Next big purchase

[chopit]

So I have my forster press and dies, rcbs charge master. Whats next? My list is giraud trimmer, annealeez, 21st century neck trimmer. My problem is i can't afford to buy it all at once but i hate to buy something twice such as a lower line case trimmer just to buy the giraud later. I can afford one right now. I just can't decide which one. My question is which one would have the most impact for my reloading trimmer, annealer, or neck trimmer?

 

[quietmike]

Trimmer. You could go years without turning a neck
Annealing can be done with a torch and socket.

 

[Fursniper]

Trimmer.

 

[spife7980]

What/How many calibers do you have? How many do you imagine yourself actually getting. If the answer is more than 3 then the powered giraud is the clear answer but if youre only interested in 2 or 3 traditional chamberings then you could get by with their triway trimmers for cheaper. If you have a newer flavor creedmoor or something then the powered is your route.

 

[canezach]

Of the things you mentioned, I'd go with the Giraud, especially if you're reloading several calibers. Think of your last reloading session. You get through resizing fairly quickly, now it's time to trim. You take a case, put it in your lathe-style trimmer, tighten the case down, start turning the trimmer, and if you're lucky, you've got it down to your desired trim length. If your trimmer works like mine, the stop isn't the best, so you get variations in trim length and you have to go back and re-trim. Now multiply the time it took you to do one case by 20, 50, 100, 200, whatever. Once you're done trimming, you have to go back and chamfer and debur. Now imagine you could trim, chamfer, and debur in one step that takes about 5 seconds per case. I sat down the other day and ran through 100 pieces of brass in about 10 minutes on my Giraud. The Giraud is the one extra tool on my reloading bench that I will never get rid of.

 

[supercorndogs]

What/How many calibers do you have? How many do you imagine yourself actually getting. If the answer is more than 3 then the powered giraud is the clear answer but if youre only interested in 2 or 3 traditional chamberings then you could get by with their triway trimmers for cheaper. If you have a newer flavor creedmoor or something then the powered is your route.

This.

I would add the triway and WFT trimmers are not that expensive. If it were me and I only loaded a few calibers. I would get the cheaper trimmer and an annealing machine. The socket and torch method sucks for consistency and sucks for loading high volume. If you only load in batches of 25 or 50 the time gains from such machines are probably not worth it.

 

[digrazir]

Trimmers are relatively inexpensive and many calibers don't need trimming very often. I have a Benchsource annealer and annealing has become part of my reloading process. The neck tension consistency is always there, even with brass that has been fired 10 plus times. Ray