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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 1016180" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>** just to add a little to your comments (I could care less about what you buy). The Co-Ax press allows you to set the die up once and never touch it again. Yet if your like me and shoot several rifles in the same caliber; it becomes another problem! I shoot four or five rifles in 30-06 alone. Does this mean I need four or five die sets? Luckily the chambers are very close on three of them, so the seaters are fine. The issue is in the sizing dies. My 22-250's are all within .0025" on the headspace, so I'm OK there. The .223's are all over the place! I've found my Lo-Wall to be on the opposite end of the chamber length from my N.M. Remington. Even the seater involved a turn and a half on the micrometer dial. (I keep log books for each chamber I shoot). In theory a fellow could use an arbor shim under the die when using an O frame press. Then the AR chamber is a monster! I guess each system has it's own pluses and minuses. </p><p> </p><p>** I shoot several long strait walled cases. These really tax an O frame press. In the Forster they are easy. I've fooled around with different lubes and even a few home brewed ones. You start doing a hundred rounds of 45-90 in an O frame, and you get tired of doing them in a hurry. I never .knew about this till my brother showed me what it was like. We took the rest of the case lot up to my place, and it was like sizing 30-06 brass. Plus the cases were straighter. Cases like these will wear a press out! Even the .444 is hard on a press. </p><p> </p><p>** now the nice thing (as some folks have pointed out) about the Redding turret press is the plate system. But when you buy six or eight of them, you've spent some serious money again. But I can see using a Lee turret press for hand gun cases like the .357 or 44mag. I've been thinking about getting one for a couple years, just for the ease of operation.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 1016180, member: 25383"] ** just to add a little to your comments (I could care less about what you buy). The Co-Ax press allows you to set the die up once and never touch it again. Yet if your like me and shoot several rifles in the same caliber; it becomes another problem! I shoot four or five rifles in 30-06 alone. Does this mean I need four or five die sets? Luckily the chambers are very close on three of them, so the seaters are fine. The issue is in the sizing dies. My 22-250's are all within .0025" on the headspace, so I'm OK there. The .223's are all over the place! I've found my Lo-Wall to be on the opposite end of the chamber length from my N.M. Remington. Even the seater involved a turn and a half on the micrometer dial. (I keep log books for each chamber I shoot). In theory a fellow could use an arbor shim under the die when using an O frame press. Then the AR chamber is a monster! I guess each system has it's own pluses and minuses. ** I shoot several long strait walled cases. These really tax an O frame press. In the Forster they are easy. I've fooled around with different lubes and even a few home brewed ones. You start doing a hundred rounds of 45-90 in an O frame, and you get tired of doing them in a hurry. I never .knew about this till my brother showed me what it was like. We took the rest of the case lot up to my place, and it was like sizing 30-06 brass. Plus the cases were straighter. Cases like these will wear a press out! Even the .444 is hard on a press. ** now the nice thing (as some folks have pointed out) about the Redding turret press is the plate system. But when you buy six or eight of them, you've spent some serious money again. But I can see using a Lee turret press for hand gun cases like the .357 or 44mag. I've been thinking about getting one for a couple years, just for the ease of operation. gary [/QUOTE]
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