case trimmer question

[senior]

Curious. It was rare for me to get one to work properly, and there were no burrs. I picked up a Forster at a gunshow, and have since bought a Forster all-in-one trim/chamfer/deburr attachment that works really well.

Curious how you could get one not to work??
I mean the pilot aligns both in the neck & thru the primer hole, just how can it be out that much

 

[senior]

Curious. It was rare for me to get one to work properly, and there were no burrs. I picked up a Forster at a gunshow, and have since bought a Forster all-in-one trim/chamfer/deburr attachment that works really well.

Curious how you could get one to not align properly since the guide centre's both in the neck & thru the primer hole

 

[hiredgun]

I also need a trimmer for low volume rifle work and have had good luck with other Lee products. The Lee catalog shows two types of trimmers- one which seems to work with a portable drill and other using the Zip trim pull cord head. Is one type preferred over the other based on real world experience? Thanks.

 

[t-star]

the zip head is nothing but overpriced TROUBLE- for that $ you can either get the whole trimmer in one caliber or get a cheapie drill from c/t to spin it- read the online reviews and see what i mean- and in 40 years of reloading, i've yet to use a drill to trim my cases- just a quick spin or 2 with the fingers- and that's 308 , 223, and 338 win mag

 

[thump_rrr]

A word of warning when using the lee trim studs.
My .308 stud somehow got worn down after 500 pieces.
As a result of this I now have 120 pieces of brass of varying lengths.
If you decide to go the Lee route spent the 3-4 dollars extra and get the cutter with the wooden ball.

Someone mentioned the Dillon RT 1200 trimmer.
I have one and it works great for for semi auto rifles since it full length sizes at the same time but not so well when you only want to neck size your brass.

I'm debating getting the L.E Wilson case trimmer form my precision needs.

 

[Johnn Peterson]

I had a Forester, it worked well and no complaints. When I acquired a 500 S&W, as the Forester I had couldn't handle something that diameter and along with the upgrade of some of my reloading equipment, I settled on a Lyman Universal.

My shooting buddy has one and it seemed to work well. I've had it for a few years now and, no complaints.

 

[senior]

My .308 stud somehow got worn down after 500 pieces.
As a result of this I now have 120 pieces of brass of varying lengths.


I'm getting more confused by the minute
If you wore down the stud...say...5 thou
All your cases would then be 5 thou short not various lengths

 

[hk33ka1]

It has happend that the pin on the end of the case length gauge that goes through the flash hole and bottoms out on the lock stud/shell holder wears down and thus allows brass to be trimmed shorter.

 

[Shootshellz]

IMHO if you are watching your pennies get the Lee tool. If you have more ca$h to spend buy the Redding.

 

[acrashb]

I was wondering if just the lee hand trimmer can produce qualty with its cheap price?

Depends on how you define "quality". It will certainly be good enough for hunting, plinking, and most target shooting.

Here is a writeup of some options.