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7/27/2011 11:58:56 AM EDT
Anyone got a pilot in 45acp thatll fit a lee case trimmer? I was about to load my first set of 45 reloads and relised I dont have thre pilot
7/27/2011 12:10:41 PM EDT
[#1]
I doubt very seriously you need to trim the brass unless it's been shot 6 or 7 times.
7/27/2011 12:32:29 PM EDT
[#2]
Quoted:
I doubt very seriously you need to trim the brass unless it's been shot 6 or 7 times.


Oh, well now I feel dumb...






7/27/2011 12:35:33 PM EDT
[#3]
Don't feel that way. When I first started reloading almost 40 years ago, my dad and I set the reloader up, then tried figuring how to do it without reading any directions or intstructions.
I stuck a case, cleared, then stuck another. Cleared it then figured out we need to lube the cases.
Put too much and collapsed the shoulders.
It's trial and error with some pointers and help along the way.
It's called "the learning curve".
7/27/2011 1:36:12 PM EDT
[#4]
I don't think anyone trims pistol brass, unless it's for bullseye or something along those lines.
7/27/2011 1:52:12 PM EDT
[#5]
Quoted:
Anyone got a pilot in 45acp thatll fit a lee case trimmer? I was about to load my first set of 45 reloads and relised I dont have thre pilot



not saying you don't need to trim strait walled pistol brass, but I've loaded lots of it over and over and have yet to come across a piece of brass that needed trimming, but hell to be on the safe side, you better trim every piece.
7/27/2011 2:44:56 PM EDT
[#6]
Size it first then ck the length and see if you need to.
7/27/2011 4:19:39 PM EDT
[#7]
Quoted:
Quoted:
Anyone got a pilot in 45acp thatll fit a lee case trimmer? I was about to load my first set of 45 reloads and relised I dont have thre pilot



not saying you don't need to trim strait walled pistol brass, but I've loaded lots of it over and over and have yet to come across a piece of brass that needed trimming, hell to be on the safe side, you better trim every piece.


I agree with Nden