Carbide Dies and Dillon's Rapid Trim 1200B
Quote from Reloader on July 30, 2009, 12:50 amHaving invested in Dillon .223 carbide dies, and after searching this web site, I take it there is no way to use them (carbide dies) and the Dillon Rapid Trim 1200B together so trimming must be a separate operation? Assuming that, might anyone have a suggestion for the next best high volume method for case trimming?
BTW, I love the Dillon carbide dies and will shortly buy another set for my .308 so not using them is not an option. Be that as it may, if anyone has a suggested hi-vol trimming option any and all suggestions/help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Don
Having invested in Dillon .223 carbide dies, and after searching this web site, I take it there is no way to use them (carbide dies) and the Dillon Rapid Trim 1200B together so trimming must be a separate operation? Assuming that, might anyone have a suggestion for the next best high volume method for case trimming?
BTW, I love the Dillon carbide dies and will shortly buy another set for my .308 so not using them is not an option. Be that as it may, if anyone has a suggested hi-vol trimming option any and all suggestions/help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Don
Quote from Reloader on August 3, 2009, 3:09 pmTrimming is a preparatory step performed prior to reloading. Here at the shop, we set up the size/deprime die or a universal decap die in the first station, then set up the trimmer further around the toolhead. The trim die full-length resizes, but does not pull and expander ball thru the case neck, so we generally swap toolheads after trimming, and treat the brass like it was once-fired.
Trimming is a preparatory step performed prior to reloading. Here at the shop, we set up the size/deprime die or a universal decap die in the first station, then set up the trimmer further around the toolhead. The trim die full-length resizes, but does not pull and expander ball thru the case neck, so we generally swap toolheads after trimming, and treat the brass like it was once-fired.