single stage press

[cpttango30]

I believe it was the Lee Classic Cast. All I know is I am not a brand snob. I would take an old hollywood C press over any single stage on the market today. I grew up reloading on that.

Plus RCBS was the "Home Town Brand" as RCBS is located about 50 miles from my home town.

I bought my dillon because I heard and seen some many people saying "If you work with it and tweek the Lee it is just as good as a dillon" That is all fine and dandy if you want to always be tinkering with your press. Me I want to pull the cover off and load powder and primers and pull the handle and have it work every time.

If you want a Lee go get a lee. He was asking for our opinion on presses and that is mine. If you don't like it don't read it...

 

[JeepGeeek]

what is an LNL unit?

 

[lordgroom]

I am appreciating all the advice and all the feedback. Keep it coming!

 

[lgbloader]

Midsouth Shooting re-brands the Classic Cast and sells it under the name of Smart Reloader. List price is $49.95
That way you don't disgrace your bench and you save money to boot.

I am disturbed that we hard working americans would allow any foreign entity to openly rip off one of our own company's, workforce, economy and be thrilled to death about it.

This is a another reason why our BEAUTIFUL UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is going straight to ****. ...

I am not friend of relative of Mr Lee but what's right is right, Dammit!!!

I openly boycott this Smart Reloader pile of ****!!!

Cheers...

 

[lgbloader]

Hope I don't offend anyone

 

[scrat]

nope and further more i agree. kinda like gas. now a days all i buy is ARCO and Valejo. Prtly because from what i read they are the only american oil refineries that only us u.s. pumped oil. Not arab oil

 

[GearHead_1]

what is an LNL unit?

Lock-n-Load. It's a quick change die set up.

 

[Ol` Joe]

nope and further more i agree. kinda like gas. now a days all i buy is ARCO and Valejo. Prtly because from what i read they are the only american oil refineries that only us u.s. pumped oil. Not arab oil

It is awful hard to avoid arab fuel.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/saudigas.asp

 

[BigJakeJ1s]

The RCBS and Forster adjustable collet pullers will not work well in the co-ax because the floating die retention system will let the body spin, preventing you from tightening the collet (unless you want to hold the die body with your other hand). The up-down lever on the cam-lock does not have that problem. However, the lever does have to be maneuvered around the press handle yoke, depending on the cartridge length, but it's not a big deal.

Regardless of whether it is used in a co-ax or a conventional press, the Hornady cam-lock puller is a huge improvement over other collet pullers. Once adjusted to grip a bullet, it simply requires flipping the lever to consistently close the collet every time. The new ones even have a lock nut on the adjustment so it can't get out of adjustment once you set and lock it. Just flip the lever down to grab the bullet, flip it up to release it. The powder stays in the case, where it can be dumped/saved without having to fish the bullet out of it.

If the case retention jaws are opening before the bullet is pulled from the case neck, adjust the collet puller upwards in its lock ring, so that the case is farther up when the collet grabs the bullet.

Forster also makes a "superfast" non-adjustable, caliber-specific collet puller that also works fine on the co-ax (or any other press).

While the co-ax would not be my first choice for a press to be used only for a collet puller (a cheap, Lee aluminum C press would work great for that), its accuracy, power and convenience advantages for other reloading tasks trump any other single stage press out there, unless you are reloading really long cartridges (i.e. 50 bmg, etc.) For very large cartridges, the Redding UltraMag gets the nod.

The co-ax jaws are stronger than standard shell holders because they engage more of the rim (a larger part of the circle) when they close on the extractor groove. The soft brass rim on the case will give way long before almost any decent shell holder. Since the co-ax engages more of the rim, it is less susceptible to rim failure.

Andy

 

[Nozzelnut]

I'm happy with my Lyman Crusher II; and it's hammered black and silver finish looks good too.

NN