i like it!!!!

[tdoyka]

i handload all of my guns. my 7-08 with jacketed bullets is on the third case trimming, each case gets around 4 or 5 shots. my other guns that shoot cast boolits haven't seen a case trimmer yet. i really like this!!! i am a newbie when it comes to cast boolits. no one told me about trimming cases!!! i've shot them going around 9 or 10 times and i have yet to trim them. this is great!!!

my 45-70 has a max. case length of 2.105" and the trim to length of 2.095". my cases, ready to reload, are an avg. 2.096". the cases already shot, but need a full length sizing die, are 2.090". my boolit is 405gr fbfn and a charge of h4198(35.0gr).

my 444 marlin has a max. case length of 2.225" and the trim to length of 2.215". my cases, ready to reload, are an avg 2.216". the cases already shot, but need a full length sizing die, are 2.217". my boolit is 275gr ranch dog and goes with either h4198(41.5gr) or rel7(39.0-42.0gr).

my 30-40 krag has a max. case length of 2.314" and the trim to length of 2.304". my cases, ready to reload, are an avg 2.306". all of my cases are ready to reload, sorry:). my boolit is a 165gr ranch dog and a charge of h4198(25.5gr).

i might have to have all of my guns shooting cast boolits! well, two of them are long range deer shooters(270win and 6.5 creedmoor).

i must be doin' sumthin' right. what about your cases? do they need trimmed or don't they?

[Scharfschuetze]

Well, it pretty much depends on the case's taper or lack of.

My 22 Hornet gets regular trimming while my revolver cases and 45/70 cases only see a carbide cutter early in their lives for a uniform crimp. The military 30 and 31 calibre cases reserved just for cast boolits get trimmed once and then they, like your cases, spend most of their lives sans trimming.

[Yodogsandman]

I still "square" them off every now and then.

[tdoyka]

i'll have to remember that!

[runfiverun]

if you measure your chamber in that area you might find you actually need longer cases not shorter ones.