the best press!!!
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Geronimo Jim
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Co-Ax
I’m sure that was cause for a few choice words...
Yep. And a bruise and blood spots under the skin. Gave me a whole new idea about how much force brass gets worked in dies.. thank god I dont use depriming stems in dies.
Pretty sure ive heard of something getting their finger caught and that stem going through their finger..
So ill add more.. cuz even I say how the hrll do ypu catch your finger in a single stage press.... well there was a time when I loaded thousands of handgun rounds on a single stage... id do all the brass 1 step at a time... got a reutine speed going resizing 40 cal brass, one after another knocking em out... well my groove I was in got messed up and WHAM got my finger trying to stick a case in the shell holder...
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My son 8and daughter 7were helping with some 9mm brass prep. She was putting in the press, son was sizing and pulling out sized ones...they were moving along at a decent pace, and from corner of my eye I see daughter fumble a brass, son pulling handle on press, I reached to grab handle but he got side of her finger with recapping pin luckily just a bruise and blood blister no puncture...well needless to say momma put a stop to that...they still help me prep from time to time but I give them different tasks...
hoz53
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just used my redding ultramag for the first time. as a test i sized some 308 brass down to 7BR in one pass - the older brass took some good force on the handle but they were not annealed. New brass didnt take much effort. thing is the flimsy bench didnt move. what i like about the coax and ultramag is the force stays mostly inside the press. my RCBS presses youre pulling down on the bottom and causing way more force pulling on your bench. the ultramag is roughly double the money of a rock chucker but i wish i would have bought one years ago instead of my RC. ultramag is bigger,beefier and has a taller window than a RC. of coarse i like having all these presses on my bench to
redding ultramag? In order for me to make my cases with my press I have to index the die in 1/4 increments in order to push down the lever and its a LOT of PRESSURE and it took from 5 to 8 pumps to complete one case... I have blisters in between my thumb and first finger ... so I will look into the ultramag I like the idea of what your picture showed...
hoz53
Gold $$ Contributor
You don’t say what brass you’re using to start with so We don’t know how much sizing you’re doing. In all fairness my rock chucker will size 308 brass down to 7BR in one pass to using a std RCBS set of 7BR dies. I’ll have to try the coax. I wouldn’t do that on a regular basis and put that
“strain” on my coax. So the RC will be a huge improvement over the jr for you to size down brass with And you would prob be satisfied with it but You would prob be happiest with the ultramag —-coarse you pay for it.
Sniper338,
they do. IIRC, It's called the 50 BMG model. You can get an adapter like the one for the A4, and use 7/8ths-14 dies.
they do. IIRC, It's called the 50 BMG model. You can get an adapter like the one for the A4, and use 7/8ths-14 dies.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
The lyman orange crusher is excellent. Its my main press. Like the redding presses for whatever reason it doesnt try to pull the bolts thru the table when using it like rcbs presses do.
hoz53
Gold $$ Contributor
I’ll check that one out thanks
well I thought I said I was using the rcbs junior 3 press in my opening statement. could be wrong tho,, but it is what I am using currently I am using 6.5 creedmoor brass and 280 Remington brass for making my 280 British brass... now that I am over the whole need to have "280" on the head stamp of the case I dropped the 280 Rem from the forming process because of how hard the extra thick walls of the case made made my life a torture test with my press but it did make good cases though ,,,and at this time and switched to 6.5 creedmoor and It made for a much better forming project for both the 7mm BR and 280 British rounds..... my right hand is so sore right now I cant even hardly push down on the presses handle without putting pain right up into my elbow
hoz53
Gold $$ Contributor
Yes you did say the press you used. Glad you got ur project done. I sized down some stuff in the past with my JR. not somethin I wanna do again. Hope you heal up soon.
well I plan on making another 200-300 7mm BR cases and another 300 280 British cases and another 350 6.5x55 swede cases so I am definitely gonna upgrade my press. I dont know If I can afford the ultramag ( I looked on EBAY) but I see its merrit
R.Morehouse
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Hollywood Senior..........I like old stuff....
How would anyone know which press is really the “best” if you didn’t test with all the presses and also loaded all your ammo identically and range tested with the exact same conditions? Most of us only have one press. I think I have a very good press based on the opinions of many excellent AS members.
Too many variables,
Ben
Too many variables,
Ben
Really? I have at least six that I use regularly.
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