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Posted: 7/27/2014 10:32:33 AM EDT
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Trimmer
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Posted: 7/27/2014 10:38:05 AM EDT
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Trimmer, makes case prep a breeze. I went a different route than the Giraud. I picked up the CTS Pro 600 from CTS. Great piece of equipment.
CTS Pro 600 |
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Posted: 7/27/2014 11:05:56 AM EDT
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Dillon trimmer has changed my life...
Size and trim at same time. then they go in wet tumbler which deburs them.. Awesome.. |
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Posted: 7/27/2014 11:11:50 AM EDT
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Trimmer. I have a Dillon myself.
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Posted: 7/27/2014 12:15:21 PM EDT
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Giraud trimmer
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Posted: 7/27/2014 1:21:04 PM EDT
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Giraud trimmer This |
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Posted: 7/27/2014 1:50:39 PM EDT
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Trimmer, then look at the annealer build thread on castboolits , it's a simple project and can be sub $100
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Posted: 7/27/2014 3:04:56 PM EDT
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Trimmer.
Annealing can be done with a power drill, small propane torch and some Tempilaq: no fancy machines needed. |
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Posted: 7/27/2014 4:12:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Trimmer. Annealing can be done with a power drill, small propane torch and some Tempilaq: no fancy machines needed.  All you need to anneal.
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Posted: 7/27/2014 4:18:26 PM EDT
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You should trim your rifle brass EVERY time you size it, but how often will you anneal your cases?
I'd go with a Giraud trimmer first. And I'm setting up to start making 300 BLK cases from .223s - I'll be annealing the way dryflash3 shows in his post above. |
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Posted: 7/28/2014 3:41:18 AM EDT
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I'm going to pick up the Dillon RT 1500, since Dillon said it'll trim 300 in one pass. And, since I have a 650, it makes the most sense.
Whichever you go with, seems a trimmer would be more appropriate to have first. |
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Posted: 7/28/2014 9:52:06 PM EDT
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This is what I would recommend also. <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Annealing/P1010814_zps208332d9.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Annealing/P1010814_zps208332d9.jpg</a> All you need to anneal. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Trimmer. Annealing can be done with a power drill, small propane torch and some Tempilaq: no fancy machines needed. <a href="http://s250.photobucket.com/user/dryflash3/media/Annealing/P1010814_zps208332d9.jpg.html" target="_blank">http://i250.photobucket.com/albums/gg272/dryflash3/Annealing/P1010814_zps208332d9.jpg</a> All you need to anneal. You just gave me ideas |
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Posted: 7/28/2014 10:09:29 PM EDT
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I'm going to pick up the Dillon RT 1500, since Dillon said it'll trim 300 in one pass. And, since I have a 650, it makes the most sense.
Whichever you go with, seems a trimmer would be more appropriate to have first. +1 |
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Posted: 7/29/2014 5:24:52 AM EDT
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Trimmer. For a huge majority of reloaders annealing is not required.
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Posted: 7/29/2014 5:29:15 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Trimmer, then look at the annealer build thread on castboolits , it's a simple project and can be sub $100 |
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Posted: 7/29/2014 6:13:34 AM EDT
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Trimmer, then look at the annealer build thread on castboolits , it's a simple project and can be sub $100 sure, couple guys here have built them also. |
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Posted: 7/29/2014 6:26:07 AM EDT
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Bite the bullet and get both!!! :-)
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Posted: 7/29/2014 5:04:27 PM EDT
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Giraud it is.
I also looked at a simple annealer for less than $100 but will look for the thread just because I love a little DYI project especially if I can make it nicer on the lathe, or mill at work. |
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Posted: 7/29/2014 5:07:04 PM EDT
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I coudn't see wasting a perfectly good Forster Trimmer, seeing that the company now sells 3-way cutters that trim, deburr, and chamfer in one pass. So I motorized my Forster with a $100 drywaller's screw gun with a clutch, and have an arthritis-friendly trimmer that's nearly as fast as a Giraud. Click the picture below for a video demo. (you DO have to know how to glue PVC together.  )
<a href="http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad195/gstrad/Forster%20Case%20Trimmer%20in%20Style/ForsterImproved.mp4" target="_blank">http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad195/gstrad/Forster%20Case%20Trimmer%20in%20Style/th_ForsterImproved.mp4</a> I may try that for some of my other rifle cartridges, that I don't do in bulk |
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