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Best affordable case trimmer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Coyote Shadow Tracker" data-source="post: 2913904" data-attributes="member: 116439"><p>Depends on how many cases you trim per year and how many years you plan on reloading.</p><p>Also how precise you want your cases trimmed with consistence.</p><p>There is a saying "Buy Once Cry Once".</p><p>This statement is so true.</p><p>My dad told me when I was a little boy, and he was teaching me to fix things around the home. He always said. "Len when buying tools, buy the best". They will most likely outlast you and your children. Buy some inferior tool and you will have to buy replacements. Just think of the cost if you have a tool that doesn't work or breaks in the middle of a job. Down time, poor quality and replacement costs. </p><p>A truer statement was never said. I still have his Skill Circular saw, Drill and a toolbox of Craftsman tools.. (60+ years). I can still pass these tools down and they will work great.</p><p>There are many Posts on Case Trimmers. Just do some research.</p><p></p><p>We bought a Hornady Lock and Load Prep Unit and it goes for about $600. It was not aligned correctly so Hornady sent us a NIB replacement. In the meantime we bought a Henderson and made a power unit for it. We posted the Hornady on LRH and didn't get any takers so sold it for $300 on Craigs list and it was taken off the site withing 3 hours between 11:00pm and 02;00am the next morning. A Liberal flagged it because it was associated with "GUNS". Anyway still sold it for 1/2.</p><p></p><p>Do you want short term or long? Ease of doing the job" Time spent? Quality?</p><p>Giraud and HENDERSON are some of the highest quality and COST.</p><p>Personally we have had several trimmers and then bought a HENDERSON and made our own power unit. Yes we try to save $$s anyway we can and if we can modify some product to save $$s BUT still have the quality we will.</p><p>If you are only doing a small amount of cases there are units that you can still get QUALITY by doing manually.</p><p></p><p>When purchasing a Giraud/Henderson you also need to look at not only the cost of the unit but the cost of the trimmers for each caliber.</p><p>We have a Henderson that we modified a power unit with .20 cal to .338 trimmers and if we were to sell it ---- we would have to sell for close $2K.</p><p>There are many quality hand trimmers out there and you can convert to power with a power screwdriver.</p><p>Good luck and don't feel that you need a high $ trimmer just to reload/trim hunting cases or even competition.</p><p>If you want to discuss, send us a PM.</p><p>Thanks</p><p>Len & Jill</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Coyote Shadow Tracker, post: 2913904, member: 116439"] Depends on how many cases you trim per year and how many years you plan on reloading. Also how precise you want your cases trimmed with consistence. There is a saying "Buy Once Cry Once". This statement is so true. My dad told me when I was a little boy, and he was teaching me to fix things around the home. He always said. "Len when buying tools, buy the best". They will most likely outlast you and your children. Buy some inferior tool and you will have to buy replacements. Just think of the cost if you have a tool that doesn't work or breaks in the middle of a job. Down time, poor quality and replacement costs. A truer statement was never said. I still have his Skill Circular saw, Drill and a toolbox of Craftsman tools.. (60+ years). I can still pass these tools down and they will work great. There are many Posts on Case Trimmers. Just do some research. We bought a Hornady Lock and Load Prep Unit and it goes for about $600. It was not aligned correctly so Hornady sent us a NIB replacement. In the meantime we bought a Henderson and made a power unit for it. We posted the Hornady on LRH and didn't get any takers so sold it for $300 on Craigs list and it was taken off the site withing 3 hours between 11:00pm and 02;00am the next morning. A Liberal flagged it because it was associated with "GUNS". Anyway still sold it for 1/2. Do you want short term or long? Ease of doing the job" Time spent? Quality? Giraud and HENDERSON are some of the highest quality and COST. Personally we have had several trimmers and then bought a HENDERSON and made our own power unit. Yes we try to save $$s anyway we can and if we can modify some product to save $$s BUT still have the quality we will. If you are only doing a small amount of cases there are units that you can still get QUALITY by doing manually. When purchasing a Giraud/Henderson you also need to look at not only the cost of the unit but the cost of the trimmers for each caliber. We have a Henderson that we modified a power unit with .20 cal to .338 trimmers and if we were to sell it ---- we would have to sell for close $2K. There are many quality hand trimmers out there and you can convert to power with a power screwdriver. Good luck and don't feel that you need a high $ trimmer just to reload/trim hunting cases or even competition. If you want to discuss, send us a PM. Thanks Len & Jill [/QUOTE]
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