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<blockquote data-quote="Aldon" data-source="post: 320465" data-attributes="member: 20047"><p>CVA,</p><p> </p><p>I am similar in that I tend to buy the best I can afford the first time and so I bought compnents seperately rather than as a package as I knew I would have to toss or sell much of the kits.</p><p> </p><p>Here is what I have put together in the past year, although I am sure to forget something:</p><p> </p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Forster Co-Ax Press</span></span></strong></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Sinclair Die Collars </strong>for CO-AX dies. The Steel collars work very well. Having used these, since the Forster CoAx press is particular in the collars, I would now use these for whichever press I used as they are high quality and the hex bolt does not strip and does not damage the dies threads.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Ohaus Powder Measure</strong> (No longer made but very good if you can locate)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Ohaus 10-10 scale magnetic dampened</strong> ( RCBS, OHAUS and other companies used them at one time or another.) Hope to upgrade to newest RCBS electronic system but not a huge priority.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>Redding Powder trickler</strong></span></span></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Forster Case Trimmer</span></span></strong></p><p><em><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Dies – I use the method below but others use the Redding type with buttons for sizing necks:</span></span></em></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Lee Universal Decapping Die </strong>( for decapping all fired rifle brass)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Lee Collet Die </strong>( For the caliber you plant to reload, these are caliber specific. You will probably want to polish the mandrel down a bit to get the tighter neck tension, or once you buy the die, send it to Lee and have them take off a bit of the material for you. I also removed the primer decapping rod tip as I use the Universal decapper on the uncleaned fired brass.)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Full Length Sizing Die</strong> (For the calibers you plan to reload. I have redding, but these are used on new brass and as necessary thereafter. Anywhere between 5-10 firings. Some do so every time but most feel that neck sizing only gives them more repetitive accuracy.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Competition Seating Die </strong>I use Forster as Redding uses their design and the Forsters are less expensive.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Caliper – </strong>See the recent thread on this item.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Bullet Puller</strong> – RCBS DIE set along with the appropriate collets. This unit can be set up in your reloading press and is efficient way to disassemble cartridges. I also use the Kinetic hammer type, however if you look at recent thread, someone had a primer go off and it caused a bit of a grenade situation.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Deburring device</strong> – I use the Hornady brand but they are all very similar.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Tumbler – </strong>For cleaning brass. I have the Hornady version and I lock it down to my heavy reloading/work bench and it is fairly quiet and effective at cleaning.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Cabelas Media Seperator – </strong>I like this unit and if you rotate the brass so that the brass tumble instead of so fast that you cause the brass to be held against the case by the centrifugal force, it will clean separate the media from the brass very effectively.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Media </strong>I use the Lyman Walnut media for cleaning brass.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Case Lube – </strong>I got mine off of Midway. It comes in a tin and you rub it on finger and lightly coat each brass. Better and longer lasting than sprays. Got rave revies so look for the stuff with lots of reviews all of them high.</span></span></p><p> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><em><strong>Primer pocket ect</strong></em> – RCBS makes a motorized unit that is worth the cost supposedly for prepping brass. So do others and Hornady just came out with a 400 dollar version. Giraud (sp) makes what is considered the best I believe.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Primer Pocket uniformer</strong> – I have a custom made one, but you will need one.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Flash hole Uniforner/cleaner – </strong>Same as above but I would buy the Lyman or RCBS</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Loading Trays</strong> – lots out there but I use the red MTM trays.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><strong>Cartridge boxes</strong> – I use large MTM cases caliber specific.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">These are based upon a lot of reading and the goal I had was the best that I could afford and with that limitation, there may be others where cost was absolutely no object where other compnents would be preferred. In most cases the compnents I chose are equivelent in quality of reloads produced but it may take a few moments longer etc.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Also, I am not yet neck turning, but it is the next on my list and I think Forster/Sinclair and I believe K&M?? are the quality sources for equipment.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">There are reloaders here and elsewhere like the BEnch Rest Froums that have lots of info.