Area 419 Announces ZERO M-Series Sizing Die

[relayer1989]

Area 419 announced the release of their new ZERO M-Series Sizing Die.

Features include:

• Micrometer Adjustable Headspace/Shoulder Bump
• Precision Ground Expander Mandrels
• Full-Length Neck to Extractor Sizing
• Spring Ejection for Spent Primers
• Reamer Cut to Exacting Dimensions for a TRUE Size

MSRP is $500 USD with the caveat you must use Area 419 shell holders on account of this being a 1-1/4″ die body (to achieve proper shell holder die contact).

The sleeves will be interchangeable, so it sounds like you wont need a new die body every time.

 

[adamg]

Also need their 1.25" turret, which I assume the press doesn't come with, so you are buying one of those, too.

 

[relayer1989]

Also need their 1.25" turret, which I assume the press doesn't come with, so you are buying one of those, too.

Some presses like the Rock Chucker have an insert that can be removed to make it 1.25".

 

[I Dont Care About You]

$2000 usd for the press and sizing die. Whats not to like about that?

 

[Mystic Precision]

WOW...

for those with more money then...

can't wait for the youtube influencers to gush on this ...

Jerry

 

[I Dont Care About You]

WOW...

for those with more money then...

can't wait for the youtube influencers to gush on this ...

Jerry

I se your wildly expensive press and die and raise you an AMP to the tune of $2500.

 

[sonichanxiao]

Way too expensive even than the SAC die and no bushing.

 

[Mystic Precision]

I se your wildly expensive press and die and raise you an AMP to the tune of $2500.

pretty soon, we will need to only load $4 bullets in $10 cases and load with $100/lb powder lit with 50cent primers

Oh crap... we do that now... never mind

Jerry

 

[209jones]

Trying to comprehend the market need for it constructed they way it is. Can't see it, except maybe 50BMG based cartridges.

 

[pathfinder76]

Its design is very well thought out.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

pretty soon, we will need to only load $4 bullets in $10 cases and load with $100/lb powder lit with 50cent primers

Oh crap... we do that now... never mind

Jerry

Friend of mine is serious about PRC and the amount he spends on equipment is staggering. His results are excellent but good gawd it costs a lot.

Thankfully I have a good supply of powder, primers and cases.

 

[Mystic Precision]

so, take a very simple and well understood process, overly complicate the tools, charge the moon for it... and voila, a better camel.

Processing brass doesn't need to be complicated.

I believe in a very simple statement... if something can fail, it will... and the more intersections of process you add, the failure rate grows exponentially.

YMMV

Jerry

 

[pathfinder76]

Don’t buy them then. It’s pretty simple really.

 

[Eagleye]

so, take a very simple and well understood process, overly complicate the tools, charge the moon for it... and voila, a better camel.

Processing brass doesn't need to be complicated.

I believe in a very simple statement... if something can fail, it will... and the more intersections of process you add, the failure rate grows exponentially.

YMMV

Jerry

I could not agree more, Jerry!! I worked as an automotive repair tech for years, then taught apprentices at
a Community College for 32 years. The more complex a unit is, the more likely it is to fail and cause grief.

I love quality tools, but $500.00 for a die set, and an additional $2000.00+ for support tools?? Ridiculous!! Dave.

 

[Mystic Precision]

Don’t buy them then. It’s pretty simple really.

Many new reloaders lured by high prices and bling, may not understand the pitfalls something like this will create.

I put my opinion out as a cautionary tale.... and if you understood all the nuances that are part of the reloading world, you would get it.

YMMV

Jerry

 

[Mystic Precision]

I could not agree more, Jerry!! I worked as an automotive repair tech for years, then taught apprentices at
a Community College for 32 years. The more complex a unit is, the more likely it is to fail and cause grief.

I love quality tools, but $500.00 for a die set, and an additional $2000.00+ for support tools?? Ridiculous!! Dave.

price aside... does this tech do anything better?

I have purchased many very expensive items that improved my game... paying alot for something that IS better is not the issue.

I just don't see how this die set up resolves many ongoing issues in the sizing world.

but to each their own...

Jerry

 

[relayer1989]

price aside... does this tech do anything better?

I have purchased many very expensive items that improved my game... paying alot for something that IS better is not the issue.

I just don't see how this die set up resolves many ongoing issues in the sizing world.

but to each their own...

Jerry

The big marketing point is the ability to dial in headspace with a micrometer.

But too be honest, I've never had difficulty dialing in headspace with any of the dies I own. Would maybe save an extra minute with these Area 419 dies.

 

[Mystic Precision]

The big marketing point is the ability to dial in headspace with a micrometer.

But too be honest, I've never had difficulty dialing in headspace with any of the dies I own. Would maybe save an extra minute with these Area 419 dies.

nor have the thousands of precision reloaders all around the world.

And for something this innovative, I smile that friction and murphy are allowed to meet up.

just one of the many quirks that I am sure users will discover in time.

Seems like a smart phone for the reloading world.

Jerry