I’ve been on an Eric Cortina YouTube video kick lately. One piece of gear he seems to use fairly frequently in analyzing his brass torching is an arbor press with a force indicator.
I could see this being useful analyzing consistent annealing as well as keeping tabs on consistent neck tension and seating force.
The conundrum lies in the question of whether or not the juice is worth the squeeze. For the cost and effort of maintaining an arbor press and Wilson die alongside a conventional press for sizing, and the wrapping around the axle of interpreting what a force gauge would show, will it give a performance gain on the range (for the purposes of practical precision rifle, not f-class or BR)?
For the same reason I got rid of my FX120i, sure it throws more accurate loads for me, but for the 3-5 FPS it trimmed off my ES, I’d rather invest that money elsewhere in precision rifle.
For anyone that has one and uses it, or used it and shoved it on a shelf... was it worth the time and associated ass-pain?
I could see this being useful analyzing consistent annealing as well as keeping tabs on consistent neck tension and seating force.
The conundrum lies in the question of whether or not the juice is worth the squeeze. For the cost and effort of maintaining an arbor press and Wilson die alongside a conventional press for sizing, and the wrapping around the axle of interpreting what a force gauge would show, will it give a performance gain on the range (for the purposes of practical precision rifle, not f-class or BR)?
For the same reason I got rid of my FX120i, sure it throws more accurate loads for me, but for the 3-5 FPS it trimmed off my ES, I’d rather invest that money elsewhere in precision rifle.
For anyone that has one and uses it, or used it and shoved it on a shelf... was it worth the time and associated ass-pain?
