What did you do at your reloading bench today?

[Grunt67]

Started trimming 45/70 brass. Some needed trimming, all need chamfered, deburred. Starline new brass.

[brettitt41]

Started trimming 45/70 brass. Some needed trimming, all need chamfered, deburred. Starline new brass.

What do you use to trim your 45-70 brass? I have a Worlds Perfect Trimmer for all my bottleneck cartridges but nothing for my straight wall 45-70.

[runnin n gunnin]

For 45-70 I use an LE Wilson case trimmer. Extremely hearty and well made.

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You will also need a rifle trimmer case holder

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Here are links to Midway USA to look at the product.

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1012820942
https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1012782275?pid=214923

LE Wilson is heavy duty and easy to use. I got the attachment to use an electriv drill as opposed to the crank. I sued it for all of my brass, all calibers until I bought the Lyman Brass Smith for my shoulder brass. (45-70 will not work in the Lyman)

The Wilson is well worth the money in my humble opinion.

[BigAl52]

I use a Forester. They work well also.

[Grunt67]

Started trimming 45/70 brass. Some needed trimming, all need chamfered, deburred. Starline new brass.

What do you use to trim your 45-70 brass? I have a Worlds Perfect Trimmer for all my bottleneck cartridges but nothing for my straight wall 45-70.

I use a Forster Cam-Lok trimmer. Best I've used . Easy to set up, uses Hornady shell holders. Check it out, I think you'll see what I
mean. I had ( well, still have ), a Wilson trimmer, but like the Hornady much better, works better. Also, whatever trimmer you get, you're going to need to get the RCBS "Large" chamfer/deburr tool. Standard size won't work.
Have fun, hope this helps.

[BigAl52]

UPS just dropped off 6 boxes of Nosler 41 mag bullets. Im set for a while. Maybe

[JEBar]

good buy on those 41's .... looking forward to your range reports after you get some loaded

[RanchRoper]

100 rounds of 200 gr 7.0 Universal are on the schedule for today.

[JEBar]

this morning I decided to load 100 full power 44 Mags for use in our Henry .... when I went out to setup our portable reloading station it turned out to be way too hot, too humid and too windy .... as an alternative, I decided to stay inside and use our Lee hand press .... that is something I haven't done since the late 60's .. .. doing so quickly reminded me of why I bought a RCBS Rock Cruncher .... it took a while but I completed loading 100 rounds using CCI Large Pistol Magnum Primers, 23.8 g of W296, and 240 gr Nosler JSP bullets .... well before I finished using a Lee crimping die as the last step on the final round, I'd made up my mind to wait out the weather the next time I decide to make some bullets ..

[Rifletom]

Dang! Now that's commitment. Good job Jim. How are those handhelds to use?