Well, I took the good advice offered here on the forum and picked up one of the Harbor Freight , 2" chop saws. I made up a shell holder from a piece of hard wood. It indexes on the case rim. Just had to align it so I got the correct cut.
Some unfired RWS cases I had measured 1.825" OAL so this was my target length. I found if I cut the 30-30 case to 1.810" it came out of the 8.15X46R sizing die at 1.834". I only have a hand driven Forester-Appelt trimmer set up for this case, but removing the excess 0.009" isn't difficult and it trues up the mouth end perfectly.
Interestingly, the WW 30-30 brass has a rim diameter about 0.015" larger than the RWS cases. However, the chamber on my rifle accepts this without any difficulty (thankfully
).
I attached a photo of the set up. My loading bench is not very big (tight quarters
) so I inletted a 3/16" thick steel plate that I have drilled and tapped for the various tools I need; shot shell press; luber/sizer; powder thrower, etc.
The chop saw has its place now. Next step will be to trim a bunch of cases and load them up for final fire forming.
Thanks to everyone for all your helpful suggestions!
Mike.