Frankford Arsenal FX-10 - 10 station progressive press for $700

erwos · Jan 22, 2021

Picture here:
https://www.frankfordarsenal.com/re...x-10-progressive-reloading-press/1135898.html

Looks suspiciously like a Mark7 Evo. Still, if it works reliably, that's a real game-changer for the price point, especially with on-board swaging included.

alucard0822 · Jan 22, 2021

If it doesn't need a ton of tweaks to run reliably it will probably do well. On-press pocket swaging and trimming are pretty cool features. Figure with 10 stations there isn't a lot you can't do with it.

GolfR · Jan 22, 2021

Wow, the specs sound awesome. Seems like everything and more from the Dillon 1100 at the 750 price point. It will be interesting to see how the reliability is. It looks more compact than the 1100 too.

I’m happy to see more competition in the progressive press market. This will only force others to up their game.

erwos · Jan 22, 2021

GolfR said:
Wow, the specs sound awesome. Seems like everything and more from the Dillon 1100 at the 750 price point. It will be interesting to see how the reliability is. It looks more compact than the 1100 too.

I’m happy to see more competition in the progressive press market. This will only force others to up their game.

The street pricing on this thing is amazing. Looking at Natchez:
$650 for the press
$206 for the case feeder
$412 for the bullet feeder
$72 per shell plate
$103 per toolhead (friggin' phenomenal compared to what Evo and 1100 toolheads cost)

That's less for a fully-loaded press with bullet feeder than an 1100 starts at. I imagine there's probably a caliber conversion you'll need to get, but, geez, real game-changer potential here. Maybe too good to be true, unfortunately.

The powder measure is also $124, which is considerably less than what many of the competitors are charging.

deerassassin22 · Jan 22, 2021

I hope this is built as strong and reliable as a dillion bet it’s made overseas and it don’t have the same warranty

GolfR · Jan 22, 2021

erwos said:
The street pricing on this thing is amazing. Looking at Natchez:
$650 for the press
$206 for the case feeder
$412 for the bullet feeder
$72 per shell plate
$103 per toolhead (friggin' phenomenal compared to what Evo and 1100 toolheads cost)

That's less for a fully-loaded press with bullet feeder than an 1100 starts at. I imagine there's probably a caliber conversion you'll need to get, but, geez, real game-changer potential here. Maybe too good to be true, unfortunately.

The powder measure is also $124, which is considerably less than what many of the competitors are charging.

Wow, this makes me think about picking one up just to run high volume 9mm and use my 650 for everything else. Unfortunately, if I starting this thing up I would be out of primers in a couple hours with no end in sight to the drought.

erwos · Jan 22, 2021

GolfR said:
Wow, this makes me think about picking one up just to run high volume 9mm and use my 650 for everything else. Unfortunately, if I starting this thing up I would be out of primers in a couple hours with no end in sight to the drought.

That was my plan when I bought a Mark7 Evo... run 223, 300AAC, and 9mm on the Evo (eventually with an autodrive), and use the 650 for large primer stuff (which tends to be less volume for me). If someone had a cheap autodrive for it, I could see using the FX-10 as a case processor, especially since the caliber switching is relatively cheap.

PowPow · Jan 22, 2021

The price makes me think that there has to be a catch. Cautiously watching with best wishes for the guinea pigs. If you manage to get one, let us know how it goes!

kstone803 · Jan 22, 2021

deerassassin22 said:
I hope this is built as strong and reliable as a dillion bet it’s made overseas and it don’t have the same warranty

This was my first exact thought. If this thing is USA made with a lifetime warranty it'll put Dillon out of business. But frankford arsenal is like 99% chinese crap. I'll let some other folks buy them and see how they run. On board primer pocket swaging is the one thing I could really use in my setups.

KIBarrister · Nov 7, 2022

Looked to see if there was a post, and I am not disappointed. But, we are going on two years from when this was first announced. A video by Gavin over at UR reminded me this was in the pipeline (at this point I will say allegedly). As I have been upping my volume lately, I am itching to go progressive and this thing seems like it would be an immediate obvious first choice (by a country mile). But will it ever come out?

I mentioned it to the folks at Wink's and he said his rumor mill says this month. Anyone else heard anything on a release date?

KIBarrister · Nov 7, 2022

And I found some info after looking (I hate working on Mondays) that noon Thursday (10 November) is the drop. Curious if anyone else has heard the same?

KIBarrister · Nov 10, 2022

As of this post, it is available. Well, at least 49 were. I snagged one!

85MikeTPI · Nov 11, 2022

KIBarrister said:
As of this post, it is available. Well, at least 49 were. I snagged one!

Did you buy direct from FA ? I didn't find any sites selling with inventory, but I didn't really look that hard.

KIBarrister · Nov 11, 2022

85MikeTPI said:
Did you buy direct from FA ? I didn't find any sites selling with inventory, but I didn't really look that hard.

Yeah, they had 50 on their website (first ones came with free shell plate and some other swag), then as they ramp production they will have on midway, mid south, OP and the like. I’m kind of shocked there wasn’t more interest here given the specs, teaser videos, and commentary from Gavin over at UR.

We’ll see - either those will be the hand-finished that roll better than anything, or they will have the bugs to work out. Not jazzed about overseas production, but this is Mark 7 features at Hornady prices so I can swallow my overseas dislike.

85MikeTPI · Aug 5, 2023

Just ran across this, $999 includes case feeder and free shipping

X-10 Progressive Press With Case Feeder

X-10 Progressive Press With Case Feeder by FRANKFORD ARSENAL Product Overview: The Frankford Arsenal X-10 Progressive Press was designed by reloaders for reloaders. The X-10 is a 10-station automatic indexing reloading press that was purpose built from the ground up to be the ultimate...

www.midsouthshooterssupply.com

Any new long-term use feedback ?

KIBarrister · Aug 5, 2023

Still kicking. Frankford has done a good job of updating the original models as better production parts have come online. I’m rolling through 556 at a good clip - looking forward to the bullet feed being released and swapping over to 9mm and 357

gungate · Aug 5, 2023

What do you need 10 stations for? I have 6 and only use 4 of those. I would like a reliable bullet feeder so that's 5. And my 6th spot had my powder cop but it doesn't work reliably with bottle neck cartridges. I don't know what 10 is for can anyone list all 10 stations?

kstone803 · Aug 5, 2023

gungate said:
What do you need 10 stations for? I have 6 and only use 4 of those. I would like a reliable bullet feeder so that's 5. And my 6th spot had my powder cop but it doesn't work reliably with bottle neck cartridges. I don't know what 10 is for can anyone list all 10 stations?

Decap, resize, prime, expand/bell, powder drop, powder cop, bullet feeder, seat, crimp. Add in trim for rifle and you're at ten. And I didn't get to ream primer pockets (not sure anyone has figured out how to do that in a progressive stage yet tho).

inkd · Aug 5, 2023

I'm always on the lookout for a beater 1050 just to process brass with. This may be just the ticket.

gungate · Aug 6, 2023

kstone803 said:
Decap, resize, prime, expand/bell, powder drop, powder cop, bullet feeder, seat, crimp. Add in trim for rifle and you're at ten. And I didn't get to ream primer pockets (not sure anyone has figured out how to do that in a progressive stage yet tho).

Wow I did not realize FA made dies for all these separately. Seems kind of a waste of money to buy all these dies. I haven't looked into FA much so not really sure how well respected it is in the industry. Lee and most other makers combine most of these steps into fewer dies.

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