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art_ruggiero Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1222 Location: CT Joined: Dec 14^th, 2008	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #15 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 10:32am	Print Post
	rcbs works fine for me art


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 4481 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #16 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 11:03am	Print Post
	And I have an old Pacific, a new Redding, and a drill press Lyman. Used to have a Wilson 40 years ago but the specific holders were a pain.


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2104 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #17 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 1:04pm	Print Post
	The RCBS is a copy of the Forster, and I checked, both are about the same price at Midway, so I would just flip a coin. KRAG

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nuclearcricket Oldtimer Offline Posts: 824 Joined: Oct 15^th, 2008	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #18 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 1:19pm	Print Post
	I have 2 Forsters and a Wilson. the forster is easily opened up for a 45-70 rim, Pilots are also easy to make. The wilson is a nice trimmer as you dont need pilots and the bushings can be easily purchased for common calibers. You can make your own with a lathe, they are not that hard, just match the taper on the case. The Forster can accomidate a variety of case lengths as both the front and rear can be moved, not so with the Wilson. Best thing to do it hit a few gun shows, they are often available at shows at a respectable savings. I picked up the Wilson to use on 44-77 cases, The forster will not work as they don't have a collet that size unless you go the route of a custom one. I made my own guide bushing for the wilson from 1" aluminum. it works just fine. It did take me 2 trys to get it just right. I little bit on a taper goes a long way. YMMV Sam


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KFW Oldtimer Offline Posts: 634 Location: Wyoming Joined: Dec 18^th, 2016	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #19 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 1:57pm	Print Post
	Thanks guys for all the feed back. Most useful and informative I must say! kw


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silver Full Member Offline Posts: 246 Location: Central wi, Joined: Sep 20^th, 2016	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #20 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 3:12pm	Print Post
	I've used the rcbs with universal shell holder For several years . No problems , but it's the only one I've used


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GrumpyBear Full Member Offline Posts: 139 Location: Western,Pa. Joined: Sep 30^th, 2017	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #21 - Sep 23^rd, 2019 at 3:47pm	Print Post
	I have a Lyman, Forster, and Wilson and prefer the Wilson over the others.

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SSShooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2943 Location: Southern NJ Joined: Aug 1^st, 2010	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #22 - Sep 24^th, 2019 at 5:38pm	Print Post
	craigster wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 9:31am: My Forster does what I need it to do. Indeed. Found it much easier to use than the Wilson, so the Wilson moved to a new home.

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Reverend Al Oldtimer Offline Posts: 568 Location: Victoria BC Canada Joined: Jun 25^th, 2016	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #23 - Sep 24^th, 2019 at 5:39pm	Print Post
	I started out with a Forster and it works great. Eventually I bought another one with a short base for shorter cartridges (the one I had was the long base for full sized cartridges) and then another short based trimmer that I converted with their cutter and pilot as a dedicated trimmer to trim my .17 Remington cases. Lastly I bought their drill press power trimmer unit for trimming large volumes of cases quickly. Now all of my trimmers take all of my collets and pilots interchangeably and can trim everything I shoot. The cost was reasonable since I bought all three bench trimmers and the drill press adaptor used. Just my 2 cents worth ...

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Cat_Whisperer Frequent Elocutionist Offline No 1, 9.3x74R Posts: 3987 Location: Mountains of Virginia Joined: Apr 17^th, 2004	Re: Manual Case trim recomendation Reply #24 - Oct 8^th, 2019 at 11:15am	Print Post
	I use the Wilson, set up vertically in a small table-top drill press. Will post pix. It's fast and easy.

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