Does the 1200B case trimmer chamfer the case mouth as well a trim to length, or is it necessary to perform that step seperately?
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By pholman
Published on: 2008-04-20 at 10:32 AM |
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Does the 1200B case trimmer chamfer the case mouth as well a trim to length, or is it necessary to perform that step seperately?
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Posted by: dillon
Posted on: 2008-04-21 at 10:43:06 AM
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Posted by: cmbishop
Posted on: 2008-05-04 at 08:52:26 PM
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I am loading 223. I recently set-up a 650XL tool head with the size/decap die in station 1 and the 1200 trim die in station 4. I thought I could kill two birds with one stone. I noticed that the 1200 trim die reduces the case neck even smaller than the size/decap die. It will reduce the OD from .248 down to .242.
I experience a lot of bullet damage when seating the bullets. It makes a distinct ring around the bullet from the force required to seat the bullet. If I use only the trim die I will have a deformed case. Even after resizing the case in the size/decap die again it is still noticeable.
That being said what is the best way to trim cases? Below is the best method I have used so far to eliminate the bullet damage.
For Example:
1. size/decap in seperate tooling head
2. trim afterwards using the same tooling head.
3. Resize case again in station 1 during the loading process.
or am I doing something wrong? This is now the third time I've used the trimmer and becoming a little frustrated.
Please hep.