Who has a Forster case trimmer? Need a dimension

[Brians356]

Anyone have a Forster case trimmer? I need the diameter of the mounting shaft of the case mouth pilots. (Or, I want to know if Forster pilots etc. will mount in a Redding trimmer.)
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[WillyTP]

.185" if I'm measuring the correct part for you.

 

[Chuckhunter]

I concur with Willy, .185 I know that pilots from my old Lyman Universal trimmer won't fit the Forster as the shafts are two skinny.

 

[msinc]

Actually, there are two....185" as already reported and .135". I believe the smaller is for the 17 caliber shaft, but I have pilots that are bigger than 17 caliber with a .135" dimension.

 

[3Ackleys]

I use some redding pilots in my forster

 

[Lightload]

Forget about the pilots. Just get the Forster 3in 1 trimmer. That little honey trims, chamfers and deburrs all at the same time. Greatest invention since sliced bread.
I believe they're 69 bucks but well worth it. They are calibre specific so you'd need one for each calibre.

 

[Brians356]

Forget about the pilots. Just get the Forster 3in 1 trimmer. That little honey trims, chamfers and deburrs all at the same time. Greatest invention since sliced bread.
I believe they're 69 bucks but well worth it. They are calibre specific so you'd need one for each calibre.

Thanks for the advice, but not relevant in this instance.
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[Brians356]

Thanks, guys. My Redding trimmer lathe has a 0.185" hole for the pilots. That means I can use certain of Forster's accessories (e.g. neck reamer *) w/ my Redding fixture.

(* Let's leave a discussion of neck reaming, and the merits of Forster's reamer, for a thread you're free to launch elsewhere, shall we? )