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Star Reloaders / Re: It happened again
« on: August 27, 2016, 11:02:30 am »
Greetings,
Is the powder hopper original? The reason I ask is, some plastic has more static electricity potential than others. The original Star tubes were "Excelon" trade name, which I thought was polycarbonate.
There are lots of clear plastic tubes available; but, not all are suitable for smokeless powders.
I have used WST and Bullseye since the late 70's and never had an occurrence that you describe.
Do any of your fellow loaders have an old Star hopper that was metal with the wire level flag?
A possible workaround would be to attach a ground wire to the powder hopper or wipe it down with a anti static wipe that you toss in the clothes dryer.
Cheers,
Dave
Is the powder hopper original? The reason I ask is, some plastic has more static electricity potential than others. The original Star tubes were "Excelon" trade name, which I thought was polycarbonate.
There are lots of clear plastic tubes available; but, not all are suitable for smokeless powders.
I have used WST and Bullseye since the late 70's and never had an occurrence that you describe.
Do any of your fellow loaders have an old Star hopper that was metal with the wire level flag?
A possible workaround would be to attach a ground wire to the powder hopper or wipe it down with a anti static wipe that you toss in the clothes dryer.
Cheers,
Dave