Is this acceptable trimmer performance?

[M70375!]

FWIW, switching to an electric trimmer is one of the best equipment changes I’ve made.

The Frankford Arsenal case prep/trimmer was an investment, but one well made.

Good Luck.

How consistent is your FA trimmer

 

[M70375!]

What caliber specifically are you talking about? Many of the "universal" trimmers on the market won't do the big stuff or won't come with the pilot and collet you need to do the big stuff. The Forster Original with the standard base (the gold aluminum) will do up to the 458 Lott and 460 Weatherby; it's not going to do any of the Nitro cartridges or a Gibbs. Below is an already trimmed to 2.84 inches 416 Rem Mag. There's about 35 thou wiggle room left so 3.20 absolute max. This is why I'm buying the long base for more wiggle room.

However, even if you did that, you can't run the Nitro-class cases on the Original; you need the Classic because it takes a different series of collets for the larger bases. It comes standard with the long base also. If I were doing a manual trimmer for big cases, that's what I would do.

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I really want to like the Redding 2400 trimmer with the micrometer adjust, but I read a lot of mixed reviews about it. It claims to work with everything up to 50BMG with a universal collet.

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I don't know if I would buy anything that I can't put an electric drill on, cranking is to slow for me

 

[DaddyFlip]

I don't know if I would buy anything that I can't put an electric drill on, cranking is to slow for me

Were I going electric, then I would buy a turnkey electric trimmer. I think manufacturers who provide an adapter do so as a gimmick to entice people to buy their manual trimmer at a cost savings. Not saying it won't work, but I think the overall process would be slower and more cumbersome. The cutting is the fastest part of trimming; mounting the brass is the slow part.