Forster Coax and Hornady custom grade dies compatibility

[Cookieman8]

Almost bought a set of 6.5 creedmoor dies today at a bargain price but wanted to get some information first.

Does anyone run Hornady custom grade 6.5 creedmoor dies on a "newer" forster coax, with the forster aluminum lock rings?

Reason for the question is, I have a set of these dies in 22-250 and the lock ring is on the last thread of the die body. It almost doesn't work. It's backed off just enough so the die doesn't start to crimp the case while seating. I'll attach a picture for reference.

 

[spife7980]

Hornady seating dies in general don’t work all that great with a coax. My 300bo is hanging n for dear life to like barely a thread engaged and my 22 creed and 270 dies have less than one thread exposed below.

It’s for seating a general caliber and not a specific chambering. It’s pretty shitty imo. But it’s cheap and they work for most thread in presses.

 

[Cookieman8]

Hornady seating dies in general don’t work all that great with a coax. My 300bo is hanging n for dear life to like barely a thread engaged and my 22 creed and 270 dies have less than one thread exposed below.

It’s for seating a general caliber and not a specific chambering. It’s pretty shitty imo. But it’s cheap and they work for most thread in presses.

Lol I completely understand. My 223,300blk, 308, all work pretty good in the coax but these hornadys are hit and miss it seems. If someone has did it in 6.5 creed , I'd love to see a picture.

I would run the standard RCBS dies in it but not a fan of the seating stem, at least you can swap the hornady out

 

[whatsupdoc]

That looks about right, I only have one Hornady seating die that I use, a 222 with the micrometer stem and it just clears the
arm.

 

[PinesAndProjectiles]

I run a Hornady seating die for 6GT and don’t have any issues.
I do have and use the micrometer stem, but I don’t see how that would make a difference.

 

[PinesAndProjectiles]

I run a Hornady seating die for 6GT and don’t have any issues.
I do have and use the micrometer stem, but I don’t see how that would make a difference.

Actually, if I back the seating stem way out, the die would sit “deeper” and thus I would have more threads showing below the lock ring.
So what I’m saying is, I may have a case of the downs and don’t pay me any attention.

 

[rydah]

I ran one for a bit with a 6.5 creed and worked fine.

 

[Cookieman8]

I ran one for a bit with a 6.5 creed and worked fine.

Did you use the forster lock ring? Curious to see how much thread engagement you had with it. Thanks

 

[rydah]

Did you use the forster lock ring? Curious to see how much thread engagement you had with it. Thanks

Yeah I used the Forster lock ring. Here’s a picture of how it was setup. Seating depth variance was never larger than 3 thou with berger hybrids.

 

[Cookieman8]

Yeah I used the Forster lock ring. Here’s a picture of how it was setup. Seating depth variance was never larger than 3 thou with berger hybrids.

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Awesome, thank you for that!

 

[rydah]

Awesome, thank you for that!

Anytime mate.