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Title: SHELL PLATES
Post by: askimball (Doc) on January 16, 2011, 04:09:05 pm

WHAT SHELL PLATES WILL INTERCHANGE w/OTHER CALIBERS PLATES ??? ??? ::)
ex.:
.38 Super
40 S&W / 10mm

WHAT OTHER PLATEs CAN YOU USE FOR THESE.. ??? :o
Doc -

Title: Re: SHELL PLATES
Post by: rbwillnj on January 16, 2011, 04:25:17 pm

Take a look at this thread that I started sometime back.

http://www.starreloaders.com/forum/index.php?topic=238.msg573

Title: Re: SHELL PLATES
Post by: askimball (Doc) on January 16, 2011, 05:36:28 pm

Somewhere
In the back of my little mind I saw or somebody told me the .45ACP RIMMED Shellplate could also be used for .45 Colt...... ::) :o ;D
What say you... ??? ??? ::)
Doc -

Title: Re: SHELL PLATES
Post by: rbwillnj on January 19, 2011, 12:20:28 pm

I was hoping someone else would weigh in on this one, but since no one has, I will add my two cents.

45 Long Colt will fit in a 45 Auto Rim shell plate, so I guess you can use it, but I think you would be far better off with a desiccated 45 Long Colt Shell Plate.

The rim of a 45 Auto Rim case is much thicker than the rim of a 45 Long Colt case, and the 45 Auto Rim shell plate allows for the extra thickness of the rim.   If you use a 45 Auto Rim Shell Plate for 45 Long Colt, when the case is bottomed out on the steel base, the shell plate actually contacts the wall of the case, not the recess above the rim.   As you preform the various operations on the Star, the case will continually move up and down in the shell plate.   Is that bad??  I don't know, but certainly not optimum.

Title: Re: SHELL PLATES
Post by: askimball (Doc) on January 19, 2011, 01:46:52 pm

Well rbwillnj
Your 2 cents worth 'IS' worth Much Much MORE  !!!!!!!!!!!
Under stand about the differences....
When I was reloading for the Police Pistol Team I came across 3 boxes of Loaded .45 Rimmed...
These were in a brown box with JIM CLARKs name etc on the top...
Just found those in my shop clean-up.......... :o ::) :D

Title: Re: SHELL PLATES
Post by: NE450No2 on February 15, 2011, 10:08:51 pm

If I remember correctly when Jim Clark won his National Bullseye title he was using a Mod 25-2 S&W 45 ACP revolver...

Not sure if he was using ammo loaded with Auto Rim brass or ACP in 1/2 Moon clips.

I use to shoot Bullseye Competition with him back in the late 1960's.

I was in High School.

He was a very nice and fun guy.

As were all the Bullseye shooters back then. We always had a lot of fun at the Matches.