Same here. Been using a Forester since the early 70s.
If you are happy with the Lee, it’s not bad. The only issue I ever had was uneven cuts for some reason. That said, I still use some.
Measuring from the shoulder works too and those type…like my Trim It 2 are good for high volume normal accuracy level. It just isn’t the dimension on the dwg. Often that is important. I’m not sure it is super important here because most chambers have room and length consistently is not accuracy critical, IME.
I see that stuff too. Piss those folks off by telling them they are not following the dwg!
Brass stretches the most when new. Blowing it out to match the chamber and then sizing to min dimensions with std dies is the biggest shape change in brass’s life. Some dies and setups oversize which will cause excessive trimming.
Same here. Been using a Forester since the early 70s.
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I was going to type pretty much everything you wrote. If i was set up to do it a different way in the beginning, i might do it different. But, when i first started my brother pointed me to use the World's Finest Trimmer, and it is just so fast and easy that i am not going to change. He has moved on to a Giraud, but i am happy where i am.
I have used the Lee trim system since I started reloading and even though it isn't the quickest, it is simple and accurate enough for me.
I use a tool called "Quick Case Trimmer" sold by Possum (sic) Hollow. I think I got it from Sinclair Intl. It indexes off the datum line. I like it because it is fast and I can chuck it it my hand drill.One might get carpal tunnel turning a crank repeatedly.
I inherited my Dads Forester 20 years ago. It was a good 20 + years old then. I replaced the cutters once. It works just fine. As long as I can crank that handle it works.
After the feedback from everyone, I decided to go with the Forester trimmer. I'm thinking of going with this to power it https://www.dacamreloading.com/cube/...-trimmers.html . Thanks for the help deciding which way to go!
Good choice.
Way back when I had one I never got a power setup. Was not doing that many cases, maybe 100 at a time and using it once every 6 months or less.
You can get crank adapters for screw drivers and drills cheaper. https://www.dacamreloading.com/cube/power-adapters.html
LOL Not that my desisions are based on that!
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Forster's 3 in 1 trimming heads are awesome, cut, inside and outside chamfer in one operation. Have one for every caliber I shoot that they make.
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The Forster got here quick from Midway USA. It's a lot easier to trim the cases with this than the manual Lee case trimmer! No wonder you guys like it so much. Seems more accurate too. I haven't used the 3 in 1 case mouth cutter yet, but I'll give it a try once I shoot my way to some empty cases.
I need to wrap the melamine with walnut to protect the edges and it'll be good to go.
I ordered the original case trimmer and the 3 in 1 trimmer head and the base seems too short to trim a 6.5 CM case - you don't have enough room for the case to fir between the collet and trimmer head. The base that came with the original case trimmer is 5 3/8" long, does anyone know if the 6 1/2" base is long enough to trim a 6.5 CM case?
I think it is perfect. I bought a used RCBS trimmer and it was far from accurate. The Lee gets them all nearly perfect and it is faster, at least if you have a small drill and I don't know anyone that doesn't have a 1/4" or a 3/8" drill.
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!
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