Frank in the Laurels
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..I bought a Forrester gold trimmer with all the accessories back in the 70's and its served me well over countless uses..guess there's no reason to change at this point..
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Brass trimmer recommendations
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jlphillips1
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Teekerguy
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Thanks for all the responses it's much appreciated. But I mostly I load for hunting rifles but I do have a dasher and a 223ai just for long range plinking so total probably close to 6-700 brass will need to be trimmed at some point. I understand Giraud will be the most efficient in time but as far as consistency goes is it that much better or am I mostly gaining less trim time
Sdvldog1371
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if all of your brass is sized identically, and you trim to the smallest length piece, you will have brass within 1-2 thousandths with giraud. Remember, Giraud indexes off of the shoulder, so all of your necks end up within 1-2 thousandths. Your overall may be different if the cases aren't identical. With the Giraud you will have great consistency along with speed. I have Lyman hand and drill powered cutters, a black widow 2, a couple rcbs cam lock, hand-crank style trimmers and I replaced it all with the Giraud. 1 cutter per caliber so there is no messing around with cutter settings. I wasn't impressed at first, then I realized when I set the cutter I set it backwards, Lol. It works amazingly well now.
Russ661
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I also use the Lee trimmers. I have a drawer full of them. I chuck up the case holder in my cordless drill and hold the pilot/cutter with a tiny vice grip plier. I trim after sizing if the brass needs trimming. It may not be the best, fastest or most accurate system but it is what I have and it works for me. YMMV
I use the LE Wilson with a small, low speed electric screwdriver attached. Works great, incredibly consistent results and plenty fast for me.
