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Started by fastwin, June 26, 2010, 11:24:07 AM

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WarrenJ

There isn't much of anything that can go wrong with any decent single station press.  Even the Aluminum Lee ones work fine.  I started reloading back in high school on a Lee O-Frame press in the late '70's.  I think it is still in my folks basement.  The RCBS Rock Chucker is the press that everything else is compared against.  Forester makes a press called the Co-Ax, which is real interesting.  If I were to buy another single station press, it would probably be the Co-Ax.  The Co-Ax has about twice the leverage of a standard press, it has a universal shellholder feature and the dies just snap into place as opposed to having to screw them in and out.  It also has a very good system for capturing spent primers - most O-Frame presses don't - my Redding and Lyman spit spent primers all over.  I just sweep them up.  You might have to put Forester die rings on the Lee dies to use the snap in feature - not sure.
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WarrenJ

Quote from: Zaster on December 29, 2013, 11:45:04 AM
Any AR15 owners on here?
I'm looking to buy one with emphasis on accuracy, long range
and the occasional hunting trip.
Recommendations, preferences, new or used?
Thanks in advance.

I built the last 4.  Putting together exactly what you want is not that hard.  Rock River makes one called the Coyote.  It used to come with an ACE Skeleton stock.  It now has some other collapsible stock - I liked the ACE better.  Seemed to be a good, general purpose AR for just about anything.  I built my wife a similar rifle that works pretty well.  The Coyote can be had with a 16 or 20" tube.  The nice thing about AR's is that you can get several uppers purpose built to do whatever you want.  Within the next 6 months or so, AR prices are going to tumble unless there is another panic.  Many distributors had deals with manufacturers that were predicated on taking x number of rifles/month and demand is now very soft.  There are going to be some fire sales on AR's here pretty quick.  Even the Colts will be coming down in price.  One thing to be somewhat concerned about is the amount of junk that was churned out during the scare.  Quality standards slipped quite a bit,depending on the manufacturer.   
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fastwin

^ Good advice by Warren. Nice thing about ARs is that they are the Legos of the rifle world. You can take one lower and have a couple of different uppers for it. 16" M4 barrel profile with iron sights or a nice red dot. Maybe a 18-20" heavy barrel with a groovy BDC AR scope with a bipod. Etc, etc... Then there are the caliber options. I swear me and two other guys in the world are the only people not making ARs these days. [laugh] They are every where and they're made by everybody. It's like ARs and 1911s are living in parallel gun worlds. Great time to be in the market for either gun. [thumbsup]
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Zaster

Thanks guys, great stuff [thumbsup]
I knew I could count on you  ;)

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WarrenJ

Quote from: kopfjäger on December 30, 2013, 04:45:14 PM


Now we just need a custom kydex inside the pants holster for that, and some mag pouches!
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kopfjäger

Quote from: WarrenJ on December 30, 2013, 06:19:43 PM
Now we just need a custom kydex inside the pants holster for that, and some mag pouches!

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Zaster

Quote from: kopfjäger on December 30, 2013, 06:54:29 PM
:D
Thought you of all people would come up with something a tad more useful than this  ;D

fastwin

DMF comedians... they're on every thread. [laugh] [laugh]

Zaster, hope you figure out your AR purchase. [thumbsup]
I plan to list the Federal Gov't. as a dependent on my next 1040 tax filing!

I have flying honey badgers and I'm not afraid to use them!

The fact that flame throwers exist is proof that someone somewhere said "I'd sure like to set those people over there on fire but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."

CONFIDENCE: the feeling you have right before you understand the situation.

kopfjäger

Quote from: Zaster on December 30, 2013, 07:09:30 PM
Thought you of all people would come up with something a tad more useful than this  ;D

That was just a pic, nothing to do with your AR quest.
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Zaster

Quote from: kopfjäger on December 30, 2013, 07:40:07 PM
That was just a pic, nothing to do with your AR quest.
Still waiting for your expert advice  ;)

WarrenJ

http://www.mcgowenbarrel.com/ar15.htm

Scroll down to the bottom of this link - McGowan has a full rifle for sale at a pretty reasonable price.  Machined upper and lower and a McGowan barrel.  I spent some time with Ron Duplessis, the president of McGowan, a year ago in Montana.  They make some pretty darn good tubes. 
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WarrenJ

Quote from: kopfjäger on December 30, 2013, 04:45:14 PM


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