case prep center ?

rebs · August 3, 2016, 11:56 AM

Is any of you guys using one of these prep centers ?
Is anyone using any other brand of prep center that you feel might be a better unit ?

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/628...ck-to-top-link

T. O'Heir · August 3, 2016, 12:45 PM

Geezuz! On sale at $150. Called 'Platinum' for a reason. Oh, no, I don't use one of 'em. Do all that by hand. snicker.

AllenJ · August 4, 2016, 08:34 AM

I have one and really like it. I choose it over the Lyman and RCBS models because it trims and it does a pretty good job of it in my experience. It certainly speeds up the reloading process.

AllenJ · August 4, 2016, 08:41 AM

Here is a link from a prior post on it:

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=548280

FiveInADime · August 4, 2016, 11:08 AM

I want it. It has the best reviews of all of the prep stations.

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MarkCO · August 4, 2016, 11:14 AM

The FA Platinum is excellent. The RCBS and Hornady are just collecting dust and taking up space now. Having used it for a while now, the price tag on it is inexpensive, especially compared to the others.

FiveInADime · August 4, 2016, 12:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkCO

The FA Platinum is excellent. The RCBS and Hornady are just collecting dust and taking up space now. Having used it for a while now, the price tag on it is inexpensive, especially compared to the others.

Did you replace the cutter blade?

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MarkCO · August 4, 2016, 12:38 PM

I have a few cutter blades. The original one, I use to cut off large amounts of the neck when making new cases.

F. Guffey · August 4, 2016, 02:10 PM

Rebs, I use the RCBS case prep center, It is the first tool I remove from a drawer when I start.

I have another one that is like new for sale, I will take $85.00 + shipping, that could be close to $15.00.

F. Guffey

Brian Pfleuger · August 4, 2016, 03:09 PM

I have one, it works well and I like it.

I don't like the company (BTI Brands) though. One of their guys came here pretending to be a customer a couple of years ago. (His deleted posts are in that thread linked by Allen) I reported him to the company, hoping he was a "lone wolf" but got no response. I assume that means they endorse such dishonest sales tactics. If I'd known that BEFORE I bought it, I wouldn't have.

Road_Clam · August 4, 2016, 04:16 PM

I bought an older Lyman case prep center used for short money and love it ! Big time saver prepping crimped nato brass.

rebs · August 4, 2016, 04:25 PM

Thank you the replies. I believe I am going to order one while they are on sale. The reviews on Midway are very good.

Clark · August 5, 2016, 07:28 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6c2KU1ifA

Here is an 8 second unlisted video of my using a $11.49 tool in a drill to deburr brass.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/356...placement-head

Note the clamp that holds the drill trigger on.

F. Guffey · August 6, 2016, 12:44 PM

Clark, thank you for that; there is something that can be said for time in motion. When getting paid it is some times called flat rate. I had 1.400 cases in one batch and 800 in another. The cases were cheap, I paid $14.00 for the 1,400 cases and not much more for the 800 on belted links. Anyhow the thought of picking up each case 4 + times did not appeal to me so I purchased the RCBS case prep center. Remove the crimp, uniform the primer pocket bevel and chamfer the neck and run a running/rotating brush through the neck cut down on the repetitive time wasting task of picking up the case for each task.

F. Guffey

ncrypt · August 6, 2016, 12:52 PM

I bought this and never looked back. It trims and deburrs in one quick step.

Trim It

surveyor · August 6, 2016, 08:03 PM

I agree the time savings is in not handling the brass more than necessary.

I have the rcbs prep center, and a cts power trimmer.
I pick up a piece of brass in one hand rub a little size wax on it with the same hand, put in press, size, pull out of press with other hand, invert case, trim, then chamfer,debur,brush case neck,invert case,remove primer crimp, brush primer pocket, put in bin.

Brass only handled twice. About 20 seconds or less per case.

It works well for me.

August 3, 2016, 11:56 AM	#1
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	case prep center ? Is any of you guys using one of these prep centers ? Is anyone using any other brand of prep center that you feel might be a better unit ? http://www.midwayusa.com/product/628...ck-to-top-link

August 3, 2016, 12:45 PM	#2
T. O'Heir Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 12,453	Geezuz! On sale at $150. Called 'Platinum' for a reason. Oh, no, I don't use one of 'em. Do all that by hand. snicker. __________________ Spelling and grammar count!

