss here, I'm afraid.

 

[JRS]

And what press is that? Something is amiss here, I'm afraid.

The Lee Classic Cast For small cartridges I use my trusty old RFD compact press, now produced by Jon Loh. I do have a couple of RCBS presses and a Crawford double on the bench also.

 

[dcali]

The Lee Classic Cast For small cartridges I use my trusty old RFD compact press, now produced by Jon Loh. I do have a couple of RCBS presses and a Crawford double on the bench also.

I concur. The Lee Classic Cast is a great, very well designed press. Fit and finish are a little lacking, but good is as good does.

 

[WindSurgeon]

It all depends on the use. Competition, Hunting, General Fun Shooting. I own a RCBS Rockchucker which I have used for Precision and Hunting, A Dillon which I use when I want to just load up volume and not worry about sacrificing some precision, and I have an arbor press I use for absolute precision for competition. Like calibers and rifles, each have their place.

 

[Richard Coody]

If the Co-Ax press is so well made, it wouldn't have to incorporate so many sliding parts to achieve proper alignment.

to each his own. whatever works for you.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

If the Co-Ax press is so well made, it wouldn't have to incorporate so many sliding parts to achieve proper alignment.

Isnt that the theory behind a savage? Make enough parts move that itll surely align itself

 

[danny]

probably because he never got used to them. reality is the coax jaws are part of what allows the press to load straighter ammo. the die can move in the slot back and forth to align the case in the die. the jaws allow the case to move side to side to align the die with the case. the two together create a floating die with much better alignment then a fixed press.

It is something like buying a 12 cylinderJaguar and disabling six cylinders because it it not economical enough instead of just buying a six cylinder car to begin with.

Danny

 

[JRS]

Choosing a re-loading style press is like choosing a buffer to use on your vehicles. All of them work, the advertisers extoll the virtues of their particular product, you'll hear from the followers, but you'll find one that is consistently better than all others without having to work harder to achieve what you want.

 

[Gary O'Neal]

I'm totally lost. I have no idea what anyone is talking about at this point. And what is a buffer on a vehicle?

 

[JRS]

I'm totally lost. I have no idea what anyone is talking about at this point. And what is a buffer on a vehicle?

Is that a serious question?

 

[Falfan2017]

Set up my coax yesterday. I'd been using lee classic turret before. The runout on my resized 6br lapua brass went from about 1 or 2 thousands to practically zero with the coax. I'm a believer now.

 

[jimmymac]

Is that a serious question?

You know. The front and rear buffer.

 

[cdhbrad]

probably because he never got used to them. reality is the coax jaws are part of what allows the press to load straighter ammo. the die can move in the slot back and forth to align the case in the die. the jaws allow the case to move side to side to align the die with the case. the two together create a floating die with much better alignment then a fixed press.

You may be right. Now that I’ve had the press a few years, I’ll give the original jaws another try. I don’t compete and the ammo I turn out now is perfectly OK for my purposes.

 

[JRS]

Set up my coax yesterday. I'd been using lee classic turret before. The runout on my resized 6br lapua brass went from about 1 or 2 thousands to practically zero with the coax. I'm a believer now.

No comparison between the two. .001-.002 is half or less than half the thickness of a human hair. Is the chamber in your barrel in relation to the centerline of the action that close? Pluck a hair from your head and tell me .004" is going to make a difference in your loaded ammo. If you have blonde hair, you can subtract another .001" Can you really measure that closely when the measuring tools we use are manufactured to a +/- dimension?

 

[Richard Coody]

You may be right. Now that I’ve had the press a few years, I’ll give the original jaws another try. I don’t compete and the ammo I turn out now is perfectly OK for my purposes.

reality many people turn out great ammo with a rockchucker. i still have mine from 40+ years ago. works perfectly fine.

just like my ohaus 10/10 but i like Adam's Autotrickler System better.

 

[Falfan2017]

No comparison between the two. .001-.002 is half or less than half the thickness of a human hair. Is the chamber in your barrel in relation to the centerline of the action that close?

Who knows. Benchrest shooting is about eliminating the weak link. I measure powder to the kernel, sort bullets, sort primers, anneal. Just seems like zero runout is better than .002. Does it matter who knows but it makes me feel better. Just one less thing that could be detracting from group size.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

A press has nothing to do with how straight your ammo ends up unless its so shitty it forces a case off centerline (which ive never seen it happen even on the cheapest c frame cast pot metal lee presses). Not a press sold today at any price will influence a case crooked.

 

[dcali]

Put another way, there is no press straight enough that something doesn’t have to float. Once it’s floating (usually the shell holder), you get a lot of wiggle room. Presses are more about features than quality. The bad ones are good enough.