[Jack Monteith]

Hi, Swifty:
I can't really suggest anything about the old 45, unless you can seal it up with some o-rings. Any farm or industrial equipment shop or automotive specialty store should have an o-ring kit with dozens of sizes to pick from.

Generally the RCBS is preferred to the Lyman 450, as it's stronger and has a better bottom lube chamber seal, although I don't see anything on my 450's linkage that isn't fixable with some grade 8 bolts. The new Lyman 4500 may be your best bet. It has a better bottom seal, stronger linkage, optional built-in heater and retains the lube piston screw ratchet that RCBS no longer uses, much to the annoyance of Big Green fans. I haven't used any RCBS dies, but the Lymans are said to be smoother. The Saeco dies are threaded on the bottom and won't fit a Lyman or RCBS.

There's a report that the Lyman 4500 die chamber is reamed undersized and some older dies that are over maximum outside diameter won't fit. Developing.

http://www.lymanproducts.com/lymanproducts/index.htm

Bye
Jack

 

[Jack Monteith]

Hi, Swifty:
Looks like kciH's link didn't take. Check this out.
http://www.shootersforum.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5418&highlight=star+AND+sizer

Bye
Jack

 

[Jack Monteith]

Hi, kciH:
Your link works for me, once I found it. The problem is that it appears as plain text in every browser I've got. I was able to put a box around it in Opera 7.01, but the rest, Opera 6.06, Netscape 4.7 & 7.02 and Internet Explorer 6.0.2800 don't highlight it in any way. I see in the page source that your link isn't doubled like mine are. Could you post what browser you're using and I'll ask Alex if he can sort this out.

Bye
Jack

 

[Jack Monteith]

Hi, Stephen:
I see that your link is blue, if I turn brightness and contrast on my monitor all the way up to blinding. Perhaps you monitor brightens blue more than mine does. I don't really understand HTML, but it looks like Beartooth sets the colour of the link, and I can't change it in Preferences. Maybe Alex can do something. Thanks.

Bye
Jack