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As it says on the tin, which one would you choose/recommend? Will be mainly trimming .223, .300 whisper and .260 Remington

techguy wrote:As it says on the tin, which one would you choose/recommend? Will be mainly trimming .223, .300 whisper and .260 Remington

Depends very much on the volume you need to process and the purpose. Can you flesh out the requirements a bit?

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Sure thing...

.223 and .260 will probably be around 200 rounds a month
.300 Whisper might be double that.

So let's say for arguments sake 500 rounds a month, in batches of 100.

CTS case trimmers, I have one in .308 and it is excellent.

http://www.ctstrimmer.com/6-case-trimmers

I also have the new Lee Quck Trim in .308, .44 and .300aac but find it pretty poor to be honest.

I was using the Lee trimmers - I don't know if it was me, but the pilots didn't seem to do their job and ended up over-trimming some cases...

...I recently got an RCBS Pro trimmer, and love it...the pilots and shell holders are easy to swap, and it's quick to set to a length; which stays 100% consistent.

Tried all the rest. Le Wilson is the only game in town as far as I am concerned.

Forster original kit will do you just fine includes everything needed
For under £100.00

$90. Good price, uses the same tooling as their more expensive unit.



http://www.giraudtool.com/Tri%20Way%20Trimmer.htm

I use the same and I think it's excellent, fast and accurate. With the base and the really grippy feet it doesn't move, no matter how much grief you give it. The only improvement they could make is if they had something similar to the RCBS 3-way cutter, which does the chamfering and deburring at the same time as the case trimming.

Alpha1 wrote:Tried all the rest. Le Wilson is the only game in town as far as I am concerned.

techguy wrote:Sure thing...

.223 and .260 will probably be around 200 rounds a month
.300 Whisper might be double that.

So let's say for arguments sake 500 rounds a month, in batches of 100.

For these kind of volumes, I like the look of this - http://www.giraudtool.com/Tri%20Way%20Trimmer.htm

For the lower volumes I do, the Sinclair version of the Wilson is sufficient - http://www.sinclairintl.com/reloading-e ... 39292.aspx

Regards

JCS