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Star Inline or Straight-line Reloader
rbwillnj:
In December 2014, not long after purchasing Star Machine Works I took a trip to the northern part of New Jersey to look at a collection of Star Reloaders that was for sale. Among the ten Star reloaders and four Phelps reloaders were two Star Inline (also referred to as Straight-Line) reloaders. I brought them home along with six Universals. As time has allowed I have been working to restore one of the Inlines. It required parts from both machines plus some parts I acquired in the Star acquisition to get one of the Inlines to its current state. I am still missing the primer slider, chain and counterweight that can be seen in the last two black in white pictures that were taken by Ken Walters and provided to me by Ken Neeld from the ARTCA forum. The missing parts are a Rube Goldberg system of advancing primers held in the horizontal rectangular primer tube to the priming station.
This machine cannot be considered a progressive reloader as the cases must be moved from station to station manually, and it is not possible to perform all operations at the same time.
You will note that the patent number is the same number used on Progressives and Universals. Since there are Progressives with "Pat Pending" bases, it would seem to indicate that these machines came after the introduction of the "Progressive" even though the Progressive seems a far more advanced than the inline. Although the Patent number on this machine is the same as used on the Progressives, I don't see anything in the Patent that would apply to this machine.
It's difficult to get a good idea of how this machine works based on the pictures, so when I have the time I plan to put together a YouTube video of the machine in operation.
Bruce Williams
rbwillnj:
More Pictures
NYKenn:
Bruce
Is it 30-06?
Kenn
rbwillnj:
Yes, 30-06, in fact both of them are 30-06.
NYKenn:
Thanks. The two you have are in better condition than most I have seen pictures of. Not having seen one in person, am wondering.
Was 30/06 the only caliber they were made in?
Are they caliber specific or could changes be made?
Any idea how many actually were manufactured?
Will probably never know or be able to find out, but would be interesting to know the thoughts behind making them, who for and why. Etc.
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