Forester co axe question

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My new to me forester co axe press arrived earlier this week,my question is for those of you who use one do you favor any die company locking rings or do you just use the ones that come with die?Here lots of good about the new hornady rings but only have one set of hornady dies.This press seems to be the cadillac of single stage presses,really like the primer set up on it,gives you a better feel for it than the rcbs.Any thoughts on this will be appreciated......Bob
 
I like Forster rings, they are perfect size and clip in(little ball bearing holds them in) while still floating enough to line everything up. I have successfully used Hornady and redding rings. Lee rings with o-ring are not good choice for this press coz o-rings tend to fold out of groove in the ring and move die outwards, they work just not as easy. I have couple lee rings that I screwed with o-ring side up, that way I can make sure o-ring is seated properly in the groove every time I slide die in.
For less important dies like decapping die, I use whatever but for sizing and seating dies I use foresters exclusively. They were like $3 each and ordered like a dozen or so.
 
I've used Hornady rings and Redding rings without issue but also ordered a bunch of Forester rings so I just ended up using those instead. Seems with how the die self centers it didn't make a lot of difference to me.
 
Ya after thinking about it i went with the forester ones also,seems like the logical thing after all they did make the press.Feel free to throw in any info on this press i am all ears.This unit did not have primer catcher anyone make there own?....Bob
 
The older RCBS rings fit the Co-Ax well, but the newer ones are too thin, so I bought up a dozen or so from Sinclair the last time I ordered up other stuff, and they work very well indeed..

Relatively easy to make a primer catcher....just a piece of tubing, threaded on both ends [about 6 - 7" long]. Find a large plastic prescription pill bottle, drill a hole in the middle of the lid for the tubing.
Put tubing through the hole and secure nut on the inside end so it cannot pull through. Screw the other end of the tube up into the carriage of your press...voila! your primer catcher.

You could also just single flare one end of that tubing like the original.

I'm at work right now, but when I get home, I will post tubing size and thread pitch for the tube.

Regards, Dave.
 
For rings, everything I've tried so far has worked.
Even Lee rings, but once they're set I screw them down into a regular press to seat the o-ring.

Finding 5/16 tubing can be a bit of an ordeal; I ended up straightening some copper tube.
I used a Keen's Hot Mustard jar to give it the appropriate level of redneckery.
I flared it, same as Eagleye suggested.
Run a chamfering tool into the press end of the tube so that primers don't get hung up as much.
Or you could just phone Forster and order the parts.
They've been a pleasure to deal with.
 
I bought the press used it didn't come with it,i like tinkering around with stuff so i thought i would make one.I could buy what i need from forester for $14.00 american plus shipping,but i am bored so i will try to improvise.Thx. for all the input guys......Bob
 
The original catcher is a tube threaded at one end to fit the press and the other end has been flared so the top of a bottle will not slide off. Above someone says it's a 5/16 - 24 thread so that's easy enough, brake line tube is easy to find and one end may already be flared. It only needs to be screwed in finger tight so it's easy to remove when it gets real dirty.
 
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