Case Trimming?

[PhilC]

I couldn’t see how you could do that given that there didn’t seem to be enough room between the collet and cutter. Now I feel like an idiot! I was just loosening the collet enough to release the case. Once I backed it out 3-4 turns there was plenty of room! Thanks.

I like simple.

[Texas10]

I've gravitated to the index off the shoulder trimmers, both the Worlds Finest Trimmer by Little Crow Works https://www.littlecrowgunworks.com/ and the worlds cheapest trimmer by Holub Machine. http://www.newhighpower.com/brass-trimmers.html

Both do the job, but the Holub, made of delrin, seems to allow the case to wobble a bit more. I use both on a bench mounted drill press and can go through 50 cases in about 10 minutes. To verify that my trim length is optimum, I use a borescope camera to actually look at the chambered case and watch where the case mouth positions relative to the start of the leade. No guessing with this method, I know exactly how long the case neck can be and since both my trimmer and the actual case reference off the shoulder, there's no chance of getting into an action-disassembling pinched bullet situation. Seen it happen to a shooting buddy, and it ain't pretty!

[Dave Hoback]

Yeah, I use the Little Crow for my 260 Rem. Unfortunately I’m going to have to switch up again, as I’m planning to go to 260 AI this year. Oh, wait a second… NO, I won’t have to buy a new trimmer after all…