when do you trim your cases?

[42769vette]

i was just curious as to if you guys trim before or after sizeing and depriming or does it really matter?

 

[redneckmedic]

Which cases, pistol or rifle?

 

[42769vette]

rifle

 

[tenring]

After resizing!

 

[IndyGunworks]

after resizing.... full length rifle resizers will actually bump the shoulder back just a tad and COULD effect the overall length.

 

[42769vette]

ya that makes sence. i guess that was a kind of dumb question but it probably isn't the dumbest reloading question i have or will ask.

 

[Corky]

Not a dumb question.
Always after sizing. Straight walled cases have a tendency to be
longer after sizing than before, depending on the amount that
the diameter needs to be decreased. I don't have much experience
with rifle cases but I would imagine that if you full case resize
that it would have the same effect. It may not matter if you neck
size only.

Jeff

 

[Disposable Heart]

Rifle cases, after resize. Straight wall pistol cases I have NEVER trimmed them.

RCBS makes their X dies which supposedly, after initial trim to specs, you NEVER have to trim for the life of the brass. I used them and sold them off. They worked the crap out of the shoulder of the casing and after three sizings, I started getting case separations in my 5.56 AK. I think they were really designed for bolt actions, much more gentle on the brass.

 

[Robert Richardson]

ya that makes sence. i guess that was a kind of dumb question but it probably isn't the dumbest reloading question i have or will ask.

When it comes to reloading,there are no dumb questions.