In the spirit of buy once cry once.....
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Wife got me a Dillon 650xl a month ago. I really wish she got me a 1050 instead considering how much she spent on, in her words, "stuff that's equivalent to your gun stuff". Every other day, I find myself dreaming having a 1050 sitting on my bench.
Then SS pins is for you
Some good suggestions here, I'll give you an odd one I've found very useful over the years when working up loads for odd cartridges (I have reloaded ammunition for well 0ver 100 different cartridges over the years); the Lee dippers set. Makes trying new loads much quicker. - dan
The things I have that I am going to replace is as follows:
Lee case length gauge/trimmer. Its great for a few cases, but doing 40 in one go really hurts the hands.
Lee chamfer/debur tool. Its simple, and it works. But having a handle to hold onto would make life a lot better.
Things I like and would absolutely buy again: Lee hand prime, Lee dies, Lee safety scale (got it for like $25 on the EE. it's slow to use but accurate and consistent.)
Lee case length gauge/trimmer. Its great for a few cases, but doing 40 in one go really hurts the hands.
Lee chamfer/debur tool. Its simple, and it works. But having a handle to hold onto would make life a lot better.
Things I like and would absolutely buy again: Lee hand prime, Lee dies, Lee safety scale (got it for like $25 on the EE. it's slow to use but accurate and consistent.)
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I dont know why I keep forgetting about that way... lol
Chuck the holder it in a power drill. Quick and easy. And everything stows away and does not take up space on the bench like a power case prep station can.
I thought the same thing and bought the Lyman Case Prep Tool Thing:
https://www.lymanproducts.com/brand...case-prep-care-kits/case-prep-multi-tool.html
My impression: meh. Glad I tried it but I find myself reaching for the Lee debur and chamfer tool just as often.
Might be fun to turn up a wood handle and mount two of the Lee debur/chamfer tools in the handle, one on each end.
Everyone talks trash about the Lee scale but I now use it as a quality control backup sanity check for my RCBS M500. I've tossed my compact digital scale.
Everything else I own is Dillon. Really. Please let me into the club.
I trimmed 600 cases with a lee trimmer mounted on a drill. 100 at a time and take a short break, still less than 3 hours and watched TV at the same time. Hands were tired but it's good, manly stuff and your hand strength will improve remarkably if you do it regularly. Sometimes the best tool we have is our hands, and having some decent hand strength opens up a whole new world.
Lyman makes some case prep tools with full handles, such as this kit (I think you can buy each peice individually too, if you can find 'em in stock somewhere) http://www.cabelas.ca/product/61223/lyman-universal-case-prep-accessory-tool-kit
That is the direction I will likely go down the road. For now though, the Lee chamfer/debur tool does the job even if its not the easiest on the hands.
One thing I have to say about the Lee stuff though, Oil it! Basically all of my stuff has some rust on it because I didn't oil it after opening the packaging. Good thing they're only worth a few bucks, otherwise I'd be pretty annoyed both with myself and with Lee for how easy their alloy rusts...
I chuck the cutter in my table top drill press and made up a handle to grip the case holder. A lot faster and easier on the hand's
