Recommend me a case trimmer - Page 2

ZeroJunk · August 21, 2006, 04:52 PM

It's just like a resizing die.If it is setting your shoulder back you need to back off of it.Same as setting your resizing die for the correct headspace for the rifle you are using.You might try resizing through your normal process,then use that case to set your trim die.Should be able to feel when the shoulder hits the end of the die and set it there.

BigJakeJ1s · August 21, 2006, 07:49 PM

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The Lee works great if you only need to trim back to standard specs., but when I got a RCBS X-Die, I needed to trim back further than the Lee allows, so I bought the hand crank 1500 Redding. It takes a few minutes to adjust when changing calibers, but after that it is quick and easy.

Couldn't you grind/polish a little off the length of the Lee pilot/gauge to work at the length needed by the X die?

Or Can the X die be adjusted to use the standard trim-to length?

Andy

Bogie · August 23, 2006, 11:15 PM

The Lee is great bang for buck if you need one set length forever.

For accuracy and concentricity, nothing beats the Wilson.

I have yet to see someone shooting competitive benchrest using one of the Giraud thingies. I've seen Lee and Wilson, and an occasional RCBS-type...

castnblast · August 24, 2006, 03:56 PM

Bogie, this is a question to your previous reply, and I've wondered, but never asked...why would one need a different case length? I have a lee and love it, but I've heard of some other shooters using different case lengths and was curious. I'm not referring to COL.

August 23, 2006, 11:15 PM	#28
Bogie Senior Member Join Date: June 5, 2000 Location: Job hunting on the road... Posts: 3,827	The Lee is great bang for buck if you need one set length forever. For accuracy and concentricity, nothing beats the Wilson. I have yet to see someone shooting competitive benchrest using one of the Giraud thingies. I've seen Lee and Wilson, and an occasional RCBS-type... __________________ Job hunting, but helping a friend out at www.vikingmachineusa.com - and learning the finer aspects of becoming a precision machinist. And making the world's greatest bottle openers!

August 24, 2006, 03:56 PM	#29
castnblast Senior Member Join Date: July 2, 2006 Location: Corpus Christi TX Posts: 1,148	Bogie, this is a question to your previous reply, and I've wondered, but never asked...why would one need a different case length? I have a lee and love it, but I've heard of some other shooters using different case lengths and was curious. I'm not referring to COL. __________________ VEGETARIAN...old indian word for bad hunter

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August 21, 2006, 04:52 PM	#26
ZeroJunk Senior Member Join Date: August 14, 2006 Location: Browns Summit NC Posts: 2,589	It's just like a resizing die.If it is setting your shoulder back you need to back off of it.Same as setting your resizing die for the correct headspace for the rifle you are using.You might try resizing through your normal process,then use that case to set your trim die.Should be able to feel when the shoulder hits the end of the die and set it there.