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Offline davef

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Powered case trimmer? Need input
« on: January 03, 2019, 02:00:18 PM »
I've got a lot of brass to trim and I've got 3 different hand trimmers and I'm tired of it. So I'm looking at the powered options. I see the Frankfurt arsenal and the hornady lock n load center.
Are there any others I should be considering?
The Frankfurt is half the price of the hornady but uses a different setup that looks more difficult.
Any input would help.

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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2019, 02:06:20 PM »
are you able to clamp a hand drill onto any of your trimmers?  I used one on a Forster to do a bunch of .223.

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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2019, 02:10:52 PM »
Rcbs I use is pretty super duper
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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2019, 05:51:10 PM »
I use the RCBS one and take the hand crank off and chuck my power drill into it. Just ya e to be carful as sometimes the stop will move a bit.

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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2019, 06:38:01 PM »
I have a Lyman and rcbs hand trimmer. I am going to pick up s inline cordless screwdriver to power one of these hand trimmers.

I also have a butt load of brass to trim and it will not be by cranking a handle by hand.
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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2019, 09:06:02 PM »
I went ahead and got the Frankfort arsenal. Pretty nice and its quick. Did about 80 pieces tonight and no complaints.
Thanks everyone for the input.
Except karl and his broken nikon.

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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #6 on: January 04, 2019, 06:50:20 AM »
I went ahead and got the Frankfort arsenal. Pretty nice and its quick. Did about 80 pieces tonight and no complaints.
Thanks everyone for the input.
Except karl and his broken nikon.
that's just plain hurtful and mean sir!  That was a great loss to my family  :chuckle:
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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #7 on: January 04, 2019, 07:35:54 AM »
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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #8 on: January 04, 2019, 07:36:16 AM »
I’ve thought about that Frankfort one. Looks pretty nice.

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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2019, 08:34:45 PM »
Have you broken the mark 4 yet? 

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Re: Powered case trimmer? Need input
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2019, 08:36:52 PM »
The Frankfort is pretty sweet. As soon as I was done with it my friend went down and bought the same one.
Way better than the old hand crank jobs I've been using.
Cant believe I waited so long to upgrade. I did the same with powder scales

 


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