Next best trimmer under Giraud

[WestKYShooter]

I use the Forster power trimmer with their 3-way cutter in a Craftsman drill press. Does a nice job for me and I can do 600 cases per hour.

I actually ordered the Forster 3in1 from Brownells and purchased a Forster trimmer from another AS forum member here. It won't be Powered, but hopefully it will do a good job and do the 3 steps all at once.

 

[Richard Coody]

I actually ordered the Forster 3in1 from Brownells and purchased a Forster trimmer from another AS forum member here. It won't be Powered, but hopefully it will do a good job and do the 3 steps all at once.

I have one somewhere around here. It does work well but hand trimming.sux. i fixed it up with an electric screwdriver and that helped

Got a tri trimmer and it got retired

For the cartridges i Don't have a tri trimmer for i now use this

http://www.pmatool.com/pma-micro-adjust-trimmer/

 

[BenPerfected]

Shooting thin neck 6 Dasher, does .001-.002 variance in OAL make any measureable difference on paper?
Ben

 

[MN50Shooter]

Have you looked at thevGracey trimmers?

+1 on the Gracey. Once setup, they do a great job and with extreme consistency. I just finished trimming 200 50 BMG cases too 3.900" and they are dead on 3.900"

 

[boltman13]

This is my opinion and experience after many years of case trimming and high volume reloading. Others may disagree and are probably just as right. First a difference of a few 1/1000's between cases will have no decernable effect on SD or ES, assuming the longest case is not longer than the maximum case length, and even then you might get away with a few more 1/1000's depending on your chamber. Campering and deburing are tedious but then so is a lot of case prep we do. Brass shavings are a PITA but respond quickly to the application of a shop vac. My first experience was with the Lee hand held system, and while very cheap it was sooo slow. Adding a power source improved it but not by much. The Little Crow devices are great, quick accurate not super expensive, but still all that brass and campering and deburing still as separate tool changing steps. Then I got one of the Franklin Arsenal machines. About $100 and tricky to set up, not very intuitive but works with most any size case. The brass shavings are semi-contained, but still need to be vacuumed up when done. The power primer pocket cleaner is adequate, the campering piece is at the optimum angle for VLD bullets, and the deburing piece is also adequate. The machine is loud and if you try to force quick trimming on overly long cases you will get chatter but if so back of a little and slow down. I also don't like that primer residue from the cleaning process accumulates on top of the case trimmer. Still while not a Gracey, it handles all of my 308 Win, 6.5CM, and 223 Rem trimming for far less than 3 Gracey's in cost or space.

 

[Shynloco]

FWIT, I use the Wilson (with the Mic) for my Benchrest rifles and get good-consistent results. And I use a Redding 2400 for trimming my Gas Gun casings. But really, so long as you find a Trimmer that works for you, is all that REALLY matters. Its sorta like someone buying a car.... the make and model doesn't matter so long as it fits the bill. That is so long as it isn't a YUGO and there are some real HUMMERS (and I don't mean the truck) out there that aren't worth a crap.

Alex

 

[MN50Shooter]

This is my opinion and experience after many years of case trimming and high volume reloading. Others may disagree and are probably just as right. First a difference of a few 1/1000's between cases will have no decernable effect on SD or ES, assuming the longest case is not longer than the maximum case length, and even then you might get away with a few more 1/1000's depending on your chamber. Campering and deburing are tedious but then so is a lot of case prep we do. Brass shavings are a PITA but respond quickly to the application of a shop vac. My first experience was with the Lee hand held system, and while very cheap it was sooo slow. Adding a power source improved it but not by much. The Little Crow devices are great, quick accurate not super expensive, but still all that brass and campering and deburing still as separate tool changing steps. Then I got one of the Franklin Arsenal machines. About $100 and tricky to set up, not very intuitive but works with most any size case. The brass shavings are semi-contained, but still need to be vacuumed up when done. The power primer pocket cleaner is adequate, the campering piece is at the optimum angle for VLD bullets, and the deburing piece is also adequate. The machine is loud and if you try to force quick trimming on overly long cases you will get chatter but if so back of a little and slow down. I also don't like that primer residue from the cleaning process accumulates on top of the case trimmer. Still while not a Gracey, it handles all of my 308 Win, 6.5CM, and 223 Rem trimming for far less than 3 Gracey's in cost or space.

I also have a Frankford Arsenal trimmer and love it for my smaller caliber needs. When I'm processing my 50 BMG I have the FA running next to it, and utilize the VLD Inside Chamfer which saves considerable time.

 

[Delfuego]

Trim It 2.
I had the Giraud Tri-Way and the Trim It 2, sold the Giraud kept the Trim It. It is bigger, slightly better made and easier to adjust.

 

[kneedtospeed]

I thought brass prep was supposed to be Tedious, or you weren't doin it right??