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Forster coax press...should I buy one?
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<blockquote data-quote="gruising" data-source="post: 1793494" data-attributes="member: 32859"><p>Over the years I have owned and used a lot of reloading presses, Hornady, RCBS, Hollywood, Ponsness Warren Metallic 2 and the Co-Ax. By far the Co-Ax is the best. My old RCBS Rock Chucker was pretty good, not too much slop and well made. My Big Max is really tight too. My Ammo Master for 50 BMG is so sloppy. Hold the handle 90 degrees to the floor and move it side to side. Old Rock Chucker hardly moves at all, Ammo Master 1-1/2". The Co-Ax has about the best leverage there is. Due to the way it works, you are pulling down on the handle, it feels different than a press you can force down with body weight. There is a video on You tube, 14 reloading presses compared that is a real eye opener. Gavintoobe. Be sure to click the link for the stats. One feature that I really like on the Co-Ax and the Big Max is the hollow ram that the primers pass through. None of that grit ends up on the ram or the press top. I don't own all the dies but I can load 45-120 on the Co-Ax as well as 338 Lapua. There may be some dies that will not fit under the yoke, mine do. You can also get a very short handle for the Co-AX that makes seating very quick as not much force is required. For small cases I just leave it on. All the pin fits in the linkage is very tight unlike a lot of other presses. As I said I have been through a lot of presses. Of those, the Big Max, the Co-Ax and the Metellac 2 will stay till I can't shoot. The Big Max is a beast with the extra duty handle but my Co-Ax is a jewell.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gruising, post: 1793494, member: 32859"] Over the years I have owned and used a lot of reloading presses, Hornady, RCBS, Hollywood, Ponsness Warren Metallic 2 and the Co-Ax. By far the Co-Ax is the best. My old RCBS Rock Chucker was pretty good, not too much slop and well made. My Big Max is really tight too. My Ammo Master for 50 BMG is so sloppy. Hold the handle 90 degrees to the floor and move it side to side. Old Rock Chucker hardly moves at all, Ammo Master 1-1/2". The Co-Ax has about the best leverage there is. Due to the way it works, you are pulling down on the handle, it feels different than a press you can force down with body weight. There is a video on You tube, 14 reloading presses compared that is a real eye opener. Gavintoobe. Be sure to click the link for the stats. One feature that I really like on the Co-Ax and the Big Max is the hollow ram that the primers pass through. None of that grit ends up on the ram or the press top. I don't own all the dies but I can load 45-120 on the Co-Ax as well as 338 Lapua. There may be some dies that will not fit under the yoke, mine do. You can also get a very short handle for the Co-AX that makes seating very quick as not much force is required. For small cases I just leave it on. All the pin fits in the linkage is very tight unlike a lot of other presses. As I said I have been through a lot of presses. Of those, the Big Max, the Co-Ax and the Metellac 2 will stay till I can't shoot. The Big Max is a beast with the extra duty handle but my Co-Ax is a jewell. [/QUOTE]
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