Well, I just got mine.
Ten minuets in the shop to find a nice cherry plank and laminate it with a stone Formica print. Then drill, countersink and attach the press.
Then I brought it inside.
I put the bits together and set it up loosely for 45Auto.
I put a few through it and it worked like a charm!
I tightened everything up and ran through five hundred Starline cases in the thirty minutes before dinner!
After dinner I did ALL of my 45Auto brass.
All of it!
In one standing there session, not one twenty four hour period!
Done!
Every piece!
I emptied the primer catch bottle once already. I figure it’s good for about 3,500 pieces.
I was disappointed that LEE collator I bought didn’t have any tubes, but I taped it to the one tube attached to the press and filled it and filled it and filled it!
It just wouldn’t stay full!
It works so well I almost wanted to cry!
I hope changing it for rifle brass is as easy. If not, I’m getting another one!
Oh the years, oh the wasted time! Why did I wait so long?!
The last of the Starline cases.
I had very, very few hiccups along the way. A couple of cases were mangled at the rim, I through them in the scrap bin after another try. A couple of times I tried to go as fast as it would. This lead to some cases shooting out. No big deal.
Slow and steady is warp speed in this rig!
It just plain works. A little OneShot has the shuttle gliding along smoothly.
Best $104ever spent on handloading! Ever!
A hearty and thunderous Thank You,
@GW Staar !
Without your thread I would be searching blindly in the dark, this press has given a new light to my brass prep!
I extend further gratitude to you for the tricks, tips and personal experience you have related to me through this forum. The knowledge passed to me from you in this thread has been invaluable.
Thank you!