Need some advice on Teloading Tools

[manitou210]

Is there any models that are more pricise/and accurate ?
I am using the following:

I use a forester neck turner.

Lyman #55 powder measure, with a culver insert.

Forester case lenght trimer.
Any help on this would be nice.
Thanks

 

[Bobs243Ackley]

Hello,

I used to use the Forster neck turner, & case length trimmer, until I started working at Sinclair. When I started working with the Wilson case length trimmer, I switched over to it on the spot. It is much simpler to set up, and since it does not need to use a collet, or pilot, it has always been extremely consistent on the cut length. I have switched over to the hand held neck turning tools since I feel that they are easier to setup and for the quality of the neck turn operation that they are capable of. The Lyman 55 with the Culver Conversion is still considered by many to be a very good powder measure and should serve you well.

Cordially,
Bob Blaine

 

[Forum Boss]

With the Wilson tool, you need to buy a case holder for each family of calibers. With the Forster if you shoot 3-4 popular rifle calibers you'll typically need to have 2-3 collets for the rims of the case plus neck pilots for each caliber.

If you should a lot of calibers, it will probably be more expensive, in the end, to buy the collets and pilots.

The Forster does a good job and holds the case securely, once you get the knack of seating the base of the case in the collet,sort of pre-seat it before adding full tension).

The annoyance with the Forster is setting trim length. You have to move a locking collar on the cutter shaft every time you change depth. This requires you to adjust TWO set screws. And, the microadjust set screw tends to grind down, requiring you to tweak it now an then. If you switch to another case, you lose all your settings and you have to go through the process all over again.

The Wilson uses a rotary knob that pushes in from the rear. If you have one "master" case trimmed to the right length, it is very easy to adjust the cutter length to the same measurement each time, even with different calibers.

The Forster does have the advantage that you can buy fittings to do chamfering, and inside + outside neck reaming/turning.