I also got mine at Scheels

I need this!

So as someone who has used a Rock Chucker for years and never used a Coax, what’s the big speed advantage?

Many thanks for the into.

You don’t have to screw a die as it slips into a channel is the primary one imo. That is very minimal in my opinion.

I like the Hornady AP. Only press I've ever used.

It's like electric windows in a pickup. If you've never had that luxury you never miss it. But once you have, it seems more like a necessity than a luxury.

Another speed advantage is not having to dig up a shell holder, BUT (and that's a BIG but) sometimes you have to flip the jaws on the stage. You can leave it alone unless you're going to work with 9mm or something in the .222/.223 family. That is a lot more trouble than sliding another she holder onto a Rockchucker's ram, so it could be a wash if you mess with those smaller cartridges.

Having used the conventional C- and O-type presses for quite a while as well as the Co-Ax, I'l keep using the Co-Ax. It's just a pleasure to use.

How about the locking collar? Aluminum or Steel? Will some other brands work? I know they need to be a certain thickness and machined flat. What are you paying for collars and where is best to buy.

Midsouth has them for $51/12 I think.

I've bought a lot of those. Not cheap, either, but I figure they're the way to go. One way to evade the cost is to by Forster dies up front, which is not a bad idea at all. They're some of the best dies out there (but for a long time I've bought Lee collet dies, Redding biody dies, and Forster seaters for bolt rifles which make up the bulk of my reloading).

IMO, the Forster lock rings are the way to go. For one thing, they are aluminum and they cannot wear the die ring slot on the press and they are designed for the application.. Second point, as I mentioned earlier---I figure Forster knows a thing or two about their press and how to get the most out of it and a die set. I have used other die manufacturers' die lock rings in the past and they seemed to work, but I figure I can't go wrong by sticking with Forster accessories.

I have 3 presses and they are all single stage but the one I use the most is a hood copy made by Harrells Precision they are not terribly expensive and will break down into a compact tiny box if you wanted to take it to the range with you. I only use bushing dies and I use a wilson seater with a small arbor press. I have almost zero run out, mostly the run-out I see is the variance in the bullets.