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Why is the Forster CO-AX press so sought after?
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<blockquote data-quote="gruising" data-source="post: 1568628" data-attributes="member: 32859"><p>I have been loading my own for almost fifty years. Tried at least 25 different presses. Still have a Big Max, a Ponsness Warren, a Hornady Ammo Plant, and a Forster Co-Ax. I also have an Ammo Master 50. Since the 'used to be made in America' folks have gone to China the quality has just gone to heck, They are plain sloppy in construction with a lot of play. The Co-Ax is not at all. It's tight, precise and a joy to use. If you haven't tried one you should. Like the Big Max the Forster will be with me till I die. Had a T-7 but I load a lot of different calibers and I don't leave my dies set up so it wasn't for me. It is a nice press though. Many presses leave primer dust all over the top of the press and ram, not the Co-Ax. Passes through the ram and out the bottom into a jar. Press stays clean always. Die changes take only a few, like five, seconds. Press has great leverage with a full 180 degree stroke. I use the short handle for an awful lot of my work but on larger cases I switch to the longer handle for sizing. If you have to swap the jaws for a larger or smaller caliber it does take longer than popping in a shell holder. About the same as swapping a shell plate on a progressive. I just don't think you can get a better single stage press, even the on press priming is great. I don't use it on most calibers unless it is for short runs of twenty or thirty rounds. It's a well designed hand assembled one at a time press made by folks who really care about what they turn out. It showes</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gruising, post: 1568628, member: 32859"] I have been loading my own for almost fifty years. Tried at least 25 different presses. Still have a Big Max, a Ponsness Warren, a Hornady Ammo Plant, and a Forster Co-Ax. I also have an Ammo Master 50. Since the 'used to be made in America' folks have gone to China the quality has just gone to heck, They are plain sloppy in construction with a lot of play. The Co-Ax is not at all. It's tight, precise and a joy to use. If you haven't tried one you should. Like the Big Max the Forster will be with me till I die. Had a T-7 but I load a lot of different calibers and I don't leave my dies set up so it wasn't for me. It is a nice press though. Many presses leave primer dust all over the top of the press and ram, not the Co-Ax. Passes through the ram and out the bottom into a jar. Press stays clean always. Die changes take only a few, like five, seconds. Press has great leverage with a full 180 degree stroke. I use the short handle for an awful lot of my work but on larger cases I switch to the longer handle for sizing. If you have to swap the jaws for a larger or smaller caliber it does take longer than popping in a shell holder. About the same as swapping a shell plate on a progressive. I just don't think you can get a better single stage press, even the on press priming is great. I don't use it on most calibers unless it is for short runs of twenty or thirty rounds. It's a well designed hand assembled one at a time press made by folks who really care about what they turn out. It showes [/QUOTE]
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