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Star Reloaders / Re: The Perfect Progressive
« on: December 28, 2005, 11:10:07 pm »
Stories about the relationship between the owners of Star and Mike Dillon vary. The Star version is that they helped mike quite a bit to get his first product on the market, the super star kit for turning a star into a 223 reloader. The Dillon version is that Star absolutely refused to help Mike at all. Who knows.
After the super star kit, the first real Dillon press was the RL1000. This was meant to be the ultimate star style machine. I owned one. REALLY didn't like it. It was just too complicated. The automatic indexing was more trouble than it was worth (which is true of most auto indexers) and the primer pocket swage was difficult.
Financially the RL1000 was a flop. Worse yet Mike was WAY into debt. He had to think of something or go broke. His answer, and his salvation, was the RL300, the first successful of what is now the Dillon style of reloader.
Look at an RL1000 if you like but I certainly would not recommend one. I far prefer the considerably rarer Star rifle machine.
After the super star kit, the first real Dillon press was the RL1000. This was meant to be the ultimate star style machine. I owned one. REALLY didn't like it. It was just too complicated. The automatic indexing was more trouble than it was worth (which is true of most auto indexers) and the primer pocket swage was difficult.
Financially the RL1000 was a flop. Worse yet Mike was WAY into debt. He had to think of something or go broke. His answer, and his salvation, was the RL300, the first successful of what is now the Dillon style of reloader.
Look at an RL1000 if you like but I certainly would not recommend one. I far prefer the considerably rarer Star rifle machine.