Swagerman
03-22-2006, 06:25 PM
Got another lube die in the mail today, a .430 used one but the price was right.
Put a bullet in the Star lube press and ran it through it and no lube. In fact the luber was out of lube...period.
The only lube I had on hand was 10 sticks of Lyman Alox brown stuff that don't require heat.
Went to remove the Star lube plunger and couldn't get the dang thing to come out of the reservor tube. The Star don't operate like the old Lyman or RCBS lube press.
My friend who sold this lube press to me explained that you had to unscrew the knurled cap and remove the little twist handle and reverse the threaded shaft down into the tube, it has a female thread to insert onto the plunger and spring top in the reservore body...then merely screw the knurled cap back down on top of the reservore top of tube until the plunger inside rides back up and out of the tube.
Anyone else have trouble with this first time around? :brokenima
Jim
Put a bullet in the Star lube press and ran it through it and no lube. In fact the luber was out of lube...period.
The only lube I had on hand was 10 sticks of Lyman Alox brown stuff that don't require heat.
Went to remove the Star lube plunger and couldn't get the dang thing to come out of the reservor tube. The Star don't operate like the old Lyman or RCBS lube press.
My friend who sold this lube press to me explained that you had to unscrew the knurled cap and remove the little twist handle and reverse the threaded shaft down into the tube, it has a female thread to insert onto the plunger and spring top in the reservore body...then merely screw the knurled cap back down on top of the reservore top of tube until the plunger inside rides back up and out of the tube.
Anyone else have trouble with this first time around? :brokenima
Jim