gws
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Post by gws on Nov 11, 2014 23:37:15 GMT -5
 Sizes commercial Remington .308 like slicing butter. It really compliments my Rock Chucker, mounted 11" apart.  Mounted at a slight angle, the lever can be worked along with the Rock Chucker's without even swiveling my drafting stool.  Model after the factory one, I bent and shaped some Aluminum License Plate material, and epoxied around a hole drilled in the bench top with a clear tube sticking up.  I use an RCBS Gold Medal Die for straight line seating....don'tcha love the open face of the Summit Press!?!  This is where the optional short hand is so nice! Yeah! It really is that short!  Love it more every day. I was going to use it as a portable to take to the cabin in the mountains come summertime. It's become too indispensible! I'll have to buy another one for that if I do it. |
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Post by krwada on Nov 12, 2014 11:13:58 GMT -5
Nice review and photo-essay. I really like the primer catcher setup. Did you drill a hole in your bench to catch all the spent primers?
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Post by gws on Nov 12, 2014 12:07:54 GMT -5
Yes, well technically through the hardwood face. I used flexible clear tubing to run it to my Nestles Chocolate drink container on the floor. I haven't bough the two parts to use it as an Arbor press, but that feature makes it interesting to some competitors. I have no patience for that sort of ammo and competition, so I'd stink at it.
Wishes? I wish RCBS had had the presence of mind to make the press head thickness compatible with Rock Chuckers. As it is I bought a set of arbor shims to place under dies on the Rock Chucker, so I can keep the die lock rings in one place for both presses.
Notice the swager behind and the Trim Mate behind the swager? Fixing LC brass is a breeze (as long as it's not MG brass). Size it, swage it, and uniform it pretty much in seconds.
I will never buy LC brass again......Wideners couldn't guarantee it wasn't Machine Gun brass, and most of it was. Sizing that stuff is NOT fun on any press. Good thing it only has to be done once, and then properly annealed I should get my moneys worth.....I bought a lot.....still have 1/2 to resize. Such is easier on the Rock Chucker since the leverage is down lower where one can bare down on the handle easier. For everything else the Summit is fine!
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bob
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Post by bob on Nov 12, 2014 12:09:50 GMT -5
Well done Greg. Is the Summit that much better than say the Rock Chucker? Also I like and use,almost exclusively, that RCBS Competition seating die and its accessories.
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gws
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Post by gws on Nov 12, 2014 12:22:25 GMT -5
No, it doesn't replace what they still consider their flagship, the Rock Chucker. It's complimentary to it. Can it be a person's only press? Yes, definitely, but a handloader, having a Rock Chucker, with no real need for another press, wouldn't be advised to replace it, unless they are short on room, or they want to take it on the road. Where its niche is, besides how I use it to compliment and speed up operations, is that is takes so little space.(No space in front of the bench-nothing sticking out.......and then there is the appeal of an open throat! A 2' wide bench is ample room to reload with room to spare.
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My daughter came from Missouri, my son and grand son, my wife and I had a nice dinner of grilled "porter house" pork chops, corn on the cobb, my son, G'son and I share 10/5. G'son is 4 minutes early though @ 10/4.
Pooh I hope you find to right house . 
