Trim-It II

[021411]

Picked up a Trim-It II from Brownells for their return policy just in case it didn’t work out. I read the reviews and they were almost split. Some didn’t like it and some never had issues. Anyway I was tired of hand trimming.

Got the trimmer in yesterday and it took a little time to set up. So far so good. My target length for 6.5 Creedmoor brass is 1.915” and I set up the trimmer to just about that length to the best of my abilities.
Here are the measurements with 8 pieces of resized Hornady brass trimmed back to back with the Trim-It II using a hand drill. Just FYI the shank is 3/8” so it can be coupled to a bench grinder with the right adapter.

1.9155
1.9160
1.9160
1.9155
1.9150
1.9150
1.9150
1.9145

So I would say it’s not bad and works so far. I don’t weight sort my brass or do anything else special. Just resize and trim. The deburr is nice and the chamfer on the inside isn’t bad at all.

 

[Adam B]

do you know if you can trim 6 creedmoor with that or do you need a different attachment?

 

[spife7980]

do you know if you can trim 6 creedmoor with that or do you need a different attachment?

You can but you would have to adjust it each time you switch between the two calibers. Thats a pain in the ass.
I say to get the individual cutters and leave them set up. Once you get to 4 or more calibers I think its worth it to go with the giraud bench trimmer over the individual drill units.

 

[021411]

The cutter assemblies are $85. I’ll prob pick one up to load up 6 Creedmoor eventually if all is well. There was a bit of trial and error when I was setting it up initially. Hopefully the adjustments stay put. I’ll keep a careful eye on it and will update as time goes on good or bad.