[thrifty7]

Does anyone have experience, good or bad, with the Bonanza Coax press? I am particularly interested in how the floating shellholder works with a neck sizing die...it seems to me that if the base of the case is floating, and the die dosen't locate the case body, neck alignment would be random...am I missing anything? I just picked one up, second hand, and haven't had time to play with it. Any experience you are willing to share would be appreciated. Thanks.

[buffler]

The reason my reply is so late is that I just joined. I have been reloading for many years. My current manual presses are the RCBS Rockchucker and the Bonanza Coax. I only use the Bonanza with the benchrest dies for my most important loading. For mass loading, I will use the Rockchucker or one of the Dillons. The Bonanza press is used, by me, by starting to load the brass into the die. As I approach the die, I will hold the brass between two fingers to aid it in starting into the die, will align it square with the die. Because I am loading the cartridge for shooting groups, I don't mind taking the extra time to help it along. Hope this helps.

[taliv]

heh

[capbuster]

They are great presses. I purchased my Bonanza back in the early 70s. It is my primary single stage press. I noticed on a program about our military snipers that a coax press was being used to assemble their rifle ammo.