I got this for Christmas last year. I used it once, and it got real hot after about 20 minutes of use, so I never used it again.
I've got about 1000 rounds of .223 I want to resize/trim now, so I'm gonna try it again.
I'm using the Dillon die...but as I set the thing up again, I was reminded that the die has no expander ball...it full length resizes and trims only.
How critical is the expander ball process to resizing? Normally, I'm using traditional dies to resize, but the volume of .223 that I have to process now has me looking for an easier way. I suppose I could run the brass through a neck sizing die before I use the trimmer, but that adds another step to the process. Plus, the trimmer setup doesn't decap, so I have to do that separately as well...which points me back towards the neck sizing die as a first step, since that will decap too.
Anyone got any other suggestions? thanks!