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Star Reloaders / Re: Original Phelps Owners Manual
« on: February 04, 2012, 11:23:17 pm »
Bryan

I sent the PDF's again to the email address in your profile.   Let me know if you get it.

No problem posting about Phelps here, lots of Phelps owners on the forum.

Bruce

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Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / Re: WTS Taper Crimp Dies
« on: February 03, 2012, 09:51:55 pm »
All of the standard Star 38 Special Taper Crimp Dies are sold. 

I still have one 38 Special taper crimp die which has been shortened and would work as a Case Kicker Friendly die for 38 Special, or as a non-Case Kicker friendly die for 38 Super.

I still have the 40 S&W taper crimp die.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Original Phelps Owners Manual
« on: January 30, 2012, 04:28:49 pm »
Bryan,

I sent you a PDF of the Phelps Literature that I have.  Let me know if it doesn't come through.

Phelps is an almost exact copy of the Star.  I wouldn't say it's a cheap copy of a Star. the quality of many of the Phelps I have encountered is pretty much equivalent to Star's quality.  However, I have run across other Phelps which were not nearly as good as Stars.  In other words, there are some very good Phelps machines out there, but you can't depend consistent quality like you can with a Star.

I don't use an indexer, so I'm not sure if there would be a problem mounting a Moon indexer to a Phelps.  I do know that the mounting hole pattern in a Phelps base is different than that of a Star base.

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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: WST loads for 38 wadcutters
« on: January 11, 2012, 10:09:33 pm »
The original Clark 38 Specials did not have ramped barrels.  New Clarks have ramped barrels, and whenever they rebarrel one of their 38 Specials, they use a ramped barrel.  I never had a problem with feeding until I had my gun rebarreled.   That's when I started using a taper crimp.  Of course if I wasn't using the fat Remington HBWCs I might not need the taper crimp, but that's the most accurate bullet I have found.

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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: WST loads for 38 wadcutters
« on: January 11, 2012, 04:02:01 pm »
Very nice :o, but it looks like you need to come down half a click  ;)

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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: WST loads for 38 wadcutters
« on: January 11, 2012, 03:03:19 pm »
Actually,  the marksmanship is provided by a Ransom Rest.

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Loading Data & Reloading Procedures / Re: WST loads for 38 wadcutters
« on: January 11, 2012, 10:21:23 am »
Sorry, no data on WST, just never used that powder.   

I do have a Model 52, and a Clark 38 Special.

I have tried all sorts of cast bullets and commercial hollow base wadcutters.  I couldn't get any cast bullet to shoot worth a darn, and of the hollow base wadcutters, The Remington hollow base wadcutter is the best , hands down.   

As mentioned above, 2.7 grains of Bullseye is a good load, as is 3.1 grains of Winchester 231.   However,my favorite load is 2.7 grains of 700X.   Take a look at the 50 yard target below along with the data.

The Remington Bullets are fat, about .360, and the Clark Chamber is tight.   I get best reliability if I give rounds a light roll crimp in the seating station followed by a taper crimp in the last station.   In my model 52 I don't have to do the extra taper crimp, but I do it anyway because that's the way that tool head is set up.   

Actually, I didn't need to do the taper crimp with the original barrel that was in my Clark, but when I had them replace the barrel a couple years back, I couldn't get it to feed reliably until I added the taper crimp step.

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Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / Re: WTB 9mm head and dies
« on: January 10, 2012, 03:13:59 pm »
PM Sent

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Star Reloaders / Re: Star Progressive reloader
« on: January 08, 2012, 11:54:27 pm »
Ken,

PM sent.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Star Progressive reloader
« on: January 06, 2012, 05:48:16 pm »
You can purchase a Moon Indexer from these folks.  http://www.sbsdistributing.com/index.php?pr=Star_Press_Accessories

Lots of folks on this forum use them and swear by them.


[Editor: Updated the link to the Star Accessories... the previous link resulted in a 404 Error. Note that Ray Brandes (Ray-Vin) designed/produced these accessories and SB Sales & Distributing now takes the orders and ships the products. All fine people, great products.]

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Star Reloaders / Re: Star Progressive reloader
« on: January 06, 2012, 12:12:22 pm »
Thanks for the kind words Jim.

Bruce

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Star Reloaders / Re: Star Progressive reloader
« on: January 04, 2012, 09:26:13 pm »
I have two Star Universals ready for sale, and will soon have a couple Star Progressives ready for sale.   I will email pictures of the Star Universals.

Bruce

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Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / Re: Phelps Star ????
« on: January 04, 2012, 09:23:43 pm »
It is a Phelps Universal with an extra Phelps tool head and and extra Star tool head......but thats the way I read the sellers listing the first time I looked at it.

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Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / WTS 9mm Shell Plate - Sold
« on: December 31, 2011, 04:48:33 pm »
I have an original Star 9mm Shell Plate for sale.  It's in excellent but not perfect condition.  I'm out of town, so I can't post pictures till next week.  Price is $90 plus $5 shipping.   First come first serve.  Sorry, I don't have 9mm dies to go with the shell plate, but Dave Wilson can help you with that.

I also have a extra tool head for sale with or without a powder slide housing.  $200 without, $240 with, plus $10.50 shipping.  If interested I can send pictures when I get back next week.

The shell plate is sold.  Thanks for your interest.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Original Phelps Owners Manual
« on: December 14, 2011, 05:18:24 pm »
I don't know if I would call it a manual, but I have a couple sheets of instructions from Phelps as well as some other literature.  The PDF is too big to post, so I'll email it to you.

Bruce