Ok, for some background. I just started casting recently and used a lot of the advice I read here and the 1911 forum to guide what equipment I purchased. Everything has gone very smoothly and I have gone from the experimental stage to production mode pretty quickly.
I am only casting for .45 ACP currently since 99.9% of my shooting is .45 I also may cast a few (2-300/month) .38 special at some point. I am looking to produce anywhere from 800-1500 rounds a month total. Most likely I will cast 15-20K boolits in the cooler months and not cast during the summer. For the record, I got into casting for 2 reasons-escape from the hassles of work in the evenings and outrageous cost savings. I really enjoy casting when everything is working right and boolits are dropping from the moulds at lightning speed.
I bought a new RCBS Lube-A_Matic2 from Midway and its does an okay job sizing and lubing my boolits so far. The issue is I spend more time cleaning off the bevel bases than I would like. I hate to get rid of a machine this new but I really am not sure this setup is going to work long term for my volume of shooting (IDPA and some USPSA).
Getting to my question -finally- what is a lightly (2-4K rds.) used RCBS Lube-A-Matic2 worth in resale? $100-125? If I can get a fair amount out of it I would let it go and chalk it up to a learning experience. More importantly would a Magma-Star lubrisizer do a better job without having to wipe bullet bases? What about the add ons like the boolit feeder and lube pressure setup for an air compressor. Do they work well? What is a reasonable production number per hour with just the lubrisizer and no extras? With bullet feeder? Air pressure?
Thanks for all the help so far; I have sort of jumped into this with both feet and this forum has done wonders for making my landing only a small splash instead of a belly flop!