Just a quick clip. Should be all set now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCtLi8i7tMg
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Just a quick clip. Should be all set now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCtLi8i7tMg
Last edited by Adam10mm; 03-06-2008 at 05:19 PM.
"A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph, or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal. He is supercivilized, and I for one do not know how to deal with him." - Aldo Leopold
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I gotta have one of those. That video is worth a thousand words and this should be a Sticky.Originally Posted by freakshow10mm
Thanks Freak,
Dave
Cool video! You could really use one of those shovel handles! They make operating a Star much more comfortable.
I got three sizing dies and the shovel handle on order. Placed it this morning and the chick mailed them out when I got off the phone with her. The sizers take about three weeks to get shipped but the parts and dies are in stock. Their customer service is stellar.
"A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph, or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal. He is supercivilized, and I for one do not know how to deal with him." - Aldo Leopold
Live generously.
Thanks. How often do you have to give a twist to the lube pressure screw? Do you size a bunch, and then crank it down till it's tight again?
that is so much faster than my RCBS that I can't believe it.
Great video Freak. It's worth more than 1,000 words! The Star favors single wide-groove- style boolits, but handles the skinny 2- or 3- groove boolits also(adjustment is just a bit more tricky). YMMV, but I don't have to crank down the lube pressure on mine sometimes for 30-40 boolits.
I see guys raving about that shovel handle. I got a freebie with one of my Star sizers, guess I need to dig it out and give it a try.
lathesmith
Good video.
Thanks man.
Dang I got to get some sizer dies and get mione up and running he does 6 or 10 as fast asI do one on my RCBS. Any idea on how they seat Gas checks? Dennis
they seat hornady's just fine
haven't tried any body elses g/c's yet
if you use the air feed you don't even have to stop to turn the lube feed
and if you use the boolit feed you get tired of lubing [bored] after about 1000 boolits
I can't run that many bullets without turning my lube tensioner. I have an old one that had a bunch of black, yucky lube in it. I have often wondered if I didn't get it clean enough. I did the heat gun method and it looked clean. I also took out the large screw in the side to let the lube run out. I sometimes get holes in my lube ring.
Anyone have any similer problems?
Crabo
I run about 50 bullets or so. I also run a lubed bullet back through the die to keep it lubed about every 25-50 bullets or so. When I feel the resistance build up on two or three consecutive bullets and I figure it isn't because they are oversized, I run one or two lubed bullet through there again.
I was wondering about checks. I use Hornady checks on all my boolits.
"A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph, or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal. He is supercivilized, and I for one do not know how to deal with him." - Aldo Leopold
Live generously.
What a neat video! Yes it should be a "sticky"! Yes the Star's are slicker than snake snot!
I think the type of lube has to to with how often you must crank down the tensenior screw to put pressure on the lube. Softer lubes do more boolits, harder lubes live longer in hot climayes!
I lube with Lar's Red exclusively and on all my bullets, both personal and commercial.
My unwritten motto is: I will never sell something I've never shot and I will never have someone shoot something that I won't shoot myself.
"A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph, or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal. He is supercivilized, and I for one do not know how to deal with him." - Aldo Leopold
Live generously.
A Star will spoil you if you do large amounts of boolits. I am keeping my Lymans for low volume runs. Get the air feed and you will not have to worry about turning the pressure feed screw, makes long runs easier. You can run it off of an air bubble it you want to as the air cylinder does not "use" a volume of air to operate, only the pressure of the tank. I have mine connected to a tiny pancake compressor with a 2 gal tank at 100 lbs. and the compressor never runs. I would bet a fully pressurised air bubble would last for 1000's of boolits if you didn't have a leak somewhere in the conections or lines.
Last edited by mtgrs737; 03-07-2008 at 12:23 AM.
My star works perfect for seating gas checks, just size nose first, have a pusher that is about .001 to .002 smaller than the sizer die.The pusher must be flat faced or even better is one machined the way veral at LBT Bullet Mouls suggests.
I will be trying out the gas check stuff on it as soon as my .358 die gets here. Been wondering how well it works.
"A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph, or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal. He is supercivilized, and I for one do not know how to deal with him." - Aldo Leopold
Live generously.
My old Star has a lube reservior that is about twice as long as the one in the video.
I counted 25 bullets sized and lubed in 43 seconds!! Man that thing is fast!! I wish I hadn't seen that, now I definitley want one!!
So that's about 35 boolits per minute (actually about 34.88). Times 60 minutes is about 2100 boolits in an hour. Then you have to factor in lube refills/heating. But still. That's pretty good. I find myself wanting to cast just so I can lube them. That's good cause I have orders for about 7K boolits to work on.
"A man may not care for golf and still be human, but the man who does not like to see, hunt, photograph, or otherwise outwit birds or animals is hardly normal. He is supercivilized, and I for one do not know how to deal with him." - Aldo Leopold
Live generously.
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