Yes to the Wilson, Great Trimmer. Cheap enough I get one for each caliber and never change the settings. But the settings on the wilson are easy and faster then the forster.
Posts: 49 | Location: the Evergreen State | Registered: 01 April 2007
I'm looking at both the Forster and the Wilson. I like the Wilson approach to adjustment and case holding, but it does not outside-turn necks like the Forster does. May end up getting the Wilson and somebody's hand-held neck turner.
I thought Wilson did supply an outside neck-turner attachment on request. Anyway, I would much prefer an outside turner that does NOT work on the lathe principle, and prefer something on the order of a Marquart, K&M, that sort of thing. Best of all for outside turning is the Nielsen "pumpkin" and separate lathe, but it costs by far the most, too....about the same as a new Savage center-fire bolt gun when the guns are on sale.
For a case trimmer, I don't think there is anything better than a Wilson, especially if you also buy the Sinclair mount for the Wilson tool. (Actually cheaper to get the mount and the tool both from Sinclair, as a package deal.)
Wilson also has available inside neck reamers which work in the same tool, do-dads to optimize using an electric screw driver or drill to drive the neck trimmer, and great gauges for checking one's brass.
Posts: 9685 | Location: Cave Creek 85331, USA | Registered: 17 August 2001
Originally posted by Bill Mc: The easiest case trimmer (cheapest also) is the Lee Trimmers.
No measuring.
That's exactly the reason I DON'T use them. I want my brass a length I have determined best fits my chambers. I don't want it some length that somebody at Lee decided on.
To each his own.
My country gal's just a moonshiner's daughter, but I love her still.
Posts: 9685 | Location: Cave Creek 85331, USA | Registered: 17 August 2001
Hello! I've owned the Forster and RCBS units... but when it came to buying a trimmer when I recently decided to get back into reloading after several years of being away, I chose the Wilson and haven't looked back. Seriously... if you're looking for the BEST manual trimmer in every way, shape, and form - the Wilson has it above all the rest. Case holding is VASTLY to superior to "neck bushing" type and caseholder type trimmers, and the engineering is absolutely superb. The rails insure ABSOLUTE squareness - it's like having a miniature precision lathe to trim and chamfer your cases!
The Lee trimmer CAN be used to cut your cases to a custom length. The case length guage passes through the case and then through the primer flash hole and is stopped by the lock stud that screws in to the bottom of the case holder. What you can do is insert shims between the lock stud and the rim of the case, allowing you to increase the length of the trimmed case. Consequently you can use a washer between the lock stud and rim of the case to decrease the length of the trimmed case.
The Lee system may not be as polished as the Wilson, but I have found it to work quite well.
Jesse
Posts: 171 | Location: Arizona | Registered: 03 December 2004
