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Star Reloaders / Re: About to purchase my first Star reloaders

« on: May 13, 2016, 12:18:32 pm »

Hi Dave,
thanks! I then guess it's safe to assume that the Stars will produce ammo at least as good as the Dillon 1050 will. That doesn't make Tuesday come any faster, now I'm even more excited to get my hands on them.

Are there bullet feeders available for these machines?

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Star Reloaders / Re: About to purchase my first Star reloaders

« on: May 13, 2016, 08:50:43 am »

I'll try to get the original paperwork when picking up the reloaders, or at least try to find out when he bought them and if he was the original owner.

Thanks for the info on the presses, I'm a reloading nerd and appreciate this kind of info. The guy I'm purchasing them from was not a commercial reloader, and two of the presses pretty much just sat around as spares. I will however look for the typical wear patterns on the steel bases as mentioned.

250,000 rounds without a hitch sounds terrific, not many progressive presses manufactured today can do the same. I have Dillon 1050s for my volume reloading, so the Stars will be used when I feel for some mediation and pure quality time in my cave.

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Star Reloaders / Re: About to purchase my first Star reloaders

« on: May 12, 2016, 09:42:06 am »

Hi Bruce,
thanks for your reply. If the price is not bad for one machine, I guess I did really well with three of them. These machines were sold to Robert Aasen through Willy Klette. Klette was the importer/dealer in Norway, and probably was the original owner before he let them go to Aasen used, but the last bit of info is just an assumption.

I'm trying to arrange a pick up around Tuesday next week, so sometime after that I'll know if I need parts. I really appreciate the help with getting parts if needed.

Is there anything else I need to be aware of when inspecting these machines for the first time? Which parts wear out first?

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Star Reloaders / Re: About to purchase my first Star reloaders

« on: May 12, 2016, 09:21:27 am »

That sounds promising! I'm not familiar with these machines and how much they usually cost, so I had no clue whatsoever if it was a good price. This guy needs them gone fast, he is moving to the Philippines in about two weeks.
One question comes to mind, do these machines seat and crimp in two separate operations?

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Star Reloaders / About to purchase my first Star reloaders

« on: May 12, 2016, 08:20:49 am »

Hello everyone,
I'm new here, and also happy to be a member of what seems to be a great community. The closest thing I own to Star reloaders at this point are a few sizers produced by Magma. I was always intrigued by the Star reloaders, but never got the chance to get one until now.

Anyway, an acquaintance is getting out of high volume reloading, and wants to sell three Star Universals. They seem to be in good shape, and are set up in 38 Special, 9mm and 45 ACP. Dies and conversion for 44 magnum are also included. The seller is asking around $975 for the lot, is that a decent price? I live in Norway, and I have only seen one of these for sale so far, and it was years ago. I don't recall if it was a Progressive or an Universal, but to my knowledge all for sale this time are Universals.

I would like to equip at least one of them with a casefeeder, but haven't looked into options yet. I need to get the Stars to me first and get familiar with them before I start investing in accessories.

A few pictures of the reloaders for sale: