Best case trimmer??

[Turtle566]

I have a set of Lee trimmers, Bloody useless, so l purchased a Frankfort Arsenal Platinum Setup and l am in Heaven, sized of the shoulder, extremely accurate, very fast and comes with all collars needed,
I am that happy with it, if it was a woman, l'd marry it!

 

[freddiej]

I had a Lee case trimmer with all the inserts for various calibers and eventually got so disappointed, I threw the **** thing away! It wasn't trimming the cases evenly. I contacted Lee and they sent me another bushing that the trimmer arm rests in. No better. It's just not good enough for precision reloading. What is the consensus for the best, most uniform trimmer you can buy?

I sympathize and empathize with you on your problems with the lee trimmer.
I have used many trimmers, lee, RCBS, Hornady, Lyman, Forster, little crow, Dillon and wilson.
I still use the little crow (270 WSM), the Forster for everything else; for high volume it is the dillon 1200 all the way. it's a high pitched loud trimmer but it will not bog down or stop; ever.. those are the three I can keep the best consistency.

 

[Ol' Red]

Me, I love my Sinclair/LE Wilson Stainless Ultimate Case trimmer. Repeatable 99.9% of the time and dead up accurate. The down side is, I'm cheap and I hadn't bought the drill attachment yet, After 5 years of owning it.
The Carbide cutter makes trimming a breeze, Really no need for the drill, I can rip through a 100 cases in no time.
I preferer to chamfer and deburr by hand on my precision rifle cases. I find that some trimmers that preform all functions to be to aggressive or not aggressive enough in that department. I want a very light non aggressive
smooth bevel surface, not a 60* sharp as a knife bevel. That can cause neck tension issues , and leads to brass shortening quicker over multiple firings. There are some good units out there that are powered like Giraud, and Henderson. But get ready to open that wallet up. I'm just shy $300.00 on my set up, 5 years ago.
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All I saw was the Reloader 26 at first, and thought you were just showing off.

 

[RYEWSKY25284]

I had a Lee case trimmer with all the inserts for various calibers and eventually got so disappointed, I threw the **** thing away! It wasn't trimming the cases evenly. I contacted Lee and they sent me another bushing that the trimmer arm rests in. No better. It's just not good enough for precision reloading. What is the consensus for the best, most uniform trimmer you can buy?

Sinclair/Wilson

 

[Lee Goodwin]

I use the $10-15 Lee manual trimmer and use a slow battery powered drill. I don't trim but once out of every 3 to 5 firings.

 

[DirectDrive]

Wilson.
Thanks Mr. Sheldon.

 

[Patriot007]

All I saw was the Reloader 26 at first, and thought you were just showing off.

LMAO, No, I was trying to keep the case out the pic, that's sitting under the table.

 

[Patriot007]

 

[Patriot007]

The exact same setup I have. I did buy the attachment to use a drill, but usually don't bother as for what I load the hand crank is fast enough. I passed on the chamfer/deburr attachment though, as I read too many reports of the tool engaging the case mouth unevenly. I have a Lyman case prep tool that handles that more easily in any case.

In the be gaining the first trimmer I bought was the Lee quick trim. That was a Joke. There was nothing consistent or repeatable about it. My FIL/reloading mentor had a Hornady Trimmer that I used to cut my teeth on and it was no picnic. I screwed up the fist 25 pieces of LC 223 brass just trying to get it set up. When I bought my first case of Lapua brass for 223, I bought this set up. I think Brownells just came out with the Sinclair/Wilson ultimate SS when I bought this one. I could be wrong about the time frame on that also. But this trimmer just plain works and is repeatable 99.9% of the time. 3 or 4 spins on the handle and it on to the next one. I take more time checking the measurements of the case, than it takes to trim the case. On the precision cases I chamfer and deburr with a, Get this,, The lee chamfer and deburr Thimble that came with my loadmaster kit back in 2011. I have 4 other tools to do this job, but it rules for what I'm looking for on these rifle cases.

 

[Yukon75]

I had a Lee case trimmer with all the inserts for various calibers and eventually got so disappointed, I threw the **** thing away! It wasn't trimming the cases evenly. I contacted Lee and they sent me another bushing that the trimmer arm rests in. No better. It's just not good enough for precision reloading. What is the consensus for the best, most uniform

I had a Lee case trimmer with all the inserts for various calibers and eventually got so disappointed, I threw the **** thing away! It wasn't trimming the cases evenly. I contacted Lee and they sent me another bushing that the trimmer arm rests in. No better. It's just not good enough for precision reloading. What is the consensus for the best, most uniform trimmer you can buy?

 

[Yukon75]

I had a Lee case trimmer with all the inserts for various calibers and eventually got so disappointed, I threw the **** thing away! It wasn't trimming the cases evenly. I contacted Lee and they sent me another bushing that the trimmer arm rests in. No better. It's just not good enough for precision reloading. What is the consensus for the best, most uniform trimmer you can buy?

 

[Yukon75]

I use a Giraud, love it!!!!!!! High as giraffe balls though

 

[Uncle yib]

I had a Lee case trimmer with all the inserts for various calibers and eventually got so disappointed, I threw the **** thing away! It wasn't trimming the cases evenly. I contacted Lee and they sent me another bushing that the trimmer arm rests in. No better. It's just not good enough for precision reloading. What is the consensus for the best, most uniform trimmer you can buy?

For most common calibers I use the lee quick trim die system it trims and chamfers at the same time with up to 10,000 of adjustment of the top of the brass The dogs are inexpensive about seven dollars apiece@TITAN RELOADING.com the trimmer handle is about $25 at the same website you would have to buy different dye for each caliber but the trimmer handle is universal for any die but before you do anything I suggest you thoroughly investigate everyone's system to see which one fits for you and I have to agree those collets or a pain in the butt

 

[Tommo64]

Watch the little video in this link:

Lee Precision, Inc.. Cutter & Lock Stud

Use the Lee Cutter and Lock Stud with the Case Length Gauge & Shell Holder to trim cases. Can be used by hand or with an electric drill. Works on all brass less than .475 base diameter. If you are looking for trimming cases with a base diameter larger than .

leeprecision.com

You may not want to try this since it's a LEE product but I think it works well.

If you want the best case trimmer get the Wilson/Sinclair with micrometer adjustment.

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I find the Lee cutter and lockstud to be fairly foolproof and very consistent. I use it in my battery drill, chamfer and deburr at the same time. Tried using the Lee quick trim but I agree with the OP, it isn't very consistent and if you don't clear the swarf from the cutters they can chew up your brass.