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.

 

[sierrastalker]

Good for you. Try to get time when you can. When my son was 2 I was working 70 hours a week trying to save for a house for my young family, and finally succeeded 10 years later when he was 12, but there was no money for hunting and only for occasional target shooting. Now my son just turned 40 last week, and I still haven't done any real hunting to speak of, and am set to retire in a few months at age 69, after 52 years of work, with the last 40 spent staring at a computer. I hope to get to the range a lot more after retirement, and maybe finally a few hunts, (but obviously not while in my prime!). Grab as much as you can now, it goes quick, and there's always some (sometimes legit, sometimes BS) reason your wife will give why the money you earn and save has to go for something "more important."

Anyway, I see your profile says you're on the Central Coast? Salinas here.

The wife is pretty good about it and she can see that the last couple years is wearing on me. If I don't spend enough time in the woods I think she starts getting sick of me too, hahahha. Plus she likes eating wild game. She let me get out for a full day hog hunt with the bow the other day. I've become obsessed with the bow lately, as it's easier to squeeze in time with a killer 28 target range literally in my neighborhood, plus I can shoot to 30 yards in the backyard. That helps with getting in my fix for shooting, and tinkering with my bow and building arrows is pretty similar to reloading. But it'll never take the place of ringing steel at 1000 yards!