dillon case trimmer any feedback??
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funny thing...
I am in the same boat as you.
I looked at the Dillon trimmer, and didnt see that it did chamfering and deburring. The one I saw only trimmed... then you still have to finish the necks by hand.
So...
I found that RCBS has a 3 in 1 trimmer that does it all in one go.
I dont have one yet, but I have ordered one. Im going to put it on my trimmer, then take off the handle and place an old drill on there to spin it for me.
The drill part I have done before and it works great.
the trimmer "do dad" can be found at wholesale sports on line and its about $35CDN.
I am in the same boat as you.
I looked at the Dillon trimmer, and didnt see that it did chamfering and deburring. The one I saw only trimmed... then you still have to finish the necks by hand.
So...
I found that RCBS has a 3 in 1 trimmer that does it all in one go.
I dont have one yet, but I have ordered one. Im going to put it on my trimmer, then take off the handle and place an old drill on there to spin it for me.
The drill part I have done before and it works great.
the trimmer "do dad" can be found at wholesale sports on line and its about $35CDN.
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- Calgary, AB
I assume you're talking about the power trimmer?
I have one and it trims very well. You have to run a vacuum cleaner to suck up the shavings, which can be loud and annoying, but it's not as annoying as trimming by hand. It's very, very fast. Trimming becomes a non-issue and requires no effort other than cleaning a vacuum cleaner bag.
I do brass prep and the actual loading seperately. I did my first batch a few days ago, after sizing/decapping/trimming, I threw them in the tumbler to get the lube off. Lo and behold, the tumbling action deburred the mouths. The trimmer leaves the mouth so clean that walnut gets off the very minor burrs that are left. The mouths look like factory, except there aren't any machine marks.
I haven't loaded any live rounds from this batch yet, but some dummy rounds still seated fine without any proper chamfer/deburr. There was no noticeable difference in seating or crimping with some I chamfered manually. I think I may skip the chamfer for a few hundred rounds and see what happens.
I have one and it trims very well. You have to run a vacuum cleaner to suck up the shavings, which can be loud and annoying, but it's not as annoying as trimming by hand. It's very, very fast. Trimming becomes a non-issue and requires no effort other than cleaning a vacuum cleaner bag.
I do brass prep and the actual loading seperately. I did my first batch a few days ago, after sizing/decapping/trimming, I threw them in the tumbler to get the lube off. Lo and behold, the tumbling action deburred the mouths. The trimmer leaves the mouth so clean that walnut gets off the very minor burrs that are left. The mouths look like factory, except there aren't any machine marks.
I haven't loaded any live rounds from this batch yet, but some dummy rounds still seated fine without any proper chamfer/deburr. There was no noticeable difference in seating or crimping with some I chamfered manually. I think I may skip the chamfer for a few hundred rounds and see what happens.
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BiggerDigger
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I have one and it works great, No better way to do it.
If you are doing substantial amounts of cases, I doubt anything touches the Giraud.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121288
I've done about 4000 cases since buying mine just before christmas.
Since the write up, all of my cases are bang on 1.750", chamfer inside and out is perfect, and my crimping is consistant.
My service rifle ammo thrown together on my Dillon 550 looks and performs like match ammo, for half the cost.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=121288
I've done about 4000 cases since buying mine just before christmas.
Since the write up, all of my cases are bang on 1.750", chamfer inside and out is perfect, and my crimping is consistant.
My service rifle ammo thrown together on my Dillon 550 looks and performs like match ammo, for half the cost.
