Forster Co-Ax Press Question

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I have decided to buy the Forester Co-Ax press if this one issue can be resolved. There are is some talk om ther forums the long dies can hit the handle. They say the handle yoke can be machined to work. I am going to be using a redding seating die with the micrometer on top in 300 wm. Does any one have experience with this press and the above mentioned problem.

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They might have been referring to the yokes supplied on presses more than a couple years old. New presses have longer yokes, for all but the tallest dies/seating micrometers.
 
I'm using a Forster 338 Lapua Ultra Micrometer Seater die with my COAX. The way I have my die set-up it's 6" long with about 4" sticking out above the top of the press. There is still room for a couple more inches before the die would interfere with the handle.
 
Just got mine last week. The one pout I have with it, which is really not much of one, is it won't accept my 450-400 brass, rim is too big for it. I still have to use the Rockchucker for those. It took a bit of searching to get one, they were in stock here in Calgary til I finally decided I wanted it. Situation normal.
 
209jones said:
Just got mine last week. The one pout I have with it, which is really not much of one, is it won't accept my 450-400 brass, rim is too big for it. I still have to use the Rockchucker for those.
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Didn't realize that....interesting, strange they haven't made a plate to cover that.
I love mine too, only thing I've wondered is why they don't come standard with both sets of shellholder plates, instead of having to buy separately.
 
209jones said:
Just got mine last week. The one pout I have with it, which is really not much of one, is it won't accept my 450-400 brass, rim is too big for it. I still have to use the Rockchucker for those. It took a bit of searching to get one, they were in stock here in Calgary til I finally decided I wanted it. Situation normal.
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They make a plate to handle both really large and small cases, I load 22 hornet and 500SW. There is also an adaptor for regular shell holders.
 
I got a forster co-ax a year ago and just love it
I had to get the larger jaw set for the 338 lapua witch comes separate and replaced the lock ring on my older dies
the press is a lot easyer on the bench than the rockchucker was
 
It was Forster that told me the 450/400 brass wouldn't work in it. I haven't tried it yet. I see the LS jaws go to .625, That is tight though,.004". OAL will be around 3.95 or so, brass is 3.00" . It's no big deal if it doesn't. If people can load 338 lapua on it, length should not be an issue. There were a couple of tools I had to upgrade to larger/different tools for it. Trimmer & primer tools.
There is another primer tool (K&M?) that may accept shellholders that will work with it, but they are captive shellholders, and the Hornady unit was a FAIL for me, tossed it in the bin.
 
209jones said:
It was Forster that told me the 450/400 brass wouldn't work in it.
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Even if they are right regarding the built-in jaws, you can get an adapter that will let you use regular shell holders. From there, you just get at 450/400 shell holder. Should work, and better than cluttering your workbench with another press for a single calibre.
 
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