Quality of Trimming- Like all things in life different people will have different quality needs. It wouldn’t make sense to buy an expensive trimmer if your only shooting at self defense ranges. Likewise a distance shooter wouldn’t see much benefit in a 20$ trimmer.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nDifferent Types of Case Trimmers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n In this article I will be covering both Collet Style trimmers (aka manual trimmers), power trimmers and all in one case prep centers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Collet Style Manual Case Trimmer<\/h5>\n\n\n\n A collet style trimmer uses a collet head to hold the case head while a caliber specific pilot supports the case neck. Collet style trimmers are easy to use, fairly easy to load and unload and provide a clean cut. The primary focus with this style trimmer is to make a consistent case length over time. This can be accomplished by making sure the case is held tightly in the collet. The most important step is to make sure you apply consistent pressure. With this type of trimmer it is easy to accomplish consistent results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Power Case Trimmer<\/h5>\n\n\n\n A power case trimmer primarily focuses on production. With this type of trimmer you are more focused on volume than quality. The bullets will still chamber properly, but they might not have the required consistency for competition. A power case trimmer works like a drill press. Once setup properly it will automatically trim your brass to the correct size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Case Prep Centers<\/h5>\n\n\n\n A case prep center is a lot like a power case trimmer. The only difference between these two units is what they can do. A case prep center will perform all the tasks that you need for case preparation. They combine a power case trimmer with many different optional accessories. If you can afford one, this is the type of unit that you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What’s The Best Case Trimmer For The Money?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n If I were to only pick one of these products it would be the Hornady Case Prep Center you can’t beat the versatility that this unit offers you. Whether or not you need everything it offers is going to be up for debate, but in a perfect world every reloader would own one. If you want more of a basic unit than the Hornady Manual Case Trimmer would be my solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Selecting your first case trimmer doesn’t have to be a difficult decision. All you need to do is match up your budget with all their features. If you can’t afford the unit you want now wait a while until you have a little more money saved. If there’s one thing I’ve learned through the years, it’s that buying reloading equipment is addictive. If you don’t get what you want now you will eventually end up paying for both.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you spend a lot of time reloading rifle rounds on a single stage press you will know how much work goes into making a quality bullet. Making a few boxes of high quality rifle rounds will require a large amount of prep work. How long this work will take largely depends on your equipment. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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