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« on: May 12, 2016, 11:10:44 am »
I did find a Willy Klette invoice, but not for your reloader. You should ask the owner if he has any of the original paperwork. I would love to lock down the dates the gold metallic stickers was in use. Unfortunately I only have copies of invoices for 1993-1997.
My assumption that your machine was made sometime after 1993 is because I know Star was using a Silver metallic sticker in 1990, and it was still in use in 1993. I have only seen a couple of Gold Stickers and I know they were newer machines. Also, your machine has a retaining screw for the Rocker Arm Screw and that feature did not come into use until about 1988.
The machines you are looking to purchase look to be in very good condition. These machines were made to load millions of rounds, so unless they were used for commercial loading, I doubt if anything is worn out. Look underneath the shell plates to see if there is a lot of wear on the steel base. Sometimes machines that have been used with indexers by commercial loaders have a wear groove in the steel base.