Green or red maybe blue case prep station

[3blackdogs]

So If I was looking for a station to clean and prep brass basicallly uniform primer pocket and clean it what would you guys look for or get?

 

[Rob01]

Hornady Manufacturing Company :: Reloading :: Metallic Reloading :: Tools & Gauges :: Case Care :: Lock-N-Load® Case Prep Trio

Got one and it works great.

 

[wusscvr]

Bought the green one about a year ago. Works great. Every time I use it, I think to myself how happy I am to not have to do all this by hand.

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[427Cobra]

Buy a Giraud trimmer and a Dewalt cordless drill/driver

 

[Twoboxer]

Went from Lee tools (work OK but hand cramping) to a WFT trimmer (one per caliber, difficult to adjust precisely, hard to clean debris off the cutter, still had everything else to do) to an RCBS Universal Case Prep Center.

The precision cutter needs no case holders, is micrometer adjustable, and is totally exposed for while-trimming debris cleaning. A 3-way cutter is also available that chamfers and deburs.

While Case#2 is trimming, you can run Case#1 through up to 6 other case prep steps. EG, chamfer, deburr, primer pocket reamer, flash hole deburr, Neck brush, primer pocket brush.

Cons are its large, noisy, needs to be clamped/bolted down or mounted to (eg) 3/4" plywood, and costs ~$300 more than the basically free Lee tools

 

[Danley]

I'm content with my green one

 

[Assault116]

I had an RCBS, and went with the Lyman recently. I like the Lyman a bit better due to the extra operating stations. It's really about the only advantage of it over anything else without getting into one of the units that includes a trimmer. Honestly though if I were going to lay out the money for a powered trimmer, I'd go with just a powered trimmer and keep it separate from the prep station. My issue with that is while the "all-in-one" concept is nice and a bit more economical, when it breaks you've lost more than just your trimmer or just your prep station, you've lost both. It'd be like having a charge-master or similar as your only scale.

it's the same reason I have a separate handheld radio and GPS vs something like a Garmin Rhino. But that's just me.