I have both a Star and a Ballisti-Cast luber sizer. Both have heaters, both have bullet feeders, both have air cylinder lube drive w/regulators & gauges, both have bullet feeder tubes. I am going to have to sell one, but am having trouble picking which one.
The Star is an original Star that I cleaned up, repaired and repainted, with original springs. The heater and bullet feeder on it is new, the air cylinder lube drive is exc/like new. As of right now, everything is in excellent condition and looks fantastic/like new/restored.
The Ballisti-Cast is new, has a new PID heater control and bullet feeder with bullet feeder tubes and hand wheels for several popular pistol calibers and at least one rifle caliber.
I've never used the Ballistic-Cast because my Dad got sick before I had a chance to set it up and get it going. The only flaw I'm aware of is the paint came from the factory peeling off of the aluminum base and I don't consider that a hard problem to fix. I think they didn't use a proper prep or proper primer for the aluminum before painting it. It would probably look good stripped to the bare aluminum anyways, like the new Magma/Stars are today.
I have to sell one in order to advance some other projects I have going on, including a full blown "dry" sandblasting setup and a rifle-sized parkerizing setup (My pistol sized setup is successful, but humidity in the sandblasting is a problem here in Georgia, hence the "drying" setup.).
So I need to pick one and so I'm asking those that have used both to comment, to vote and help me decide which one.
Thank you for your help,