AREA 419 reloading press available for pre-order.

[JJFitch]

Thinking back a few decades when the Star progressive reloader was introduced, WOW. It too was pried way above the competition but WOW! They still look and perform like they belong in a museum for future generations to enjoy.

Now that that's out of the way I have friends with Stars and they are special but they do take special parts and maintenance as well.

I have 5 Dillons for pistol calibers and 2 Hornady's for rifle calibers because I don't like changing die settings either. Did I buy them all at once? Nope! And not all were purchased new. Do they serve my purposes well, yup!

The people that are willing and able to spend that kind of $$$$$$ on a press are already loading on LNL's and D550/650/750 progressive presses.

People just starting out and want a turret are going to look at presses at 1/3 the price.

Dust cover?? I have several in blue and red. They are nicely folded up and out of the way!

Now if they want to trade for say 3 Dillons I'd be willing to do a product evaluation for them as long as I get to use a Hornady powder dispenser!

Smiles,

 

[Walkalong]

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

Well, the Partner is a great little press, still have mine, but it is/was for less stressful sizing jobs.

 

[Bwana John]

Well, the Partner is a great little press, still have mine, but it is/was for less stressful sizing jobs.

I've still got the replacement Partner but have it set up as a portable/ loaner..... I use the RC2 for getting silly making this cartridge out of that one... and I am probably exceeding design parameters by putting the extra long Ammomaster lever on the RC2!!!

 

[dh1633pm]

With a cover included, count me in. It is a very precision and also cool looking press. Is it the best or just a workable cool precision looking press press?

 

[Jim Watson]

I hope they can avoid the hair tearing experiences of some new owners of the latest and greatest in progressive loaders.

 

[Skgreen]

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.
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The Press isn't quite finished yet, but there is a story behind that specific spot,,,

They were all out celebrating completion of the press one night when one of them said:

"DOH!!!! We forgot the priming system!!!! Where are we gonna put one now?!?!?

Another said, Dad gummit! I knew we forgot something, We can't put it up-front, Not enough room and it'll ruin the Appearance!

A third one said "Left hand side is out of the question because of the turret lock"

The forth said "No sweat! We'll come up with a special tray-mount for the right hand side,,, You know, so they can keep a hand primer within easy reach!.

 

[splattergun]

I have a couple aluminum presses on the bench.. They ain't as shiny, and they ain't carved from a billet, (in fact, they're cast aluminum and painted red) but they build my ammo real well and cost less than 1/10 the price.

 

[tightgroup tiger]

A lot of companies make aluminum alloy presses in an O-frame design, including Hornady and Dillon, not the same as an aluminum C-frame or turret.

 

[edwardware]

I’m not sure I understand the concern over the aluminum alloy construction.

I have a couple aluminum presses on the bench. . .

To be clear, aluminum is a perfectly adequate material. . . but at $1200, I would have hoped for:

Cast of the purest Iron recovered from the ballast of Magellan's Spanish Galleons, coked over coal formed solely of the remains of the most terrible dinosaurs of the Pliocene, and alloyed with Peruvian tree frog toenails by fair-haired maidens in the fires of Mount Doom!​

or thereabouts. I hope they at least sleeved the die thread holes so the aluminum doesn't wear out.

 

[higgite]

.... I hope they at least sleeved the die thread holes so the aluminum doesn't wear out.

I wasn’t aware that die thread holes wear out in aluminum presses. My RCBS dies heads are in fine shape. I haven't read of any Hornady or Dillon owners complaining. 7075 aluminum is pretty tough. I’d be much more concerned about wearing out a $1200 bill than wearing out that press. ymmv

 

[Nature Boy]

I hope they at least sleeved the die thread holes so the aluminum doesn't wear out.

Dillon Tool heads are aluminum. Never heard of anyone wearing out the threads.

 

[rfwobbly]

I see their table moving. Why would you mount a nice press like that on a wobbly table ?

 

[tcoz]

Wow! It looks like a vary fancy version of my Redding T-7. For four times the cost it had better make the best ammo. The thing is that my T-7 makes better ammo than I can shoot anyway.

 

[whughett]

A press designed for the enthusiast with money, no real advantage on numerous presses available. No reason to think commonly available dies are going to perform any better in that over old school cast iron turret presses.

 

[Bronco72]

I will continue to struggle along with my Rock Chucker and Dillion 550!

 

[tcoz]

I’ve noticed recently that there are a number of “boutique” reloading tools available. They’re almost all prettier to look at and more precisely milled, sometimes from billet material but the performance advantages that they offer are very incremental and only useful to the very best competitive shooters. I think most of us would settle for being able to take advantage of the full performance that our current tools offer. In any case, it’s still fun to read about the new tools.

 

[presspuller]

I do not understand the concept of "preorder". If you order it, then it's ordered. When it's actually produced doesn't mean a thing. When you order a meal at a restaurant, you don't preorder it, you order what you want and then they fix it. This has always bugged me for some reason.

 

[higgite]

I do not understand the concept of "preorder". If you order it, then it's ordered. When it's actually produced doesn't mean a thing. When you order a meal at a restaurant, you don't preorder it, you order what you want and then they fix it. This has always bugged me for some reason.

I think pre-order is an ancient Aztec word for “we haven’t done any market research and don’t want to order any more raw material than we know in advance that we can sell at an exorbitant price”.

 

[troy fairweather]

If it was stainless maybe, but aluminum no thank you.

 

[berettaprofessor]

I fail to see the utility of a turret press that doesn't auto-index, nor has replaceable turrets.

Sorry, I'm betting I can't appreciate the difference between ammunition produced on this and on a $100 Lee Classic Turret. And I can replace Lee Turret heads in an instant.

 

[mdi]

Impressive press. I don't think aluminum is a detriment for a good solid press and from what I saw in the video, the aluminum the use is just as good as iron or steel. With the solid die, turret, and ram mounting, precision alignment is necessary, and I think I'd prefer the free floating die/case feature of my Co-Ax. But I'm just an average reloader, and like reloading and don't have any real need for the precision the Zero press seems to offer (along with no need for a $1,200.00 press )...

 

[Engineer1911]

I would use the Lee Reloader "Whack-a-Mole" and buy 2 'new to me' guns with the balance.

 

[Rule3]

I fail to see the utility of a turret press that doesn't auto-index, nor has replaceable turrets.

Sorry, I'm betting I can't appreciate the difference between ammunition produced on this and on a $100 Lee Classic Turret. And I can replace Lee Turret heads in an instant.

At around 3.50 he says something about additional Turret Heads? Not that it matters to me.
The Lee Classic is probably they only auto indexing Turret ( I have been using one for years)
Now all the Non Indexing Dillon Progressive fans will be all over you for that statement!

The price is insane, Heck in the beginning he said they had been using the Redding Turrets which is one solid machine!

 

[Rule3]

If it was stainless maybe, but aluminum no thank you.

But the question is:

Is it "Military Grade" aluminum?

 

[Rule3]

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

Many many New cars have pretty much all aluminum bodies, frames and engine blocks.
Al O Min E Um is good stuff.