When I was growing up, we were a lower middle class family. My Dad had his own business and we never went hungry. I didn't know any better. Now I'm grown (67 years) and I realize what I might have missed. NOTHING. But people are always telling me what I didn't have that I would have liked and enjoyed. Ignorance is bliss. I didn't know and it doesn't matter.
Same-O, Same-O with using a Star. I had Lymans, RCBS and a Hornady LNL-EZ and still have most of them. Comparing them to a Star is like comparing old VW's to old Pierce-Arrows. Or apples to oranges. I reload calibers on the Hornady that I can't afford to buy the parts to load on the Star. There is a learning curve everytime I start to load 44 mag and 45LC on it. Who or why did someone decide it was smart to seat the primer on the up stroke? That is the biggest hurdle.
I have the best easiest to operate 45acp loader in the world. Its a Star. If you are going to load 45s, not be changing tooling every 100 rounds, and just do what the machine was designed for, I will load more perfect ammo than any machine made that costs within $500 of what it cost new. It is my favorite. If you have never been around one, or used one, you won't appreciate what it is and what it will do.
Just walk around in a daze and let us use ours and smile with satisfaction. Enough said.
Rolling Stone