The full haul of hand-me-down gear

black_hog_down · May 29, 2017, 08:24 AM

I posted the Bonanza Coax press in an earlier post. Figured I would post it all. All of it appears to be unused.
I am a new and low volume hand loader so there is plenty of gear I need. I will likely offload this to get what I need.
Anything special in this gear?

black_hog_down · May 29, 2017, 08:30 AM

A bit more

FITASC · May 29, 2017, 08:55 AM

You'll need all of that; Ohaus makes great and accurate scales.

jaguarxk120 · May 29, 2017, 08:58 AM

That is all first class tooling. With the Coax press it make a excellent loading setup.

What press are you using now?

black_hog_down · May 29, 2017, 09:03 AM

I have a Hornady Lock N Load single stage. I load and shoot about 200 at a time and make it to the range about 6x a year. Low volume.

jaguarxk120 · May 29, 2017, 09:28 AM

Hornady makes great stuff, their tooling is far above some of the other makers
today.

The Coax is a first class in any ones book, you can't get much better.

Mount it on your bench and enjoy using it, using first class tooling makes reloading that more enjoyable.

Dufus · May 29, 2017, 09:31 AM

I have all those tools that you have shown with the pictures......and then some.

I can assure you that you have a treasure trove of truly high quality equipment.

Reloadron · May 29, 2017, 09:47 AM

Sweet stuff, real sweet. Enjoy getting into reloading!

Ron

ed308 · May 29, 2017, 10:26 AM

Nice haul for hand me down. The Coax is a great single stage press.

Minorcan · May 29, 2017, 10:31 AM

Looks like a nice haul, I would keep what you have pictured. The quality of what you have is as good or better than most of what's out there today. The benefit would come with combining it with a progressive press. Then you would have the best of both worlds.

HiBC · May 29, 2017, 10:53 AM

As I said in your other thread,set up both presses. Decide which one you prefer for sizing.and which you prefer for seating.Adjust your dies accordingly.

You might set up more than one "hard point" on you bench to allow ideal positioning of the presses depending on if you are working alone or with a partner.With a partner,you can bolt the press at another location easily.
Then you work loading blocks of 50 through operations.

If you are setting them up for loading solo,assuming you are right handed,
Set your right hand press so ,with your right hand,you can pull the handle through its sroke without hitting your body.,so,just about shoulder width.

Set the left hand press up rotated counterclockwise,about 45 deg,so your right hand can pull it down and across the front of your body.

Between the two presses,put a pedestal mount for your powder measure....
so you can size in the left press,charge in the center,and seat in the right hand press.(Actually,the reverse might work better.Right to left process)I have my scales on a wall mount shelf above and behind the presses snd measure.Its isolated from bench vibration,but in arm's reach to check a charge .

IMO,the priming system on the Hornady is different just to be different...and I found it ridiculous.

If you decide to follow my suggestion,you might find room between the presses for a bench mount priming tool with a feed tube.

With a setup like this,you can pick up a piece of brass,and finish with a loaded round,working them one at a time.

My point is,you can set two presses and other tools to have a progressive assembly line sort of bench.

I would not sell any of the stuff you have. You'd be stepping down.

It looks like a serious,advanced handloader bought the no compromise best tools available.You have a setup Old Timers envy.

If you learn to use the potential....You will come to appreciate it.

To say it another way,what you have is top of the line USA made "Snap-On" tools of reloading.Or,if machinist tools,they would be Starret,Browne and Sharpe,Lufkin,Etalon...

Fender Stratocaster...Stradivarius !!!!

Sell them to replace them with what??? Why???
Forster Products is the current manufacturer of the press. List price is $499

http://www.forsterproducts.com/

disseminator · May 29, 2017, 11:04 AM

That is really great. You have scored BIGLY!

If your not sure about it all right now, just save it until you are because sooner or later you'll appreciate that fine vintage gear for what it is.

g.willikers · May 29, 2017, 11:18 AM

Vintage or not, you will find use for all that stuff.
And then, if you have gotten rid of it, you will be sorry.
It is all positively useful for reloading.
Downright necessary, actually.

Chainsaw. · May 29, 2017, 11:25 AM

Keep it all, good stuff, all of which you will use.
Scale, powder measure, case concentric guage for accurising rifle ammo. Case trimmer. Powder trickler. This is all stuff you need to make very accurate rifle ammo.

flashhole · May 29, 2017, 04:06 PM

The Dial-O-Grain scale is the real gem. You'd be making a big mistake to sell it.

All top notch equipment.

May 29, 2017, 08:24 AM	#1
black_hog_down Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2016 Posts: 111	The full haul of hand-me-down gear I posted the Bonanza Coax press in an earlier post. Figured I would post it all. All of it appears to be unused. I am a new and low volume hand loader so there is plenty of gear I need. I will likely offload this to get what I need. Anything special in this gear?

