Checking in to say "Hi" after a long spell away from reloading.
About 3 years ago I thought I wasn't going to be able to shoot anymore (physical disability) and sold off all my reloading equipment, including a 20+ year old Universal I had bought new and used constantly all those years. Fortunately I have recovered some, or more accurately adapted to my limitations and started shooting and loading again.
After about a year on a SDB from brand "X" I found a used Star Universal a month ago for a very reasonable price. It was set up for 45 ACP, like my original one. It had set for quite a while un-used and was dirty and gritty. I've cleaned it up and been trying to set it up for the last week. My powder bushing set is not very useful to me (wrong sizes for what I used to load) so I've been experimenting with various loads and powders to get something workable. Every few days I venture out to the range with the chronograph, only to find out my results are seldom what the loading manuals say (LOL). No surprise there for most of you I'm sure.
Anyway, I remembered finding this forum and selling my old Star to a member here so I thought I would return and make some new friends and pick your brains once in a while. Good to be back, both in shooting and re-loading and to being a Star Universal owner.
Dave
