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Old 12-28-2022, 4:06 PM
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Default Does anyone use a Rollsizer?

I have been looking at them for a while now, and they are not cheap. I am considering getting one next month. I was hoping to hear from anyone that has one. I would just like to know how it works for you and if you have the manual or electric one.

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Old 12-28-2022, 9:15 PM
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Same Boat.

Thinking about paying to have 9mm & 45acp roll sized to see if it made any difference.

With the glock smile cases, small primer hole 45acp brass, steel cases that appear to be brass, extreme
poor quality 9mm brass from the factory...I just might have most all my semiauto pistol brass processed.
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Old 12-29-2022, 12:16 AM
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I have an electric one in 9mm, works great, quiet while running.
It can out run the Dillon case feeder. With the case feeder plate from Double Alpha it can keep up. Bit more noisy with the cases tumbling in the case feeder.
I’d recommend this anyone that reloads.
I even have a CasePro 1000. Works great too, not as fast even with the motor drive. Have it years before the Rollsizer.

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Old 12-29-2022, 5:50 AM
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Have had one for around a year. I run all my 9mm and 40S&W through it. No problems at all with my reloads.
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Old 12-29-2022, 8:41 AM
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I'd have to shoot a ton of handgun before I'd justify the cost of a roll sizer.
That and I've never had an issue with a FL sizing die not working. Yeah I see the application I just don't have the volume to justify.
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Maybe if I was in Australia.

I prefer RCBS products since 1982
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I myself have had zero problems resizing. But I've never experienced the difference. Cost will be a big factor in any new decisions.
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I myself have had zero problems resizing.
Do you case gauge all your completed rounds?
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Old 12-29-2022, 9:03 PM
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Wish I had something like that. When I shoot my friend's open bolt subgun, the brass is bulged to where resizing in a Dillon doesn't work. I have to size all my 9mm in a Rockchucker before I can run it through my Dillon.
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Even when rollsizing some don’t pass the gauge, might be the range brass I’m picking up but overall it helped consistency.
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They make them for .223 too. Wonder how that works.
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Seems the one for 223 only sizes the base (pistol length) does not fully resize.

Based on YouTube videos.
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The 223 sizes just the lower portion on my rollsizer.
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So to be clear, if roll sizing, you don't need to use a sizing die?
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Still need to resize. Roll sizer just does the area just above the rim that regular die does not go down far enough to size.
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I have reloaded for decades and never needed one, then my son-in-law got a HK Compact 9mm and some of my reloads would jam on him, usually a fail to load. A slight tap on the slide and it would lock up and he could fire the gun. Just for that, I got a rollsizer and ran all my 9mm through it, no more issues on his gun and still no issues on all of mine. The rollsizer fixed all the plunk test issues on his gun that my guns never had.

I am guessing his gun has a tight chamber and since most of my 9mm is range pickups, they had a bulge that my 650 didn't fix during the reloading.

I then ran all my 45ACP through it, but noticed no differences there.
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Thank you for the advice and personal experiences. I really appreciate it. I have been reading all I can on the subject, and there is information out there, but not as much as you would think. I am going to make the purchase beginning next month. My only thought now is do I get the one with the electric motor, or the manual one. They both have their pro's and con's. I usually prep a large batch of brass in one day and reload it throughout the week. I probably prep 500-1000 depending on caliber and how much I have. I will update here when I purchase one and give an update on the progress.

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Go electric, you won't regret it.
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Like many of you I am spending these wet days catching up on my reloading. A couple of years ago I sent 4000, 9mm cases to Blue Ridge Brass for processing which included roll sizing. I'm loading 9mm this week and I ran out of my batch of clean cases so I broke into the BRB cases for the first time. There is a difference!!! Finished bullets all just drop in and back out of my ammo checker. With my clean brass, bullets wouldn't always fit fully into the checker with some rims just above and tight in the checker. They all fed in my pistols before but now the bullets seem like new! I may put a roll sizer on my "to get" list.
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My rollsizer is manual and I kind of wish I had gotten the motor. I set it up next to my Dillon 650 so using the case feeder from the 650 to feed the rollsizer, after 2,000 rounds your arm will be sore for days. I am ok with the manual since I rollsize a big batch of brass only once or twice a year. I did try their trick to use an electric drill but that was a major pain in the ***, so stopped that. I also don't rollsize every time I reload a case.
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My rollsizer is manual and I kind of wish I had gotten the motor. I set it up next to my Dillon 650 so using the case feeder from the 650 to feed the rollsizer, after 2,000 rounds your arm will be sore for days. I am ok with the manual since I rollsize a big batch of brass only once or twice a year.
Just think of it as "wax-on wax-off" practice.

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I did try their trick to use an electric drill but that was a major pain in the ***, so stopped that. I also don't rollsize every time I reload a case.
Why was it a pain?
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it was a pain because the drill is heavy and you have to support at least some of its weight and even though the drill is variable speed, you have to control the speed somewhat, fine for a few to 100 rounds, but I was doing 2,xxx that day, that is all my 9mm brass.
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Well, I finally did it. I purchased the electric Rollsizer and set it up yesterday. It operated exactly as described. I have a small craftsman table made for a tabletop miter saw. I am going to retire in less than a year and my home has crown molding and 6'" baseboard in every room now, so I don't think I will be using that saw anytime soon.

I plan on bolting a threaded flange to the table and mount a piece of steel pipe to it for a Dillon case feeder. Then mount a collection bin to the edge of the table and use that for the Rollsizer.

The electric one set me back a bit, so I will wait till mid March and purchase a rotary tumbler and clean my brass with that per the instructions on the Rollsizer. I think the thought of my old, tired shoulder made the purchase of the electric one worth it.

Thank you again for the input given here,

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Pics, obv.

I've seen a Mark 7 setup that had a chute to some flexible hose leading down to a bucket on the floor.
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