Re: Case trimmers
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: fish301</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have a Giraud, and it will damn sure do a lot of cases in a hurry. It cuts pretty square, you just press it in, rotate it 180 and press it in again. It is a PITA to adjust the cutter when changing calibers. Changing caseholders is also a PITA, there is no way to HOLD your index when you change, although I mark mine with a Sharpie, and get real close most times.....it gets pricey buying cutterheads set up for each caliber, but that's the way to go if it isn't to costly to you, I think they are about $30 a piece, so not too bad.
I like my Giraud, but I only use it if it's already set up for the caliber I'm working with, or I got a BUNCH to do. I'm not sure about it, but I think prices may have actually come DOWN since I bought mine, but I know they haven't gone up much if any last time I looked at Dougs site (couple months ago) and Doug is a great guy.
If you aren't doing a bunch of volume, I'd look hard at the Wilson, and believe it or not, even think about the LEE handheld ball trimmer/cutter with the appropriate studs, and the 3 Jaw chuck that goes in your drill, I can trim pretty fast, and really accurate that way too! When I go the LEE style, I trim in a few seconds, and then sping the case against the chamfer and deburr tool, takes about 8-9 seconds a case, slower than my Giraud, but for a smaller amount of cases--100 or less I'd guess, if you count having to set up a new caseholder and adjust the cutter head, it's probably quicker... </div></div>
Get the Hornady locking rings and adjust your shellholder to the desired cutting depth and lock'er down. Now you will have a repeatable cutting depth everytime you change calibers.
Also the interchangable cutting heads take like 5 mins to change out. Yeah, they cost a little bit, but are woth the hassle of not having to adjust them. I can swap out calibers in something like 6-9 mins or less with no adjustments and have it trim to exactly the same legth as the previous time.