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Star Reloaders / Re: Needed: A Photo of Hulme Case Feeder
« on: November 21, 2008, 01:41:47 pm »
Hulme Case Feeder Picture attached.

Case feeder consists of four principal parts, the case feeder itself, the aluminum top plate which is different for different calibers (M3 works for 45 ACP and 38 Special) the case feeder cam which is attached to the tool head, and the feeder tube clamp which is attached to the top of the press.   Actually there is a fifth part, the feeder tubes, (clear plastic tubes about three ft long) but they are rarely sold with the press. 

Note:   I have seen about four different styles of Hulme case feeders.   All work on the same principal but the main steel block varies in size and shape.  The one pictured is probably the most common.  Most say Hulme Firearm Service on the side, but not all of them.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Price for Star machines?
« on: November 20, 2008, 07:00:16 pm »
It's been about a year since I sold anything on Ebay, but as I recall, if you were to sell a machine on eBay,.... between listing fees, value charge and PayPal fees, it will cost you about 10% of the selling price.  The PayPal portion is about 3%

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Star Lubricator & Resizers / Re: Lubrisizer value???
« on: November 03, 2008, 12:29:14 am »
I am very familiar with self the proclaimed #1 authority on all things Star. I have corresponded with him, and have even purchased a number of parts from him for my Star Reloaders.  I grant that he has some considerable knowledge in the area, but he also has an agenda..ie selling his now mostly depleted stock of Star Parts and Machines.   As I mentioned before, I have never owned a Magma Engineering Lubesizer, but I have purchased a number of parts from them, and those parts were identical to Star parts and not deficient in any way.

I have also read a number of posts on other forums (Cast Boolets in particular) from users who have owned both machines and see no difference.  So while I'm a big Star fan, I see no reason to bash Magma Engineering made units as inferior in any way......But maybe someone else on this forum has owned both Star and Magma lubesizers and is in a better position to comment.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Angle Lever Cam Adjustment
« on: October 29, 2008, 09:52:08 am »
Diesel

I think you missed the last paragraph of my last post which talks about the numbers on the tool head and cam.  They should match.  They matched when they left Star San Diego.

I have three Star Universals plus fourteen extra tool heads, and I can put anyone of the tool heads on any of the three machines without have to make an adjustment to the Primer Slide Angel Lever Cam.

If the Angel Lever Cam is bent out too far, it can result in excessive wear on the Primer Slide Angel Lever.   As mentioned before, you want to adjust the cam so that the primer slide goes in just far enough to line up with the primer punch, and no further.


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Star Lubricator & Resizers / Re: Lubrisizer value???
« on: October 27, 2008, 03:37:05 pm »
I think we are getting off track, and I'll take the blame for that.   You said your Star Lubesizer was made with cast iron parts not cast aluminum parts like a Magma Lubesizer.   I said that I have owned seven Star Lubesizers and they were not cast iron.   I was wrong in the sense that they do have some cast iron, but also have cast aluminum parts.   Maybe that's what you meant to say as well.   

If you actually have a Star that has no cast aluminum parts, and all of the castings are cast Iron, I would really like to see it.

I have never owned a Magma Lubesizer, but have purchased a number of parts from Magma Engineering, including some of the aluminum castings, and they are identical to those on my Stars.  I see no difference in the materals of construction between the Magma and a Star.

Below are pictures of three Stars that I have owned and a picuture of a Magma Lubesizer.  The blue parts and the base on my Stars are Cast Aluminum.   The same parts are aluminum on the Magma.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Angle Lever Cam Adjustment
« on: October 24, 2008, 11:49:39 am »
I was hoping someone else would weigh in on this, I'm glad to help, but I don't want to come off as the fountain of all Star knowledge.  Anyway, here's what I know.

To adjust the Angle Lever Cam, you bend it in towards the center column, or out away from the center column.  Bending it out will increase the travel of the primer slide (make it go in further) Bending it in will decrease the travel of the primer slide.   I hate to state the obvious, but the objective is to get the hole in the primer slide to line up exactly with the primer punch when it comes up.   

