AREA 419 reloading press available for pre-order.

It is without a doubt a very nice press, as it should be for the price, but I had the feeling while watching the video that I was being sold a precision hammer to drive a roofing nail. ymmv

Area 419 has some sharp dudes working in their shop.

Beautiful looking piece of equipment.

Want! Who is gonna cover that thing up.? Looks amazing.

I’m not sure I can appreciate or justify what this press could offer me over my T7’s.

I don't like you can't center the handle.

ZERO interest.

Nice looking stuff went to their site but $$$$$$$$$

$1200, and it's made of aluminum? Nah.

Redding: "We sell the most overpriced turret press on the market!"

419: "Hold my beer. . ."

A billet aluminum T-mag...pretty. I have spent more on a press but it wasn’t a turret press. I still have one turret press, gave the other to a friend to get started. No a big fan of them these days.

I'd buy an Ammo Plant for $1200 before I'd drop $1200.00 on an aluminum single stage press. I wish them luck selling it, their going to need it.
I'll bet someone will buy it though.

Looks like a special press made for special buyers, and that's perfectly fine, but it's not something I'd be interested in buying/using myself
Also wish I could see something 'revolutionary' in one or more of it's design features, but, I don't.

Either way, thanks for posting. Always nice to see something related to what we do.

I’m not their target market either but I appreciate the effort in design and quality that went into it. I hope it’s successful.

I’m not sure I understand the concern over the aluminum alloy construction. I assume you guys have never flown on a commercial aircraft or own an AR15

That looks like some beautiful engineering and craftsmanship. It would definitely be an upgrade from my current Lee hand press.

I think it's an interesting concept and I'm sure it will appeal to someone. I love seeing new innovation so I can appreciate what they are trying to do here. The design and engineering looks fantastic.

I get why you need to use a wrench to switch between stations but I feel that eliminates the real utility of the turret press. Being able to switch between stations on my Lyman fairly quickly is the selling point to having it IMO. If one is looking for repeatability in their die setup in a precision press, it would seem that the Forster Co-Ax would be a better choice. Especially at the price point.

I’m not sure I understand the concern over the aluminum alloy construction. I assume you guys have never flown on a commercial aircraft...

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I’m not sure that’s a good comparison, no one would want a press that flexes like an aircraft wing.



That said, I have a number of aluminum presses that work just fine.

Nature Boy said:

I’m not sure I understand the concern over the aluminum alloy construction. I assume you guys have never flown on a commercial aircraft or own an AR15

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I'm not so sure that is a viable compairison.

How about a aluminum receiver on a M14?, FAL?, M1 Garand?, or even a little pipsqueek M1 Carbine?

What about a aluminum barrel extension on a AR?, how about a aluminum barrel, bolt or bolt carrier?

They make plastic AR receivers, why not make the press out of plastic?(it is probably coming soon, and might even be superior (!?!)

They made some very good aircraft out of plywood, how about a plywood press?

For now, I think I'll stay with my old cast iron RCBS RC2's and Ammomaster for just a little while longer. I would think that with the ease of machining aluminum, the price would be less. While I applaud inovation, I see nothing superior for 10 times the price.

Wow! Looks really nice! But I have my doubts it can outperform my Dillion that costs half the price.

Wish them luck however. Any and all people in the gun business needs the luck right now!

I don’t understand the big milled out spot on the right side. If they are milling from block then that’s added machining and additional tooling for no real gain.

Innovation? Roller bearings, needle bearings, friction free bearings whatever they are using in the lever arms is nice but those have been around for decades. Oil impregnated bronze as a friction surface is a neat thing but sounded like that was tried and discarded by the way he spoke. The locking mechanism is admittedly copied from CNC machining tools, but is a new application and is pretty neat that they are doing that, but I would not call it innovative. The best thing I saw was the shell holder setup, which is not at all unlike the sausage stuffer setup on my meat grinders, again it’s a new application but not really new technology.

Really neat press, not really impressive though, and 1200 is way too steep for me.

jmorris said:

I’m not sure that’s a good comparison, no one would want a press that flexes like an aircraft wing.



That said, I have a number of aluminum presses that work just fine.

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There are areas of an aircraft that are designed to flex, and areas that aren’t (the pressurized portions like the cabin for example)

But the point being, the choice of materials used to make this press are plenty adequate for the stresses it would encounter.

And we’ve see cast iron presses break

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I have a pretty little aluminum press I used in Benchrest for 6 PPC, I didn't need it, and it didn't do a better job than my Partner press, but it was cool. .

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I cracked a Partner press frame making 45 cal shotshells out of 308 brass by sizing the body of the 308 with a 41 mag die. I'm guessing a aluminum frame may not have cracked, but I wonder how the pivot points on aluminum would hold up to similar abuse?I

AND... RCBS sent me a new one for free!!!

Again the correct material for the application is important, but I don't see that, I see boutique item marketing in this case.