Wayne - not sure what "a lot" is, but for high power, who need to trim more than we generally do, most folks I shoot with either use a Gracey (like me) or a Giraud (made in TX). Size and clean the brass and then stick it in the machine for 3-sec and done. For our oldie-but-goodie cases, the 30-40 cases I may need to trim in a year (firing ~2500rds or 10-loadings per case, on average) have found the Forster hand-crank trimmer with carbide cutter to be just the ticket. Chamfer on the RCBS case-prep center and done.

Glenn,

"A lot" is certainly not very definitive and BPCR shooters generally don't do a lot of trimming after initially setting up their brass, so, at $170 + shipping, many could not justify the expense over a hand-crank unit.  But I'm a sucker, to a point, for reloading "toys", especially those that speed up the process.

I am aware of the Gracey and Giraud units, but if memory serves me correctly, those are in the $300+ to $400+ range new respectively.  I imagine used ones can be found for less, but that's a good bit of change for the single-shot shooter.  It's also my impression that they are somewhat time consuming to change the setup for several different cases.

Probably the cheapest and relatively fast is the Lee trimmers if used in an electric drill, but they are not adjustable.

Wayne

Come to think of it the drill press was $25 at a yard sale.  Add in a couple of yard sale clamps for $1 each and a Wilson shell holder for each caliber.

Might want to add a clamp.  My thumb gets tired holding the shell  holder in place.

Cat_Whisperer wrote on Jan 25^th, 2014 at 4:54pm:

Think Brownells sells a 'shark-fin' holder that works reasonably well for the Wilson. That said, I had the Wilson and am one of those who prefers the Forster due to the case-holder system.

Chickenthief wrote on Jan 26^th, 2014 at 10:15am:

FYI, this season I changed my 223/308 high power dies to the RCBS 'X' die and so far I'm at twice the case life w/ zero trimming.

The M1A is notoriously hard on brass, but Larry Gibson has recorded up to 15-shots from the cases without trimming, using Nat Match 308 loads - all with the X die. However, caliber selection is limited ...