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case trimming problem

JimmyJackJimmyJack Member Posts: 5,515 ✭✭✭✭
edited February 2013 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
My Lee case trimmer for 30 .06 barely trims to the max length. How important is this? I hate to grind on the pin. First time Ive had this problem. Maybe I should discuss it with Lee Precision?
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,161 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Measure distance from point of pin to cutter edge. That "should" be somewhere at or near the "trim to" length. If not, then you do need to contact LEE.
    I'm assuming you have the length gauge screwed fully into the cutter head and the cases are deprimed.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    There is no 'max' length for trimming. There's just the spec length; any shorter and you are short. If it reaches the book 'max' as you're calling it, all is well.
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  • JimmyJackJimmyJack Member Posts: 5,515 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    /thats the problem! It doesnt quite reach the book max length. Within thousands though.
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Well in that case, you have 3 options.

    1. Make chamber casts of all rifles you plan on loading this brass in; many will be a few thousandths over SAAMI spec anyhow unless a match chamber, in which case it isn't an issue.
    2. Just file a thousandth or two or whatever you need off the pin, go carefully, measure frequently.
    3. Call Lee.

    I'd probably go for 2, 3, then 1.
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  • CapnMidnightCapnMidnight Member Posts: 8,038 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Debur the inside of the primer pocket befor you use the trimmer. That should solve your problem.
    W.D.
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  • MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 14,161 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've used a LEE trimmer on thousands of 223 cases(so many that I actually wore the pin down on two length guages which were replaced by LEE) and I NEVER found that the burr on the flash hole punch was even close to affecting the trim length. The pin is much longer than the distance from the base to the interior of the case.
    Those pins are pressed into the length gauge. Maybe yours didn't get pushed all the way home or a bit of debris was in the hole, or the pin wasn't cut right. It's fairly simple task to take a little off using emory cloth or a Dremel. Make sure you put a slight chamfer on the cut end so it slides into the flash hole w/o hanging up.
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  • McDAccountantMcDAccountant Member Posts: 466 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JimmyJack
    My Lee case trimmer for 30 .06 barely trims to the max length. How important is this? I hate to grind on the pin. First time Ive had this problem. Maybe I should discuss it with Lee Precision?


    Make sure you have the case length guage pin completely screwed into the cutter head.
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  • FrancFFrancF Member Posts: 35,279 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That's why I like the Forester. Use a benchmark case that has been trimmed, set the Collet, trim one, check, Go!
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  • JimmyJackJimmyJack Member Posts: 5,515 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Took Jonks advice, good to go! thanks
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