The Double D
06-13-2012, 10:53 AM
I originally posted this down in the Reloading forum, but I thought I would repost it here to get a larger audience.
For the past year, without much luck, I have been trying to convince Forster Products to adapt their case trimmer to work 577/450 Martini, .577 Snider and 577 2 3/4" NE cases and other large cases. It is hard to convince companies that there is a great enough demand to set up and make tooling for our hobby. Those of us who have been around this hobby a while are very familiar with battle we had just trying to get a reasonable priced set reloading dies for the Martini that really would work with most rifles.
Since then we have been able to get many more in the industry on board. We now have brass, bullet moulds and loading dies available. And of course we have the rifles in good supply from IMA and Atlanta Cutlery via the Nepalese cache.
One thing we do not have is good brass working tools. Most of us have have all cobbled together stuff that works. But what is needed is a dedicated tool to do the job.
I talked today to Forster. They do not think there is enough interest to justify tooling up to make us a trimmer. We need to show them that there is a need.
I have directed them to this forum so they can see we are legitimate.
I also told them I would have you guys send them email asking for them to make us a trimmer. They said if they get enough email to demonstrate there is a real market they will take this request seriously.
So in order to be heard we need for you to do three things: send an email to Forster Products, vote in poll, and spread the word to others about this project:
info@forsterproducts.com
and
rrruch@gmail.com
In your email ask Forster to make a case trimmer to work the Snider, Martini and what ever big old British cartridges you use. If you make you own cases tell them what tools you currently use to cut and form cases. If you just reload tell them how you trim cases.
It does not matter where you are in the world, send an email and be heard.
For the past year, without much luck, I have been trying to convince Forster Products to adapt their case trimmer to work 577/450 Martini, .577 Snider and 577 2 3/4" NE cases and other large cases. It is hard to convince companies that there is a great enough demand to set up and make tooling for our hobby. Those of us who have been around this hobby a while are very familiar with battle we had just trying to get a reasonable priced set reloading dies for the Martini that really would work with most rifles.
Since then we have been able to get many more in the industry on board. We now have brass, bullet moulds and loading dies available. And of course we have the rifles in good supply from IMA and Atlanta Cutlery via the Nepalese cache.
One thing we do not have is good brass working tools. Most of us have have all cobbled together stuff that works. But what is needed is a dedicated tool to do the job.
I talked today to Forster. They do not think there is enough interest to justify tooling up to make us a trimmer. We need to show them that there is a need.
I have directed them to this forum so they can see we are legitimate.
I also told them I would have you guys send them email asking for them to make us a trimmer. They said if they get enough email to demonstrate there is a real market they will take this request seriously.
So in order to be heard we need for you to do three things: send an email to Forster Products, vote in poll, and spread the word to others about this project:
info@forsterproducts.com
and
rrruch@gmail.com
In your email ask Forster to make a case trimmer to work the Snider, Martini and what ever big old British cartridges you use. If you make you own cases tell them what tools you currently use to cut and form cases. If you just reload tell them how you trim cases.
It does not matter where you are in the world, send an email and be heard.