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Guys,I am just getting into reloading and bought the Forster Coax for my first press.
Can you guys tell me if you prefer the best Forster seating dies over the best Redding seating dies? It seems they both have the sliding collar to keep the bullet aligned. I've been trying to read up and decide which micrometer die is the best. I use both the Forster and Redding "micrometer" type seating dies. They both produce nice straight cartridges, assuming of course good brass still straight from prior processing steps and the like. The Redding is a little easier to adjust since it has an easier to read scale and doesn't require an initial roughing in step with a screwdriver adjusted stem. I haven't shopped in a while, but the Forster has been less expensive when I was buying. Bang for buck: Forster Small ease of use advantage: Redding
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There is nothing I don't like about the Coax press. Nothing.
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Clarkm,
Can you turn us on to the "CNC guy" who sells your improvement?
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Clarkm, Can you turn us on to the "CNC guy" who sells your improvement? Doing a google search, this is his name alright. I have not got an email in years. http://brtshooterssupply.com.au/pro...housing-upgrade-non-genuine-product.htmlI was able to evolve that shell holder housing into something he later wanted to CNC and sell, but he did not bite on the screw change. I thought those screws were an improvement, too, but I guess it was not an easy CNC operation. And they were probably at wits end reading my messy redlined sketches with coffee stains.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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Can't recall ever seeing so much positive agreement about anything here.
Thanks all.
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Guys,I am just getting into reloading and bought the Forster Coax for my first press.
Can you guys tell me if you prefer the best Forster seating dies over the best Redding seating dies? It seems they both have the sliding collar to keep the bullet aligned. I've been trying to read up and decide which micrometer die is the best. I have both Redding and Forster dies. For sizing, I like the Forster dies better. They have one advantage in that they have a relief hole near the shoulder in the die. If there's too much lube on the necks, the hole allows for some compression relief and will not dent case necks. Redding does not have this.
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Clarkm,
Can you turn us on to the "CNC guy" who sells your improvement?
His email and a video are at the bottom of this thread: https://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?p=6040666
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Guys,I am just getting into reloading and bought the Forster Coax for my first press.
Can you guys tell me if you prefer the best Forster seating dies over the best Redding seating dies? It seems they both have the sliding collar to keep the bullet aligned. I've been trying to read up and decide which micrometer die is the best. I prefer the Forster, myself. They're less money, and the Redding dies are literally a copy of the Bonanza/Forster design. Redding copied it when the patent ran out.
Selmer "Daddy, can you sometime maybe please go shoot a water buffalo so we can have that for supper? Please? And can I come along? Does it taste like deer?" - my 3-year old daughter
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I don't have a Co-ax press, but I would if I needed a new press. I now use Forster-Bonanza and Redding dies almost exclusively. They are Smoother; give less neck and bullet run out; creating more accurate ammunition - everything else being the same. I can't tell any difference in the results; the Forsters are a little nicer to use.
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Guess I might as well join the party--I have been using one since sometime in the 1990s. These days, the Rock Chucker gets used almost exclusively for pulling bullets.
Ben
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I love mine. It's all I use for rifle loading. I use the Hornady LNL for rings for most all of my dies. Works like a champ. The Redding die rings work fine as well.
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Coax has been my go to press for many years, and very happy with it. Like their dies as well. If loading a really long case, I use the Redding Ultramag.
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Bought mine 25-30 yrs ago, still performing flawlessly. Best bang for my buck. What a great press!
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