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Star Reloaders / Cracked Brass

« on: April 18, 2015, 03:06:22 pm »

Help with new development .. used to be a competition shooter .. Bulls Eye .. PPC ... and Service Rifle ... my stars made rounds as good or better than factory .. inside the X at 50 yards .. of course the match 7.62 rounds were done single stage on a RCBS press .. still 9 ... 10 ring at 500 m but that didn't happen often in a match .. So I have started shooting my M1A's again .. I missed them .. Here's the thing .. I made up 300 match round 20 to 25 years ago, 43.3 grains of 4895 with LC match brass  .. kept in an ammo can in the cardboard's they came in.  Recently I shot some with my former sniper son .. shot at bulls eye targets at 100 yards .. 5 shot 1 inch groups .. great after 25 years ... Nope .. when I picked up the brass ... every case was split some missing brass at the neck .. I have checked LOTS of sites looking for the answer .. some reasonable heat, corrosion, bad brass, age ...  Anybody have an answer

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Star Reloaders / Re: Powder Spout Sizes

« on: November 07, 2013, 04:49:32 pm »

I had the same problem, I cut a 5.56 case so it went into the 9mm case just a bit and dropped the powder, I used a small pipe cutter to ring the case so it would fit tight.  The powder drops and I have no loss at all

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Stars Want to Sell/Want to Buy / Re: WTS Hulme Top Plates M3, M3A and 9MM, .380, 32 S&W Long, 40 S&W

« on: October 22, 2013, 10:50:26 am »

I need a 9mm

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Star Reloaders / Re: Getting a Roll Crimp to copy .38SPL 148gr HBWC Factory Wadcutter

« on: June 30, 2013, 06:40:03 pm »

I shot competition PPC for some years ... When I started I got a 38 spl. star through defalt .. the original person who ordered it couldn't pay for it ( divorce) Cost me almost a months pay ...$500.00 .. had the cash once in my life when I needed. 

I shot 500 to 1000 rounds a week during shooting season .. components were cheap compared to factory rounds.  Anything would be in the x ring at 25 yards and in .. But 50 yards was something else.  I settled on Zero 148 grain HBWC's ... They seemed good up close ...

I browed a ranson rest and set it up at the range .. I took my Star and all components  with it.  I set up a target (B27 ) at 50 yards .. I shot 4 consecutive 24 shot groups with WW factory 148 grain HBWC's .. all groups printed inside the X ring at 50... now I had my test group. 

I set up my Star on back of my truck and tried to reproduce the WW loads .. 2.8 Bullseye ..many seating depths and crimps .. no good .. on to 2.6 .. better .. but not good enough ... 2.7 bullseye .. started to get really good groups ... played seating depth and crimps .. finally .. after 2 or 3 hundred rounds .. 2,7 bullseye and the right crimp and depth .. using once fired brass I shot many 24 shot groups much better than WW factory.

It took all afternoon, but I came away with the belief that a Star and the right components would produce rounds better than Factory ammunition

Even when ...later .. I could afford factory I used my Star

Take your time and you can produce a fantastic bullet from your machine... hope this helped

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Star Reloaders / Adjustable powder slide

« on: February 11, 2013, 03:22:11 pm »

Found that "Barreltester"is the person I need to contact for adjustable powder slides .. need him to contact me, or need hid Phone # thanks

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Star Reloaders / Need an adjustable powder slide

« on: February 08, 2013, 03:11:28 pm »

Purchased a 380 shell plate some time ago from ?? oops forgot name.  he also makes adjustable powder slides.  Need help on who that was ... thanks

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Star Reloaders / Need 9MM taper Crimp Die

« on: January 07, 2013, 05:32:27 pm »

Need 9MM taper crimp Die, who can help

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Star Reloaders / New Star decal & paint

« on: July 21, 2012, 05:47:21 pm »

want to refurbish all of my stars that need it .. all in great shape but I use them and some show a little cosmetic ware ... where can I get decals and the right color paint

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Star Reloaders / 380 shell plate

« on: April 12, 2012, 08:20:33 am »

I contacted Richard Danials to get a 380 shell plate, however lost his phone #. Can I get the # from someone...Thanks

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Star Reloaders / Re: 9mm tool head and shell plate for star universal machine

« on: January 24, 2012, 06:31:09 pm »

brand new to the site, but not new to stars .. how to contact you