I don' t much like my RCBS case trimmer. Like others said, it doesn' t trim squarely, when I trim with it, I need to take a little metal off, then rotate the case about 180 degress and retrim. I' v had the cutter set up for the same lenght for about the last year and now that I' ve tried to change the lenght for a different cartridge, the adjustment collar has seized up on me. I can move the entire adjustment assembly by loosening and retightening the set screw, but I can no longer make fine adjustments I' m going to give the lee system a try next.

Well, RCBS made good on there promise, sent me a new head assembly, new cutter, and shaft. And I am shocked, but now the pilot fits in straight and cuts evenly. They must have known they had a tolerance problem.

I also use the Lee system, with the shell holder chucked in a cordless screwgun. Works like a charm every time at a fraction of the cost.

I have two case trimmers that I dearly love.....one is for small lots of hunting ammo.....it' s a wilson

The other is for high volumes for prairie dogs....it' s a Forester that stands vertically and the cutter is driven by a drill press.....it can do many thousand cases in a few hours.....a great tool.

BTW, I' m not among the fraternity that believes that case lengths have to be uniform to .001 for accuracy.....but they must be short enough to avoid interference with the lands of the rifling and creating elevated pressures.

The operation is highly involved, a simple aproach to its solution, such as Lee, can never be acceptable. Also, you must spend more than 10 bucks for high tech equipment [>:]


Keep it simple, all you are doing is using a length guide to stop a cutter at a predetermined length. Load the case in a drill chuck once to cut and without reloading clean and lightly chamfer the end is the way to go. I then spin it between steel wool to shine the case up before removing it from the holder. Three operations without moving the object, efficiency!!!

Or, someone could complicate the issue, sell you another electrical motor that you need to plug in and take up space on your bench .....

Hmm, isn' t that what the Lee case length gauge does for you?????? I guess all you guys that spend big bucks are just getting so much better handloaded ammo. I guess someone forgot to tell the ammo that I load which is sub moa out of my 06, 257, 6.5x55 and 223 that. Now I' m not saying I' m the best shot out there but when I do my part 95% of the time it' s inside of an inch. Oh wait there' s another $400 I can spend to get the same results.

The Wilson trimmer is not that expensive. Besides being accurate and precise, it' s very simple and utterly reliable. I doubt it' ll ever break unless you hit it with a sledge hammer or something.