I don't have one of these for every caliber I shoot, just .223 and .308 (because they're pricey). But dang they're fast and work great.
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Get the Lee drill motor or hand cranked case trimmer that attaches to a single stage reloader. I bought one years ago and have never used it as I got into volume trimming and built a trimmer to accomplish that.
Can't recommend this enough. I have it in a bench top lathe and I can absolutely rip through cases with high accuracy.
I have Dillon case trimmer that mounts on my 650. It full length resizes and trims all in one stroke of the press. I did about 500 rounds of 5.56mm this morning in under an hour.
I'm literally reading this as I just opened my box for my Forster Products case trimmer....I have an old RCBS but a few parts are missing, so It figured I'd start fresh. I'm still old school on the prep.
The lee hand crank trimmer I have is for .308 and mounts on top of the press and It is CRAP.
Free if anyone wants it.
Why is it crap ?
Because it is not consistent.
You add a little more or little less pressure and you get a different case length.
The plastic flexes etc etc.
I use the lee you showed in the picture also and I do not know how you are using yours but mine is stupid fast.
What i do is chuck up the cutter in my bench top drill press.
Insert the case length gauge.
I then have the case and holder in hand and run it up the cutter.
I have the drill press on the slowest speed.
3 to 4 seconds per case and then take it out of the holder and chuck up another and run it up.
I hold the holder and the case in my hands squeezing the case so it does not spin.
It is really fast.
Most of these cut and chamfer in one tools do not give me a VLD chamfer.
I need my VLD chamfer.
Free if anyone wants it.
Why is it crap ?
Because it is not consistent.
You add a little more or little less pressure and you get a different case length.
The plastic flexes etc etc.
I use the lee you showed in the picture also and I do not know how you are using yours but mine is stupid fast.
What i do is chuck up the cutter in my bench top drill press.
Insert the case length gauge.
I then have the case and holder in hand and run it up the cutter.
I have the drill press on the slowest speed.
3 to 4 seconds per case and then take it out of the holder and chuck up another and run it up.
I hold the holder and the case in my hands squeezing the case so it does not spin.
It is really fast.
Most of these cut and chamfer in one tools do not give me a VLD chamfer.
I need my VLD chamfer.
Get a hand rotary trimmer. You will be able to do both rifle and pistol cases. If I was only doing bottle neck cases the Frankford Arsenal Platinum is the way to go. I have been using a RCBS rotary case trimmer for so long that once the length is set up I can turn out rifle or pistol cases about as fast as any method out there. Just did 100 44 mag cases on the RCBS @ 7 per minute.
