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Title: Converting Progressive to Universal or progressive Caliber change
Post by: Airstreemer on July 16, 2014, 09:47:33 pm

I just bought a very nice progressive in .38 Special.
I want a .45 ACP and was wondering if it is possible to either convert it to .45 ACP or turn it into a Universal machine.
I am not new to reloading, just new to the beautiful STAR
Thanks for any guidance you can give me...

Title: Re: Converting Progressive to Universal or progressive Caliber change
Post by: johnfreeman on August 04, 2014, 06:38:50 am

Hello. I am not aware of this being possible , but I believe I read that there are some working on this modification.

Title: Re: Converting Progressive to Universal or progressive Caliber change
Post by: Scott L on March 14, 2015, 05:33:32 pm

All,
Here is a modification I made to my .38spl Progressive. I made the slots wide enough to R & R the .45acp case.
It's so much easier to fix a problem and not have to rotate the cases out!!!
Basically copied Dillon's RL-1000.
Scott

Title: Re: Converting Progressive to Universal or progressive Caliber change
Post by: johnfreeman on March 19, 2015, 09:09:24 pm

That's a very nice job. Do I understand that this unit is a Progressive that you modified to Universal-like performance?

Title: Re: Converting Progressive to Universal or progressive Caliber change
Post by: Scott L on March 19, 2015, 10:05:29 pm

Yes, it is a progressive press. The shellplate must be the progressive outside diameter to work.