Lyman #26 case trimmer pilot

[Lead hammer]

So, I am unable to locate one so far that is not 10-14 days away. Has anyone seen one for sale? Anyone in Saskatoon have one I can borrow rent or whatever?
I might see if the other brands have a larger pin diameter, and get it machined to match if I have too.

 

[bigedp51]

If you can't find the Lyman pilot you could go old school and buy a Lee case trimmer. I have a Lyman trimmer and use the Lee trimmers for when I don't feel like changing and adjusting the Lyman trimmer.

Lee Case Length Gauge and Shellholder 6.5 Creedmoor

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/427646/lee-case-length-gauge-and-shellholder-65-creedmoor

Lee Case Trimmer Cutter and Lock Stud

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/476992/lee-case-trimmer-cutter-and-lock-stud

 

[Lead hammer]

I may have to upgrade everything lol. I am buying a Redding pilot tomorrow, and taking it to a buddy to see if it can be chucked and turned down, as the Redding one has a bigger OD shank.

 

[fingers284]

If you have a buddy that can turn it down he probably could build a "made to fit" your machine in 15 minutes if he was supplied with a factory model to use as a a pattern. I make all my own, and just a suggestion for you...take a fired but not resized case and a case that has been re-sized and get him to build two pilots for you, one that fits the fired case mouth (should be a few thou over-sized) and one to fit the resized case, this way you can trim cases either way and still have it "center" on the cutter.

I use this method lots, not so much for sized-unsized cases but I shoot different sized cast boolits a lot and have built different sized case-mouth expanders to put different grip pressures on different bullets.

 

[Lead hammer]

I got him to machine it down today, works perfectly!