Thread: reloading press

Csmiffy. borow mine for a week. see how you like the hornady

Originally Posted by gone-tropo

Csmiffy. borow mine for a week. see how you like the hornady

@gone-tropo I'd take you up on the offer if for nothing other than a chin wag. There would be nothing wrong with the Hornady I'm sure of that.

Originally Posted by csmiffy

@gone-tropo I'd take you up on the offer if for nothing other than a chin wag. There would be nothing wrong with the Hornady I'm sure of that.

flick me a pm, probably wednesday night would be good for you to grab it. only dies i have are 223 and 7mmRM, i have powder for both

@Tommy I took your advice and bought the big boss 2 from serious shooters in Auckland, it arrived this morning and it looks the goods. I already have the Redding dies, powder, primers and bullets, I will just buy the other needed essentials over the next month or so and then get into it. The guy at serious shooters said the price was going back up so seems I may have got it at the right time. It came with 3 reloading magazines so some good reading there as well. I already have the right recipe (load) for my riffle as I got heaps loaded on another press so should be good to go soon. Thanks for the advice Tommy

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

@Tommy I took your advice and bought the big boss 2 from serious shooters in Auckland, it arrived this morning and it looks the goods. I already have the Redding dies, powder, primers and bullets, I will just buy the other needed essentials over the next month or so and then get into it. The guy at serious shooters said the price was going back up so seems I may have got it at the right time. It came with 3 reloading magazines so some good reading there as well. I already have the right recipe (load) for my riffle as I got heaps loaded on another press so should be good to go soon. Thanks for the advice Tommy

They had a couple I think, in theory they go up to $429 on Monday but he says if he has any left and it's mentioned they saw it at $379 on the NZHS forum he'll do the old price of $379. He's a GC

Lots of people able to give you a run through if you need it.

Originally Posted by Danger Mouse

Lots of people able to give you a run through if you need it.

@Danger Mouse that would be great and I will be sure to ask some questions if I get stuck. Thank you

I have a simplex press, similar to a rock chucker never had an issue with it seems solid and well made. I got mine 2nd hand, would recommend one if they are available.

Have a look at the Forster Co-Ax.
It has a different system where the locking ring stays permanently on the die and it slides into place and back out when finished. So its always set at the exact length you had it at last time. Also, the die floats and moves around to con-centre onto the case giving better straightness.

Originally Posted by Bagheera

Have a look at the Forster Co-Ax.
It has a different system where the locking ring stays permanently on the die and it slides into place and back out when finished. So its always set at the exact length you had it at last time. Also, the die floats and moves around to con-centre onto the case giving better straightness.

+1

Yep, probably the best of the best although they're about $800 new. Had mine for about five years now and it's produces more concentric ammo than my old Rockchucker press ever did. The spent primer collection jar is a great design feature too. Workshop Innovation import them.

Yes, I'm not saying the co-ax is the way to go for everyone but some people do spend a lot on their shooting and that press probably makes reloading just a little bit more trouble free over the years. I was fortunate I could afford it at the time. I just mentioned it in this thread for completeness.

@Tommy that was my impression of her also.
as an aside I have asked my friend what his press was and it is a large O frame Hornady.
It handles the 416 rem as that's what I reloaded mine with so all good
He is also looking at getting out of reloading and selling up once he reloads a bunch with it. Just not doing enough shooting anymore.
I might have first dibs on it but I haven't asked him what its all worth yet. Couple of sets of dies, one set of which I was after so it may be the go if its not too spendy.