to modify or trade a die

[Oklahoma Rebel]

I have a star sizer and die that I got from here, the die says .457 in electric pencil so it must be home made or modified by someone here, anyways I really need a .459 for my marlin, and was wondering if anyone would be interested in a trade, or if there is someone here that can do a accurate job of modifying it, how much does it cost? one thing I am worried about is the holes in the sides apparently have a smaller dia. on the inside, and a larger dia. on the outside to keep the lead shot from going all the way through. if it were opened up to the large part of the hole, then a slightly larger hole would be needed to be drilled half way through every hole to fix it. I dunno,, if anyone can help I would appreciate it, I know it will help my accuracy a lot. thanks, Travis

[VHoward]

Lathesmith can do it. For a while there, Magma used a hand held engraver to mark their dies. They may still do it that way.

[Oklahoma Rebel]

do you know how much he would charge, I looked at his price list, but he doesn't mention just a quick little job like that

[VHoward]

I don't know. Try sending him a PM. He will respond.

[Nueces]

My early Star dies were all marked with an electric stylus, so you may have an original. They are easier to enlarge, since there is no push rod to make.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

Most of my Star lube dies, where purchased by the original owner of the press, back in the 1980's. All of those are marked with a hand engraver (electric pencil).

About 5 years ago, I had Lathesmith open up a .429 die to .432 and there was no problem with the lube ports being opened up to the larger size. I don't recall what he charged ? but it was reasonable.

[Oklahoma Rebel]

ok I got ahold of him, he is very reasonable! thanks a lot guys, Travis