I have only had to make this adjustment once, and it took very little bending to get the desired results,   I removed the tool head from the reloader and used a lead mallet to tap on the angle lever cam.  I think you might also be able to bend it by slipping a pipe over it (that was my second option if the former didn't work), but remember, you only need to move it a little bit.

The number on the angle lever cam should match the number on the tool head in the recess just to the left of the angle lever cam.   Not only should the numbers match, but the font and position of the numbers should match as well.  If the number is stamped in the top of the recess, the number on the angle lever cam should be in one of the corners above the retaining screw.  If the number is stamped towards the bottom of the recess, the number stamped in the angle lever cam should be below the screw hole.   I have seen a couple of tool heads where neither the recess nor the angle lever cam were stamped.

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Star Lubricator & Resizers / Re: Lubrisizer value???
« on: October 24, 2008, 12:32:06 am »
I said no cast iron parts, but actually the knurled cap of the lube sizer is cast iron on most Star Lubesizers, and the crank assembly shaft is probably machined cast iron......but they are still the same on Magma Engineering made lubesizers

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Star Lubricator & Resizers / Re: Lubrisizer value???
« on: October 24, 2008, 12:18:42 am »
I'm not saying that Star never made a Lubesizer with cast iron parts, but most of the lubesizers made by Star.......long before Magma Engineering got into the picture were made with a number of cast aluminum parts....and no cast iron parts.   As I have said, I have owned seven different Star Lubesizers, some of them quite old, and seen many others, and none of them had any cast iron parts..... I have seen at least four different variations of Star Lubesizers, and there very well could be more.  Star used a lot of cast iron in their reloaders so it wouldn't be a total suprise it they used cast iron in a Lubesizer at some point, but I'm sure we would all be very curious to see pictures of one with cast iron parts.


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Star Lubricator & Resizers / Re: Lubrisizer value???
« on: October 22, 2008, 10:12:06 pm »
It would be interesting to see a picture.   I have owned 7 different Star lubsizers and two Phelps Lubsizers, some of which were pretty old.  Not one was cast iron.  Never seen one that was cast iron.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Sizing Die Adjustment
« on: October 20, 2008, 06:42:30 pm »
My procedure is to adjust it down as low as it will go without contacting either the shell plate or a shell locating strap.  Keep in mind that the lowest travel of the tool head occurs slightly before the handle reaches the end of its travel.

I check with a piece of paper to make certain that the sizing die never contacts a shell locating strap.   The shell locating straps are hardend, and if you flex one enough times by pressing on it with a sizing die, it will break.

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Bummer,   I chronographed the string.  The average speed was 793 fps with a standard deviation of 7 fps.

CDRT,  Looks like you need to adjust your sight down about two clicks......just kidding, nice target.

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My Clark was originally a "Heavy Slide" and is so marked.  It had a slide mounted Ultradot.  However, because of reliability problems the previous owner had Clark install one of their bridges for a frame mounted scope, and that's the way it is set up now.   I haven't shot the Clark much lately, but I plan to shoot it at the Police-L match at Harrisburg this weekend, and for the centerfire portion of the New Jersey State Championships next week end.

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I finally got around to Ransom Rest testing my Clark 38 Special.   The attached picture is a 10 shot group at 50 yards from a ransom rest.   The load was 2.7 grains of 700X under a Remington 148 Gr HBWC.   I'm pretty happy with the results.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Priming system
« on: September 03, 2008, 03:36:12 pm »
John452

So I understand about the rock in the case breaking the decapping pin, but when the machine jammed, where did it jam?   Did the case with the rock continue on to the primer station?   If so, the jam could have occurred as you attempted to insert a primer in a case that still had an old one.  With enough force you could have bent something in the primer mechanism.

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Star Reloaders / Re: Priming system
« on: September 01, 2008, 10:27:42 pm »
So it sounds like you need to adjust the travel of the primer slide.  This is done by bending the angle lever cam as suggested in an earlier post.   You need to bend the angle lever cam outward just slightly so that the hole in the primer slide lines up with the primer punch when the tool head is lowered.

Is this a tool head you have used before without problems?   Does the number on the angle lever cam match the number on the tool head?