Brass trimmer recommendations

[Laguna Freak]

I've seen these, it does look good, and I'd consider it if I didn't already have a solution. I have several products from Ugly Reloading / Derraco Engineering: their Ugly Annealer which is simple but one of the best designed flame annealers available, a really good quality anodized threaded multi-caliber comparator set for less than sixty bucks, and their PCPS press mounted micrometer primer seater which is a nicely engineered piece of equipment for about a third the cost of the Primal Rights CPS, which also allows fine tuning primer seating depth. They also sell some better quality shell holders for the PCPS that are much more precisely machined than the Lee ones I'd normally use. Their rep in the US Carl answers the phone personally day or night, so they also have excellent customer support.

I'm hoping it's very good. My old Hornady doesn't trim square, even when the case holder is tightened with the pilot in the case mouth. It also tends to demonstrate variability of 0.003" to 0.005" in length.

 

[Stammster2]

5 pages and only 1 mention of Peterson. I really like mine.

 

[Svashtar]

5 pages and only 1 mention of Peterson. I really like mine.

Well, I've obviously heard of Peterson brass, but not a trimmer by that name. (?)

 

[Mike Matteson]

Well, I've obviously heard of Peterson brass, but not a trimmer by that name. (?)

Me neither. Must have missed it somewhere a long the line. I also have a Lyman, and A forrester for trimming. It does trimming to length and bevels at the same time. I sure did change to be able use a drill to turn the cutters. That beat the hand crank for sure.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I'd probably take a hard look at the new hornady unit if starting from scratch. Have had a Giraud bench trimmer for about a decade and no way id go back to trimming, chamfering, deburring in separate steps.

Forster's trimmer with a 3-in-1 trim/chamfer/debur cutter and a drill adapter is a little lower cost option but by the time you buy all the stuff and different caliber 3-in-1 cutters I'd just as soon have bought the new hornady trimmer.

 

[Svashtar]

I'd probably take a hard look at the new hornady unit if starting from scratch. Have had a Giraud bench trimmer for about a decade and no way id go back to trimming, chamfering, deburring in separate steps.

Forster's trimmer with a 3-in-1 trim/chamfer/debur cutter and a drill adapter is a little lower cost option but by the time you buy all the stuff and different caliber 3-in-1 cutters I'd just as soon have bought the new hornady trimmer.

Honestly the new Hornady looks like a knock off of the Henderson, with a micrometer adjustment instead of tightening down bolts, for about the same $650-$700 or so price.