Hornady Prepcenter
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Re: Hornady Prepcenter
I just looked into these recently, and started a thread on here as well. Not much for feedback, so I'm guessing not too many people use them. The reviews I found online were discouraging. I would say it was probably 60-40 on liking the unit.
427Cobra also recommended a Giraud to me. I looked into them, and of course, they appear to be the cats ass. So easy even a 2yr old can do it right? I currently don't trim often enough to justify that purchase yet, but someday I will have one.
For now I'm going to invest in the RCBS case prep center and stick with my RCBS Trim Pro trimmer.
I just looked into these recently, and started a thread on here as well. Not much for feedback, so I'm guessing not too many people use them. The reviews I found online were discouraging. I would say it was probably 60-40 on liking the unit.
427Cobra also recommended a Giraud to me. I looked into them, and of course, they appear to be the cats ass. So easy even a 2yr old can do it right? I currently don't trim often enough to justify that purchase yet, but someday I will have one.
For now I'm going to invest in the RCBS case prep center and stick with my RCBS Trim Pro trimmer.
Re: Hornady Prepcenter
RCBS prep center if you want something like that, it's 109? at sportsman's in rocklin.
RCBS prep center if you want something like that, it's 109? at sportsman's in rocklin.
Re: Hornady Prepcenter
I use one. I like it. Outfitted with primer pocket uniformer, flash hole and case mouth deburring tools. Coming from doing all my case prep by hand it is very nice to have all my steps except turning my necks in one station. Only gripe is it needs a more precise adjustment for case trim. I just made a dummy case for setting up trim length on every caliber I load to make it easy. Durabilty? I don't know but it has done good so far and Hornady stands behind their stuff in my experience.
I use one. I like it. Outfitted with primer pocket uniformer, flash hole and case mouth deburring tools. Coming from doing all my case prep by hand it is very nice to have all my steps except turning my necks in one station. Only gripe is it needs a more precise adjustment for case trim. I just made a dummy case for setting up trim length on every caliber I load to make it easy. Durabilty? I don't know but it has done good so far and Hornady stands behind their stuff in my experience.
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What I don't understand is for such a stout well built machine
they have a plastic gear in the back which is the one weak link?
I also have the Rcbs trim mate prep center but for build quality
it's not even in the same ball park as the Hornandy.
What I don't understand is for such a stout well built machine
they have a plastic gear in the back which is the one weak link?
I also have the Rcbs trim mate prep center but for build quality
it's not even in the same ball park as the Hornandy.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johndoe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What I don't understand is for such a stout well built machine
they have a plastic gear in the back which is the one weak link?
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That was one of the gripes I found when researching it. But at the same time, guys were thinking it would be extremely loud with metal gears, that's why they went with plastic (speculation).
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johndoe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What I don't understand is for such a stout well built machine
they have a plastic gear in the back which is the one weak link?
</div></div>
That was one of the gripes I found when researching it. But at the same time, guys were thinking it would be extremely loud with metal gears, that's why they went with plastic (speculation).
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fisky</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johndoe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What I don't understand is for such a stout well built machine
they have a plastic gear in the back which is the one weak link?
</div></div>
That was one of the gripes I found when researching it. But at the same time, guys were thinking it would be extremely loud with metal gears, that's why they went with plastic (speculation).
</div></div>
Was reading the same that metal gears would be loud. For my precision needs I really need my cases trimmed top notch, and after I set up the 3way RCBS trimmer it looks like this is my ticket.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Fisky</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: johndoe</div><div class="ubbcode-body">What I don't understand is for such a stout well built machine
they have a plastic gear in the back which is the one weak link?
</div></div>
That was one of the gripes I found when researching it. But at the same time, guys were thinking it would be extremely loud with metal gears, that's why they went with plastic (speculation).
</div></div>
Was reading the same that metal gears would be loud. For my precision needs I really need my cases trimmed top notch, and after I set up the 3way RCBS trimmer it looks like this is my ticket.
Re: Hornady Prepcenter
I have one, and it works fine for me. I wish it had a better adjusting/locking system on the trim length. Once you get it set it is good to go though. If you are doing mass amounts of 5.56 I would go giraurd. Larger calibers are much easier for me with the prepcenter. I also like being able to handle all my calibers on one machine with no additional add ons.
I have one, and it works fine for me. I wish it had a better adjusting/locking system on the trim length. Once you get it set it is good to go though. If you are doing mass amounts of 5.56 I would go giraurd. Larger calibers are much easier for me with the prepcenter. I also like being able to handle all my calibers on one machine with no additional add ons.
