My fingers get a little tired after prepping 100+ brass. They actually get tired after the first 20. I currently have the Lee set up for 5 different calibers. What other options are out there for doing this. If I pick up one of these case trimmers are there different set ups for each of them. Are they easy-or a big pain to set up for different calibers. (22 hornet, 223, 220 swift, 243 and 25.06) how about placing the case in the chuck? easy-pain?
Just looking for options. Finished the last 100 for the 220 the other day and my fingers are still a little sore. I have been chucking them up in the drill FYI.

thanks

One more thing to throw in here. I just got off Cabelas web site. What about the Lee Zip trimmer. Has an adjustable chuck for all of the sizes and I would be able to use all of the current trimming tools I currently have.
Thoughts??

I like the 3 jaw chuck on it

Twig,
I use the Lee trimmer the other way around. Put the cutter and length gauge in a 3/8" drill motor or drill press and hold on to the shell holder and shell. You can leave the drill running and as you mount each case in the holder push it over the length gauge and to the cutter. After that I chamfer the mouth inside and out and lube the case neck with an old bore mop.

Lee says to mount the case holder in the drill motor but then you have to stop the drill for every case.

RCBS Trim Mate Pretty good reviews.

Hey twig

I use the Lee Zip Trim.


Like Ted I also like the Universal Chuck


I mount mine on a piece of 2x4 and mount in a vise, it only takes one pull of the rope to trim the cases



Makes a good steady platform for chamfering and cleaning the case with steel wool or Flitz also




I also clean the inside of the case neck with some steel wool wrapped around a 22 caliber brush while it's there




The Lee Zip Trim is not made very well and the internal spring will break about every 1000 rounds or so. But they are cheap and I just keep another one ready to go when that happens.

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Twig,
I use the Lee trimmer the other way around. Put the cutter and length gauge in a 3/8" drill motor or drill press and hold on to the shell holder and shell. You can leave the drill running and as you mount each case in the holder push it over the length gauge and to the cutter. After that I chamfer the mouth inside and out and lube the case neck with an old bore mop.

Lee says to mount the case holder in the drill motor but then you have to stop the drill for every case.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite malfunction.

This is the same way I've been doing it for a couple years now, cutter and case length gage chucked in the drill press, case and lock stud in your hand, it is fast, my rcbs trimmer sets gathering dust except for 2 or 3 calibers I have that Lee doesn't make a case length gage for- they won't make them custom for me either. I mentioned this on another board a couple years ago, somebody rang in with the old "not as accurate" trim length line??? couldn't prove it by me, and I've checked thousands. I have 18 of them now and it would be 20+if I could get them. I use the power Lyman case prep set in the drill press too, in/out chamfer, seems like last time I fully prepped 500 06 it took about 2 hours.

Power options are trully the way to go, nothing beats the Lee case trimmers IMO, inexpensive and they work well for trimming, chamfering and deburring as well, the ball handle cutter is far easier on the hands.

http://leeprecision.com/cgi/catalog/browse.cgi?11966416...catalog/casecon.html



Lyman Universal for those rounds that Lee doesn't cover

thanks, I am going to try flipping the Lee products around first. As for the Lee Zip trimmer. I drove by Cabelas, to busy for my likings. I like Sportsmans better, So I stopped there with the hordes of people. They did not have any. Perhaps if I put in a good word with Santa, it might happen? Thanks again for the options

RCBS Trim Mate Pretty good reviews.
Yeah, EXCEPT the trim mate does NOT TRIM! It does a lot of the other case prep steps, but there's no way for it to trim.

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Originally posted by grizz:
RCBS Trim Mate Pretty good reviews.
Yeah, EXCEPT the trim mate does NOT TRIM! It does a lot of the other case prep steps, but there's no way for it to trim.

Actually it will with a little help from Lee!




http://www.marlinowners.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=23962&highlight=rcbs+trim