August 4, 2016, 08:41 AM	#4
AllenJ Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,766	Here is a link from a prior post on it: http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=548280 Last edited by AllenJ; August 5, 2016 at 09:47 AM.

August 4, 2016, 11:14 AM	#6
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,308	The FA Platinum is excellent. The RCBS and Hornady are just collecting dust and taking up space now. Having used it for a while now, the price tag on it is inexpensive, especially compared to the others. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us

August 4, 2016, 12:38 PM	#8
MarkCO Senior Member Join Date: October 21, 1998 Location: Colorado, USA Posts: 4,308	I have a few cutter blades. The original one, I use to cut off large amounts of the neck when making new cases. __________________ Good Shooting, MarkCO www.CarbonArms.us

August 4, 2016, 08:34 AM	#3
AllenJ Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,766	I have one and really like it. I choose it over the Lyman and RCBS models because it trims and it does a pretty good job of it in my experience. It certainly speeds up the reloading process.

August 4, 2016, 11:08 AM	#5
FiveInADime Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2012 Posts: 607	I want it. It has the best reviews of all of the prep stations. Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk

August 4, 2016, 02:10 PM	#9
F. Guffey Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2008 Posts: 7,249	Rebs, I use the RCBS case prep center, It is the first tool I remove from a drawer when I start. I have another one that is like new for sale, I will take $85.00 + shipping, that could be close to $15.00. F. Guffey

August 4, 2016, 03:09 PM	#10
Brian Pfleuger Moderator Emeritus Join Date: June 25, 2008 Location: Austin, CO Posts: 19,578	I have one, it works well and I like it. I don't like the company (BTI Brands) though. One of their guys came here pretending to be a customer a couple of years ago. (His deleted posts are in that thread linked by Allen) I reported him to the company, hoping he was a "lone wolf" but got no response. I assume that means they endorse such dishonest sales tactics. If I'd known that BEFORE I bought it, I wouldn't have. __________________ Nobody plans to screw up their lives... ...they just don't plan not to. -Andy Stanley

August 4, 2016, 04:16 PM	#11
Road_Clam Senior Member Join Date: November 21, 2013 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 1,695	I bought an older Lyman case prep center used for short money and love it ! Big time saver prepping crimped nato brass. __________________ "To be old an wise you must have been young and stupid"

August 4, 2016, 04:25 PM	#12
rebs Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2012 Posts: 3,881	Thank you the replies. I believe I am going to order one while they are on sale. The reviews on Midway are very good.

August 5, 2016, 07:28 PM	#13
Clark Senior Member Join Date: December 4, 1999 Location: WA, the ever blue state Posts: 4,678	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u6c2KU1ifA Here is an 8 second unlisted video of my using a $11.49 tool in a drill to deburr brass. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/356...placement-head Note the clamp that holds the drill trigger on. __________________ The word 'forum" does not mean "not criticizing books." "Ad hominem fallacy" is not the same as point by point criticism of books. If you bought the book, and believe it all, it may FEEL like an ad hominem attack, but you might strive to accept other points of view may exist. Are we a nation of competing ideas, or a nation of forced conformity of thought?

August 6, 2016, 12:44 PM	#14
F. Guffey Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2008 Posts: 7,249	Clark, thank you for that; there is something that can be said for time in motion. When getting paid it is some times called flat rate. I had 1.400 cases in one batch and 800 in another. The cases were cheap, I paid $14.00 for the 1,400 cases and not much more for the 800 on belted links. Anyhow the thought of picking up each case 4 + times did not appeal to me so I purchased the RCBS case prep center. Remove the crimp, uniform the primer pocket bevel and chamfer the neck and run a running/rotating brush through the neck cut down on the repetitive time wasting task of picking up the case for each task. F. Guffey

August 6, 2016, 12:52 PM	#15
ncrypt Member Join Date: December 3, 2013 Posts: 72	I bought this and never looked back. It trims and deburrs in one quick step. Trim It

August 6, 2016, 08:03 PM	#16
surveyor Senior Member Join Date: April 13, 2007 Posts: 770	I agree the time savings is in not handling the brass more than necessary. I have the rcbs prep center, and a cts power trimmer. I pick up a piece of brass in one hand rub a little size wax on it with the same hand, put in press, size, pull out of press with other hand, invert case, trim, then chamfer,debur,brush case neck,invert case,remove primer crimp, brush primer pocket, put in bin. Brass only handled twice. About 20 seconds or less per case. It works well for me.