The Co-ax is in deed nice. The reasons I don’t like it are personal.
I use a Redding Big-boss 2 and have no complaints. It has loaded thousands of match quality rounds. I use it for decapping and sizing. For bullet seating I use a KM arbor press for seating
For those of you who have used a co-ax and prefer another press why is that?
Honestly it doesn't I just see a lot of guys run it and swear it's the best and it made me wonder if the extra money is worth it. I think the same way as you, the extra money can go towards more important things.I prefer to have my dies threaded into the press. I use a lock ring made by PMA that allows me to adjust shoulder bump with a micrometer and do not want to give that up. It’s too valuable when forming wildcats. In my mind it would be a pain with the coax.
What about the Forster intrigues you? They are twice the cost of a standard O press. That kind of extra dough buys a lot of stuff that may benifit you more in the long run.
That's a pricey press and starting out I don't think i would need something like that. When i get more comfortable in my reloading abilities I might look into this.the pma lock ring that adjusts dies is a sweet gizzie to have.
I have a carstensen clicker on my hood press and love it too, I loaded hundreds of rounds with this set up last week at a match. few reloaders will have a use for the hood - but if you do it is sweet.
the lock and load system has its merits. I change out between a small base die and a bullet puller often on a lee press that I keep set on my portable loading table right beside the hood.
I have 2 lyman c presses that do get the heavy stuff.
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