Some time back, someone was manufacturing a replacement turret for the Tru-Line Jr. They were listed on Evil Bay, and if I remember they were $90. Then they were gone.
Fast forward to about a year ago. Natescustoms2012 on Evil Bay had a bunch for sale for about $70 or best price. The price kept going down, I delayed buying until one day I noticed that there were only 3 left. So I bought 2. Then they were gone.
I noticed today, natescustoms2012, has another batch listed on Evil Bay. This time $40.
Seems cheap enough, are they any good.
Here's my independent review:
According to the description they are made of 6061 T6, to me they seemed a bit softer than that because one had a few shipping dings.
I mounted the first one on my press. I couldn't get the detent ball to seat deep enough, so I shortened the spring. Interestingly, on my other press, the second turret mounted OK, the hole was deeper, no need to shorten the spring. With the changes to accommodate 7/8 dies, the metal at the detent spring location gets a little close to the mounting surface.
Neither turret indexed exactly the same as the one I removed, and I noticed that each hole seemed to index a wee bit differently. The original Lyman had the same malady. My solution; label each hole, CMR, DA, EC etc. and adjust/set the index exactly for the CMR die. This works well, and with each hole marked, the CMR or sizing die is always in the indexed hole.
With the new plate indexed, I installed a set of 44 Mag dies and had at it. One thing I did notice was that the 7/8-14 holes are machined a bit large, I would prefer a tighter fit for the dies. The aluminum held up well, no issues, it must be 6061 T6. After adjusting the top bolt, I ran the turret through multiple operations, and the turret tension remained constant.
At $40, it is a cost effective and useful upgrade.