Has anybody tried this? Would it be ok for a magnum load?

Im trying to find a press that I dont have to bolt to a table, and it seems this might do the job.

Nortman,

Check out Harrell's Precision, http://www.harrellsprec.com and check out their press....comes in three sizes and clamps to the bench.

Joe

Joe, the Harrell's press is not an arbor press.

Ovis: so, I would just have to turn the handle on the underside to tight it to the table?

What I need, is a small press, and nothing that I would have to drill a hole in my bench.

Lee Hand press Kit 90179

Sinclairs has a nice Arbor press.

Nortman,

You are correct.....you would only have to turn the handle to clamp it to he table.....no hole drilling.

Concho's idea of the Lee Hand Press is a good one....I have two of those and they work well even when loading my .375Ultramag.

I have limited space....the Harrell is compact and will work well with no hole drilling. The Lee Hand Press is inexpensive and will work well also.

Joe

I thought the post started about an arbor press.
My Bad.

Eddie: it started about a arbor press. But I need a small press, wich I can pack away, and dosnt need a drill to fit.

I have a Sinclair arbor press to use with my bench rest dies. The B-Surare Super Mag Arbor Press is supposed to let you full length resize brass the Sinclair arbor press will not.
I have a Lee hand press they are great, after I bought a tap and cleaned out the threads so the dies would screw in and out it works fine for straight walled cases.

I resized some 7rem Mag brass for a friend (I do not know if they were originally shot in his rifle) when he got to the range they would not chamber. I later found out the Lee Hand press did not have the strength to completely resize the brass it must have sprung slightly. Anyway I pulled the bullets ran the same shells that wouldn’t fit through the same dies but in a RCBS Rock Chucker press and did not have the same problem.

The Lee is great for seating bullets or re-seating them deeper at the range while working up a load.

Please don’t think I am trashing the Lee Hand Press I am not it is a great tool if used within its limits.