Re: Looking for a good single stage press for .308
"Another vote for the Rock Chucker. Have had no problems at all."
Not to pick on any one guy but for all those who repeat this I wonder just what kind of 'problems' you think anyone using a different cast iron press might have?
I've been doing this stuff for decades and got over thinking any brand has a lock on perfomance a long time ago. My old RC II is a servicable press (but I quit de and re-priming on it alsmost as soon as I set it up in '87) but it's not the only press I have. Nor are what I have all I've ever used and I'm yet to find a press that is not fully capabable of very high quality work if used correctly, including Lee's Challanger. No press will magically make a poor reloader assemble quality stuff!
The CoAx has some fine qualities and I'm glad it's available for those who want one but I don't care for it's ergonomics and I never found conventional screw-in dies to be much of a difficulty to overcome. It's extra high leverage means nothing to me even tho I have a bad rotator cuff right shoulder; I mean, how much leverage does a guy really need to size a lubed case?
Brand hype and personal preferences aside, Lee's Classic Cast press is the best of it's general type available, at any price, and I DON'T have one of those. But I would, IF I had to start over tomorrow! And I would NOT buy another RC unless I could get it for maybe half the cost of a Classic Cast.