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Old 07-14-2018, 11:06 PM
JSH JSH is offline
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Default Forster Coax press

Have always wanted to try one out. Picked one up priced right.
Am I going to like it?
Jeff
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Old 07-15-2018, 12:04 AM
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Default Light it up...

Have one, really like it, took a while to get my mind around that floating die thing but I really started liking it when I spent another 30 bucks to light it up: https://inlinefabrication.com/collec...e-lighting-kit
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Old 07-15-2018, 01:16 AM
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Have always wanted to try one out. Picked one up priced right.
Am I going to like it?
Jeff
I have one and love it, but with that said, the reloading tool world is built around standard O and C type presses that accept threaded in dies. That means that some press mounted tools may work in a limited fashion or not at all, forcing you to get creative or seek other tools. If you can live with that, you should love it.
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Old 07-15-2018, 01:23 AM
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I have my old rock chucker. I won't be without a good single stage press, ever. Got four progressives also. Guys see my bench and ask what I have a single stage for. Right tool for the job. Then there is better tool for the job.
Some will argue, when I want the very best I can load it isn't on a progressive.
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Old 07-15-2018, 03:18 AM
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Love the Coax! That light kit looks awesome Mule, I may have to get one of those.
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Old 07-16-2018, 11:35 PM
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Like mine, but a couple things.
It seems you can't get a case as deep into a die as with a single stage press.
Some lock rings don't slip into the recess. Mine is an old brown one.
There are times when I didn't want the jaws to open for extracting a sticky case. Can't remember the specifics, but it was annoying.
Just minor quirks.
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Old 08-23-2018, 03:06 AM
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Well I tore it clear down and cleaned up all the old gummy grease and oil. Greased all the pivot point and lubed all the other moving parts.
I did modify the base or foot where it bolts down. I just did not care for the narrow foot print. So a piece of 5x5x1/2" aluminum flat bar drilled and tapped, then drilled to more holes where the little Jr holes were originally. I won't say it is more solid, I just didn't like the idea of four 3/8 holes so close together in my bench top, which is a piece of 3/4" and 5/8" plywood glued and screwed together for the top, covered with self adhesive floor tile.

Put a 30 Herret die in, adjusted and ran a 30-30 case in full length. The leverage of this is over and above anything I have used before. May take some getting used too and as mentioned be limited in some ways. Sure is smooth and no jiggle in any of the linkage any where.

Time will tell as the new wears off.
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Old 09-15-2018, 10:45 AM
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I’ve had mine for 10 years and like it. Don’t need shellholders, which is nice. The only issue I’ve had is spent primers sticking in the tube and slowing me down.
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Old 09-15-2018, 05:19 PM
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Does not do bullet pulling with a screw collet style puller die worth a damn. Camlock style only.
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Old 09-16-2018, 02:56 PM
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Does not do bullet pulling with a screw collet style puller die worth a damn. Camlock style only.
+1 But otherwise do like mine. Dave
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