Franford Arsenal's F1 and M-Press Single stage presses

Just a quick over view of the
F1 and M-Press
by Frankford Arsenal

[@garrytalley8009]

I like both those presses. I do have the Co-Ax at my farm and will be getting the F-1 as well to do the things the Co-Ax does not do as well. I am working loads at my farm. I have presses at the house too more capable of loading bulk numbers of rounds better like my Dillon 550 and a Lyman turret press with 8 stations. I would suggest either of those two for doing your pistol loads if you shoot lots of rounds. Save a lot of time. The Dillon 550 is pricey but it's the cat's meow. The turret press will just get you to the next process with the turn of the handle. I use my Dillon 550 for when I load a lot of rounds in either pistol or rifle. I use my turret press for bullet pulling, removing primers or small reloading jobs for something that is not set up on my Dillon 550. I did like your video and see that you are certainly a serious shooter. I have reloaded for over 40 years and have upgraded equipment for years and still do. Frankfort Arsenal makes a lot of good products. The presses and wet tumblers are hard to beat. I have even tried their universal bullet seater. It does work as advertised but with a bullet seater often the piece that seats the bullet has to have the proper fit to the bullet to seat consistently. And I found that when I used it that it did not work as well as some other seaters that I had that came with the dies. Anyhow, thanks for your video.

[@joecat101]

I like the lock & load bushings that Hornady uses and they are the same for all if their presses. I do like the roller bearings for the ram, looked really smooth.

[@brent26]

Thank you for the exact comparison I was looking for! I do think you could have done this perfectly in half the time however :)

[@reloading1776]

Glad I could help!! SO???? Which press are you going with?

[@peteseed5383]

The Hornady lock'n'load bushings fit for easy caliber changes.

[@reloading1776]

been wanting to check them out.

[@davecollins6113]

The M press does have some design flaws that didn't have to be there, such as the shell holder hold down plate and screws. Don't stick a case and try to use the press to pull it out of the die, it isn't built to handle it, and you can wind up with broken screws to deal with, and a bent plate. Johnny's Reloading Bench put the M press thru it paces and found a few other bugs as well. Not sure if the bearings on the F1 are a good idea or not, only time will tell on those. For the price, it'll compete with the Lee stuff, longevity will take a while to find out about.

[@fabienheussler5313]

Hi, thanks for your videos. You think it's possible to adapt the LEE breech lock bushing (tool Quick change) on the F1 ?

[@reloading1776]

Give me a bit Ill try to find out.

[@fabienheussler5313]

@@reloading1776 nice 😁 great thanks 👍🏻

[@fabienheussler5313]

@@reloading1776 or maybe hornady lock n load conversion bushing

[@rickroper7880]

roll some with the 06 im curious. nice video Bro

[@reloading1776]

Thanks