Possum Hollow Kwick Trimmer - Awesome!

[Faust]

I bought one in 30.06. I adjusted it and then used it on several hundred cases. Thet came out very inconstistant. About 50 ended up waaay!! too short and about 100 too long. That is not very good odds for when you are doing 300 rounds. The longs ones I was able to do over and about half of those came up short so I switched machines to my Lyman cas trimmer.

It definantely is quicker. If you know how to get the bugs out of it and make it work right let me know. I want to give it a second change. Time to hit the range and pick up lots of berdan brass to practice with before I go use my good boxer brass.

Just to clarify, this was brass that had been full size resized all with the same setup? I do not use this set up but I would like to know what is the range of trim (+/- 0.005" or ??)

[xrMike]

Best trimmer I've ever used....only one I know of that indexes off the shoulder.

So what is the advantage to indexing off the shoulder (rather than trimming based on total case length, from the case head, like with the Lee trim tools)? Thanks.

my lee crap is retired sick of the shells coming loose

I thought I was the only one since I never heard anybody else mention it before. This is the most frustrating thing about the Lee tools for me also. I was using the power drill attachment with the wooden ball cutter, and half the time the shell would spin right out of the chuck when I pulled the trigger on the drill. And it happened often enough to double the amount of time it took to trim shells.

I'm really looking to upgrade to this Possum Hollow stuff.

[bohoki]

The new ones have a carbide blade while the older ones did not.

what?

what evidence do you have of that?

as to shells comming loose from the lee trimmer shellholder ive kind of helped that problem by using a springloaded center punch (about 3 little punches on each side on the top of the champher) to try to close up the entrance groove but they still will try to spin out


also to the varience to the trim length from the shoulder make sure that you are using brass that was fired out of the same gun sized at the same time

[Ugly Dwarf]

what?

what evidence do you have of that?

I spoke with Eric at Possum Hollow a while back (~1 year) when I was trying to buy a couple of these and couldn't find them at their retailers.

He mentioned that he still sells these with steel and carbide cutters and that some retailers carry steel, while others carry carbide.

As I recall, he said "if the steel cutter ever dulls, send it back" (I'd call first) and he'll sharpen them. He said he has never received a carbide cutter back with dull blades.

[killshot44]

Don't know what the old ones had, but current models DO have carbide blades.

Indexing off the shoulder is simpler, no need for shellholders. I also think it more accurate given that it's mostly the neck that lengthens during sizing, you're only "measuring" and changing the distance from the shoulder to casemouth and eliminating any variables that could come from including the rest of the case in the measurement. I could be wrong, happens all the time.

Once you get the "feel" of the cutter, it's very easy to use quickly and keep your case-to-case variance under .002".

[mycrstuff]

Just to clarify, this was brass that had been full size resized all with the same setup? I do not use this set up but I would like to know what is the range of trim (+/- 0.005" or ??)

The brass was all HXP mixed year run through a RCBS FL die in the same batch.

I was getting length from 2.50to 2.475. The long ones didn't bother me as I could redo them. I ended do ing those on my Lyman trimmer. The short ones pissed me off as the brass was unusable.

I wonder if it has anything to do with how much pressure I put on the brass when I feed it. It seems to not stop cutting just like a pencil sharpener. When I first set up the Possum it would stop at the right size but the more I did it seemed like it wouldn't stop cutting.

[bohoki]

I spoke with Eric at Possum Hollow a while back (~1 year) when I was trying to buy a couple of these and couldn't find them at their retailers.

He mentioned that he still sells these with steel and carbide cutters and that some retailers carry steel, while others carry carbide.

As I recall, he said "if the steel cutter ever dulls, send it back" (I'd call first) and he'll sharpen them. He said he has never received a carbide cutter back with dull blades.

well freakin heck i just ordered this from midway last month and i get steel

[SixPointEight]

So what is the advantage to indexing off the shoulder (rather than trimming based on total case length, from the case head, like with the Lee trim tools)? Thanks.

I thought I was the only one since I never heard anybody else mention it before. This is the most frustrating thing about the Lee tools for me also. I was using the power drill attachment with the wooden ball cutter, and half the time the shell would spin right out of the chuck when I pulled the trigger on the drill. And it happened often enough to double the amount of time it took to trim shells.

I'm really looking to upgrade to this Possum Hollow stuff.

Sounds like my story, I want to get this too.

[primers]

I use mine for .223 and .308....chucked up in a variable speed drill....Then use my foot control switch off my meat grinder and have at it...works well when trimming lots of brass....

[Faust]

The brass was all HXP mixed year run through a RCBS FL die in the same batch.

I was getting length from 2.50to 2.475. The long ones didn't bother me as I could redo them. I ended do ing those on my Lyman trimmer. The short ones pissed me off as the brass was unusable.

I wonder if it has anything to do with how much pressure I put on the brass when I feed it. It seems to not stop cutting just like a pencil sharpener. When I first set up the Possum it would stop at the right size but the more I did it seemed like it wouldn't stop cutting.

That sounds pretty grim, thanks for the feedback.

[Mac Attack]

I finished processing 500 pieces of military .30-06 brass. I sized, swagged and measured each case to see if they needed to be trimmed. Unfortunately for me, only a handful of cases did not need trimming. So out came my PH trimmer and a few days later all 500 cases were trimmed and deburred. I could not imagine how long it would have taken to do it with a manual crank turning trimmer. For me, I can accept the rings on the shoulder and neck of each case that happens when trimmed with a PH.