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good advice. I plan on getting the RCBS adapter mounting plate as my workbench is less than ideal. But I will look into beefing up the bolt washer surface area as you suggested, makes sense.I HAVE see a few presses in my lifetime with corners broken off the bolt 'channels' on the bases!
A piece of 1/4" plate between the base and tabletop helps as well if the tabletop is a little 'cushy'.
Yes, they seem to be on back order everywhere. You can try e-bay, but expect to pay 50% above what Midway, Brownell's or Optics Planet is asking
Frankford Armory appears to have made a co-ax clone, but the review are decidedly mixed.
Couple of questions for you...
What is low round count?
What is high round count?
How much time can be designated to loading?
When I started, it was on an older rock chucker by RCBS. I did bulk and small quantities on it. Time is all you need with a single stage press. If you shoot weekly for competition, you'll need a lot of time behind a single stage. If your shooting more than 1000 rounds a month, maybe then a progressive makes more sense. If you can designate 1-2 hours a weekend, and shoot 1-2 times a month, you can easily work up a couple thousand rounds at a time using a single stage in a months time or less.
Key to single stage bulk loading is doing every step in bulk. Deprime a few thousand in one sitting, through them in to clean. Resize and prime them the next weekend. Following weekend, powder charges and seated bullets.
I usually get in the routine of having all my brass "prepped" or in other words all that is remaining is to put powder in it and seat a bullet. I'll have thousands of cases ready to load, so when I need to, I can.
Small scale stuff, stuff like 30-30 for me, I'll perform the whole process in one sitting. Usually starting with new brass or brass I've already partially prepared by depriming and cleaned. Size, trim, prime, and load. Usually 20-50 at a time.
For something like the BFR in 50AE you picked up? You could totally load up 50-100 rounds rather quickly (after you get the hang of loading) and test them that weekend. Take the spent cases, deprime them in the living room watching tv with the kids, throw them in the tumbler, and they are ready for the next time you need to load them.
Glad you are taking a good look at this! I think you'll enjoy it once you get settled in with it.