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><span style="font-size: 12px">Cheers!</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldon, post: 320465, member: 20047"] CVA, I am similar in that I tend to buy the best I can afford the first time and so I bought compnents seperately rather than as a package as I knew I would have to toss or sell much of the kits. Here is what I have put together in the past year, although I am sure to forget something: [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Forster Co-Ax Press[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Sinclair Die Collars [/B]for CO-AX dies. The Steel collars work very well. Having used these, since the Forster CoAx press is particular in the collars, I would now use these for whichever press I used as they are high quality and the hex bolt does not strip and does not damage the dies threads.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Ohaus Powder Measure[/B] (No longer made but very good if you can locate)[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Ohaus 10-10 scale magnetic dampened[/B] ( RCBS, OHAUS and other companies used them at one time or another.) Hope to upgrade to newest RCBS electronic system but not a huge priority.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][B]Redding Powder trickler[/B][/SIZE][/FONT] [B][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Forster Case Trimmer[/FONT][/SIZE][/B] [I][SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman]Dies – I use the method below but others use the Redding type with buttons for sizing necks:[/FONT][/SIZE][/I] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Lee Universal Decapping Die [/B]( for decapping all fired rifle brass)[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Lee Collet Die [/B]( For the caliber you plant to reload, these are caliber specific. You will probably want to polish the mandrel down a bit to get the tighter neck tension, or once you buy the die, send it to Lee and have them take off a bit of the material for you. I also removed the primer decapping rod tip as I use the Universal decapper on the uncleaned fired brass.)[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Full Length Sizing Die[/B] (For the calibers you plan to reload. I have redding, but these are used on new brass and as necessary thereafter. Anywhere between 5-10 firings. Some do so every time but most feel that neck sizing only gives them more repetitive accuracy.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Competition Seating Die [/B]I use Forster as Redding uses their design and the Forsters are less expensive.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Caliper – [/B]See the recent thread on this item.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Bullet Puller[/B] – RCBS DIE set along with the appropriate collets. This unit can be set up in your reloading press and is efficient way to disassemble cartridges. I also use the Kinetic hammer type, however if you look at recent thread, someone had a primer go off and it caused a bit of a grenade situation.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Deburring device[/B] – I use the Hornady brand but they are all very similar.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Tumbler – [/B]For cleaning brass. I have the Hornady version and I lock it down to my heavy reloading/work bench and it is fairly quiet and effective at cleaning.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Cabelas Media Seperator – [/B]I like this unit and if you rotate the brass so that the brass tumble instead of so fast that you cause the brass to be held against the case by the centrifugal force, it will clean separate the media from the brass very effectively.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Media [/B]I use the Lyman Walnut media for cleaning brass.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Case Lube – [/B]I got mine off of Midway. It comes in a tin and you rub it on finger and lightly coat each brass. Better and longer lasting than sprays. Got rave revies so look for the stuff with lots of reviews all of them high.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][I][B]Primer pocket ect[/B][/I] – RCBS makes a motorized unit that is worth the cost supposedly for prepping brass. So do others and Hornady just came out with a 400 dollar version. Giraud (sp) makes what is considered the best I believe.[/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Primer Pocket uniformer[/B] – I have a custom made one, but you will need one.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Flash hole Uniforner/cleaner – [/B]Same as above but I would buy the Lyman or RCBS[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Loading Trays[/B] – lots out there but I use the red MTM trays.[/FONT][/SIZE] [SIZE=3][FONT=Times New Roman][B]Cartridge boxes[/B] – I use large MTM cases caliber specific.[/FONT][/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]These are based upon a lot of reading and the goal I had was the best that I could afford and with that limitation, there may be others where cost was absolutely no object where other compnents would be preferred. In most cases the compnents I chose are equivelent in quality of reloads produced but it may take a few moments longer etc.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Also, I am not yet neck turning, but it is the next on my list and I think Forster/Sinclair and I believe K&M?? are the quality sources for equipment.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]There are reloaders here and elsewhere like the BEnch Rest Froums that have lots of info.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Cheers![/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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