I wasn't surprised with all the negative posts on the Summit.....it seems fashionable these days to trash anything new....especially RCBS new.
The Summit is not the insinuated lightweight, supposedly making it not suitable for larger rifle cartridges, that would be the aluminum Partner Press and other similar light weights in other colors.
On the contrary, the Summit weighs in a 21.1 lbs, compared to the Co Ax's 16.65 lbs, the Rock Chucker's 20.1 lbs, the Frankford Arsenal's 20 lbs. and the MEC's 17.945 lbs. The real heavy weight is the Redding Ultramag weighing in at 26.6 lbs., but the Summit is no slouch.
The giant 2" ram doesn't make it lightweight either.
The Frame Opening Size/Ram Stroke isn't the biggest, but not lightweight either. F.A.'s new Co Ax copy has an opening/stroke of 5.5"/4.75", Rock Chucker's is only 3.35"/4", Co Ax is 4.9"/? and the Summit's opening/stroke is 4.5"/4.25". The Rock Chucker loses that contest, but I've never loaded anything too big for it.....others may load monsters too big for it I suppose....wouldn't know which ones are in that class.
So considering that, you shouldn't be surprised that I had no problem sizing 1000 rounds of tough machine gun 7.62 LC brass, once I found appropriate lube. (wasn't the Imperial I started with). In my first post I said I preferred the old Rock Chucker for bigger cases, but one more time, that was due to the height of my bench compared to my height. I would have had the same trouble with the vaunted Co Ax, since It strokes down from above the same way. Next time I do that, I'll mount it low enough for
me to bear down on. That would make it more equal to the R.C.
Obviously, not all of us like Ultra Mounts either......just what I need, raise my presses even higher.
For me the 36" high bench works great for my bench-mounted Pro 2000, Rock Chucker, and Pro Chucker 7......and I can reload sitting or standing, whatever I'm in the mood for. Sitting...I use a swivel draftsman's stool. Couldn't do any of it with an Ultramount. I ought to lower the Summit to kitchen table height though....I'd like that press best at that height.