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Star History / info on boss made in san diego reloading press

« on: October 07, 2007, 07:58:43 pm »

i have some parts for a press that was made here in town. on the frame it is marked [boss] [san diego] [pat. no.] at the top of the frame there are from left to right three holes 1st.hole 7/8"x14tpi 2nd.hole aprox.5/8" and 3rd. hole  7/8"x14tpi  [i beleve 1st. hole sizer die 2nd. hole powder measure 3rd. hole seating die] now the ram housing assy. is pivoted so the ram can and will aline to the die. all i have is the frame and the ram housing .the parts that fit and work in the ram are the same parts that work in the old cast iron pacific [C] press.

sorry no photo. one of guys i showed it to was telling me he thinks he saw a photo of one in an  old  Hensley ad. he also was saying something about in the same ad there was a powder  measure that they made.

so if someone can shead some light on this one? thanks

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Star Reloaders / 1st. post

« on: September 16, 2007, 01:19:59 am »

when i found out star was closing down i was there every day looking in there scrap bin and talking to the crew as much as i could i ended up with a foot locker full of reloader parts copys of working blue prints like shell plates[at that time the luber sizer had already been sold to magma] bar stock lot of brass like the tubing for primer tubes but the best thing was the fan clutch that i put on Georges car after i was done he ask me what he owed me for it ya right after all the stuff you have helped me out on you don't owe me a thing well he just walk over to the shelf and picked one of the 7 boxes from it with one of the last new lube sizers that could be had from star and handed it to me there you go thanks so what could i say back dam thank you best $35 and 30 min. i ever spent if you remember the pen holder on there desk made from a lube sizer base and lube tube i ended up with that to