I am wondering how much you can reduce the diameter of a bullet without causing a strain on the Star system? Is .005" diameter reduction out of line with wheel weight alloy?
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I am wondering how much you can reduce the diameter of a bullet without causing a strain on the Star system? Is .005" diameter reduction out of line with wheel weight alloy?
I never tried to size down .005. It's possible you'll get it if you size the same day as cast, but I'm thinking it would be a lot of stress after that. Also, all that lead has to go somewhere. If I try to size a plain base boolit even .003, I get a lead skirt around the base.
If you leave the original handle on the star it is designed to bend before you hurt anything.
I have gotten as much as .005 reduction resizing a large batch of 38 caliber boolits cast of WW. I was part of a group buy that apparently the molds were cut a little on the large size, let me rephrase that...a LOT on the large size. I size mine nose down and the boolit punch was raising a ring around the base of the boolits. I found a fellow board member looking or a mold that cast on the large size and it got a new home.
That being said, what worked best for me was to keep an few already sized & lubed boolits handy and run one through every 3-4 rounds to help keep the die well lubed.
Good luck!
Murhy