The full haul of hand-me-down gear

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black_hog_down

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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?

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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.
 
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.
 
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. ;)
 
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/
 
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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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