Keep them both you will use them equally and miss either one. Buy one back is expensive what you have costs nothing like replacement would
Keep them both you will use them equally and miss either one. Buy one back is expensive what you have costs nothing like replacement would
I would keep the Rock Chucker. New RC IVs are going for $150 on sale. The CoAx goes for twice that and always out of stock. You can get much more out if the CoAx if you sell or trade. Then get another RC and some jungle in your pocket. Win win!
I'll be needing that for squirrels and such.....
Been using my rockchucker for over 40 years, wife bought me a Forster for Christmas 6 or 7 years ago and no WAY would I “chuck” either one. I’d keep both but that’s me….
Art
”Only accurate rifles are interesting”
——Townsend Whelen
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—- George Orwell
I reloaded on a single stage for quite a few years, worked for me. I then switched to a turret. Disabled the auto index and worked a little better for me. Bought a Forster Co-Ax. For me and my reloading style the Co-Ax is by far the best press I've owned. I can do just about everything on it I did with my other presses.
Last edited by mdi; 06-02-2022 at 01:32 PM.
My Anchor is holding fast!
I'D keep the Rockchucker since I'M more familiar with mine than the Forster Co-Ax (which I do not own). The Forster looks like a neat deal, though.
If someone owns and uses one extensively, I'd like to know more about it.
For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Ecclesiastes 1:18
He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool become servant to the wise of heart. Proverbs 11:29
...Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40
Carpe SCOTCH!
The Co-Ax was my first press almost 50 years ago. There are two things I do not like. It is easy to lose the springs for the shell holder...unless you have a few in stock...lol. I do not like priming on it. Your hand is over the case. But I prime off the press so not an issue for me.
I like the ‘almost universal’ shell holder, how the dies are held, and the 100% capture of spent primers when decapping.
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Don Verna
If you need to do operations that require bulky gear on the top of the press (bullet sizing, pass through sizing, bullet pullin, etc), the RC is more suitable.
"There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something."
~Thorin Oakenshield
I never got rid of either but I use my co-ax a lot more than my RC.
Doesn’t really matter to anyone but you. What one do you like the most?
If you are never going to use the Co-ax, I suppose, by definition, it’s useless.
Both presses are worth more than the paper money you'll get for them. Keep them, neither take a lot of room. Someday, even if you don't use it, it's like hidden gold, along as you don't let it rust away, a wise investment if you ask me.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |