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Star Lubricator & Resizers / Got my first Starr!!!

« on: November 29, 2007, 04:28:36 pm »

OK, I'll keep this simple. I recently purchased a Star Lubricator and Resizer off of evil-bay and received it yesterday. It's in super nice condition and I've already down loaded a manual for it from this forum. My question is pertaining to the sizing die's. As I understand things Magma changed the die's or punch for their version of the Star. So, will Magma die's work or do I shop for used dies? OBTW. I love how the bollits drop through the base...I'll be casting and sizing a lot of handgun bollits real soon.

creekwalker

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Star Reloaders / Re: Star progressive presses?

« on: October 16, 2007, 08:59:22 am »

Thanks’ for the information folks. I’ve reviewed some of the history pertaining to Star’s and knew that a .223 had been developed but was unclear on how many were marketed. I’m also a little aware of the Star Universal loader that as I understand it allowed caliber changes much as current contemporary loaders. Now, in regards to checking internet auction sites for current pricing on used Star equipment you are absolutely right, I’ve been doing that for the last several months, as I’ll probably purchase a Star sizer in the near future.

What I really enjoyed reading though was Ray Bander’s comparison analysis of the Star vs. the Dillon as it gave me a reference point. Ray, I had already suspected that the Star progressive presses had a substantial amount of machine tooled parts in it, as well as the general fact that it ideally suited high volume loading in a primary caliber. With that in mind has anyone expressed a desire to produce CNC replacement parts and or new Star presses manufactured via the CNC process?

Well now I’ll have to add a Star press to my wish list preferably set up in 45ACP somewhere down the road. Have any of the rest of you used both Star and other contemporary presses?

cw

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Star Reloaders / Star progressive presses?

« on: October 15, 2007, 04:43:41 pm »

Howdy folks, I posted this on  a couple of other forums and recieved some response but not what I wanted, which was a good over all review and comparisson so I'll try here.

OK, I’ve read about and heard about the Star progressive loading machines every since I started using reloading presses and such in the mid 1970’s, but I’ve only seen them in pictures. The little that I know about them is that for the most part they were handgun cartridge only loading machines and that the Star and Dillon powder measures have some similarities. I’ve also read that to a point, the Dillon loaders evolved from tinkering around with the Star’s.

I guess my question is has anyone here had first hand experience with the Star loaders and if so how good were they. Do they still stack up against the newer equipment available to us now or not? Also, I know that the Star bullet swaggers are still being made by Magma and that the machine shop equipment and such for manufacturing the Star loader’s was purchased some time back. Did someone have intentions to bring the presses back into production or was that only rumors.

So, can anyone fill me in or if you own or owned on of these presses can you post some pictures and information? Even better would be if someone owns or had owned a Star that now owns a Dillon or other progressive and can provide a direct comparisson.

I have had one person point out to me that the Dillon 1000 and 1050 are/were product improved versions of the Star progressives but I've not used either of these or a Star. I'm not looking for a Star press to purchase, I just want to gain some detailed information, feedback or stories about them. Hope I'm not overstepping here or creating any problems, but I really like researching older loading equipment and gaining a knowledge base about it.


creekwalker