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Posted: 8/30/2010 8:23:55 PM EDT
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I am looking at purchasing this press and from the reviews at Cabelas and Midway it seems like the best single stage on the market. I am looking to reload for accuracy so top speed is that not that big deal. Anyway, the press says it seats primers, but I can't see from the pics where it does that and if the primer have to be loaded one at a time??
If there are any users out there and want to throw in their two cents, I'm all ears. thanks |
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As you can see in the PDF. There is a shell holder at the top of the press, it will stay on the press all the time. When you want to prime, you simply remove the shell holder assembly, insert the primer adapter, select the correct shell holder (the assembly uses standard shell holders), put the assembly back on and away you go. Constant seating everytime.
I do not prime on my press. To me it is too time consuming as the arm and stroke of the forester press is longer than other presses, you do only need to move about 90 degrees, usually ends up farther than that to prime. With that said, the uniformity of the seating is great. You also have the ability of playing around with depths if you have a lathe and can do some machining. If you do purchase the press, call Forester and purchase an extra set of springs #39 in the PDF file. If you go back and forth on the shell size, you will lose one of them across the room until you get the hang of installing it back together. Also purchase more locking rings, then change the screw to a SHCS you can get at your local hardware store. If you are doing any sizing of brass to another size, the press is the cats meow. Example, 30-06 to .270, to .25 - 06, takes it with ease. Best press on the market. |
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I have one and think it's the perfect press.
I also use mine for priming, and like the fact that you simply push the handle all the way to the stop, and then get a case with the primer seated exactly .004-.005" below the case head, every single time. You cannot overseat a primer or crush a primer. I only load in batches of 50-150 at a time. If I loaded huge quantities, I might use a hand primer... or use Forster's tabletop primer. Keep in mind that the heart of any reloading setup is the dies. I used (Big Name) dies recently to seat some Hornady flat base V-Max bullets. The seater die did not like them, and could not seat them straight each time, and even crumpled the case shoulders a few times. I really like my Forster .222 Neck Die set, so I bought a .223 Full Length Die set. The seater die has a sliding chamber that positively aligns the bullet, neck and body BEFORE the bullet enters the neck. Seating flat base bullets is now easy and 100% successful. Perfect. Redding seater dies have this feature, too, and I think Hornady Match Grade dies have a similar setup. But I strongly recommend the Forster dies. |
| Thanks guys. I'm sold. I can't wait to get it and some Forster 223 dies and turn out some seriously accurate loads! Right now I'm using a Lee Classic press with Lee Dies, and I can make some accurate ammo, but I think this press will be better and faster since the press allows the dies to changed so fast. |
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Thanks guys. I'm sold. I can't wait to get it and some Forster 223 dies and turn out some seriously accurate loads! Right now I'm using a Lee Classic press with Lee Dies, and I can make some accurate ammo, but I think this press will be better and faster since the press allows the dies to changed so fast. Just another note for you. Talking about seater dies here, the benchrest dies are really nice, the micrometer dies do as they say, but having both I don't have a problem with just the benchrest seaters. With the way they are designed adjustments are not that hard. About both sets of dies, to achieve the best results, you will want to lap the bullet your using to the die. These dies have, and you can see this in the PDF below, a bullet seating stem (J-30). Buy a couple of those from Forester for your rifle die size. You can then just change the stem for each different bullet you use and lap that seating stem. I think they are 10 dollars or so last time I ordered, don't quote me on that. Second key point with the seater die, read the directions, they are different than other seaters. I believe the only one similar to it is the Redding competition dies. http://www.forsterproducts.com/client_images/catalog19938/pages/files/Bench_Rest_Seater_Die.pdf |
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