May 29, 2017, 08:55 AM	#3
FITASC Senior Member Join Date: December 6, 2014 Posts: 6,646	You'll need all of that; Ohaus makes great and accurate scales. __________________ "I believe that people have a right to decide their own destinies; people own themselves. I also believe that, in a democracy, government exists because (and only so long as) individual citizens give it a 'temporary license to exist'—in exchange for a promise that it will behave itself. In a democracy, you own the government—it doesn't own you."- Frank Zappa

May 29, 2017, 10:53 AM	#11
HiBC Senior Member Join Date: November 13, 2006 Posts: 8,350	As I said in your other thread,set up both presses. Decide which one you prefer for sizing.and which you prefer for seating.Adjust your dies accordingly. You might set up more than one "hard point" on you bench to allow ideal positioning of the presses depending on if you are working alone or with a partner.With a partner,you can bolt the press at another location easily. Then you work loading blocks of 50 through operations. If you are setting them up for loading solo,assuming you are right handed, Set your right hand press so ,with your right hand,you can pull the handle through its sroke without hitting your body.,so,just about shoulder width. Set the left hand press up rotated counterclockwise,about 45 deg,so your right hand can pull it down and across the front of your body. Between the two presses,put a pedestal mount for your powder measure.... so you can size in the left press,charge in the center,and seat in the right hand press.(Actually,the reverse might work better.Right to left process)I have my scales on a wall mount shelf above and behind the presses snd measure.Its isolated from bench vibration,but in arm's reach to check a charge . IMO,the priming system on the Hornady is different just to be different...and I found it ridiculous. If you decide to follow my suggestion,you might find room between the presses for a bench mount priming tool with a feed tube. With a setup like this,you can pick up a piece of brass,and finish with a loaded round,working them one at a time. My point is,you can set two presses and other tools to have a progressive assembly line sort of bench. I would not sell any of the stuff you have. You'd be stepping down. It looks like a serious,advanced handloader bought the no compromise best tools available.You have a setup Old Timers envy. If you learn to use the potential....You will come to appreciate it. To say it another way,what you have is top of the line USA made "Snap-On" tools of reloading.Or,if machinist tools,they would be Starret,Browne and Sharpe,Lufkin,Etalon... Fender Stratocaster...Stradivarius !!!! Sell them to replace them with what??? Why??? Forster Products is the current manufacturer of the press. List price is $499 http://www.forsterproducts.com/ Last edited by HiBC; May 30, 2017 at 04:09 PM.

May 29, 2017, 11:25 AM	#14
Chainsaw. Senior Member Join Date: September 12, 2015 Location: Issaquah WA. Its a dry rain. Posts: 1,774	Keep it all, good stuff, all of which you will use. Scale, powder measure, case concentric guage for accurising rifle ammo. Case trimmer. Powder trickler. This is all stuff you need to make very accurate rifle ammo. __________________ Just shoot the damn thing.

May 29, 2017, 04:06 PM	#15
flashhole Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2005 Location: Owego, NY Posts: 2,000	The Dial-O-Grain scale is the real gem. You'd be making a big mistake to sell it. All top notch equipment. __________________ ,,, stupidity comes to some people very easily. 8/22/2017 my wife in a discussion about Liberals. Are you ready for civil war?

May 29, 2017, 08:30 AM	#2
black_hog_down Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2016 Posts: 111	A bit more

May 29, 2017, 08:58 AM	#4
jaguarxk120 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,626	That is all first class tooling. With the Coax press it make a excellent loading setup. What press are you using now?

May 29, 2017, 09:03 AM	#5
black_hog_down Senior Member Join Date: May 13, 2016 Posts: 111	I have a Hornady Lock N Load single stage. I load and shoot about 200 at a time and make it to the range about 6x a year. Low volume.

May 29, 2017, 09:28 AM	#6
jaguarxk120 Senior Member Join Date: February 28, 2008 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,626	Hornady makes great stuff, their tooling is far above some of the other makers today. The Coax is a first class in any ones book, you can't get much better. Mount it on your bench and enjoy using it, using first class tooling makes reloading that more enjoyable.

May 29, 2017, 09:31 AM	#7
Dufus Senior Member Join Date: December 10, 2014 Posts: 1,967	I have all those tools that you have shown with the pictures......and then some. I can assure you that you have a treasure trove of truly high quality equipment.

May 29, 2017, 09:47 AM	#8
Reloadron Senior Member Join Date: June 8, 2016 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Suburbs Posts: 1,756	Sweet stuff, real sweet. Enjoy getting into reloading! Ron

May 29, 2017, 10:26 AM	#9
ed308 Senior Member Join Date: November 5, 2016 Location: DFW, TX Posts: 1,147	Nice haul for hand me down. The Coax is a great single stage press.

May 29, 2017, 10:31 AM	#10
Minorcan Senior Member Join Date: September 15, 2015 Posts: 379	Looks like a nice haul, I would keep what you have pictured. The quality of what you have is as good or better than most of what's out there today. The benefit would come with combining it with a progressive press. Then you would have the best of both worlds.

May 29, 2017, 11:04 AM	#12
disseminator Senior Member Join Date: November 26, 2016 Location: Minnesota Posts: 1,012	That is really great. You have scored BIGLY! If your not sure about it all right now, just save it until you are because sooner or later you'll appreciate that fine vintage gear for what it is.

May 29, 2017, 11:18 AM	#13
g.willikers Senior Member Join Date: September 28, 2008 Posts: 10,442	Vintage or not, you will find use for all that stuff. And then, if you have gotten rid of it, you will be sorry. It is all positively useful for reloading. Downright necessary, actually.