Anyone on here use one of these? How is it? How long does it normally take you to do 100 pieces?
I'd given up reloading 223 due to the amount of time it was taking vs the cheap cost. However, I'm finding myself back at it again as I'm wanting the increased accuracy. Prepping the brass is the dreadful part of it to me and it is painfully slow. I'd gotten a RCBS Case Prep center last year to try to help with the chamfer and deburr process, but it's been pretty disappointing. It doesn't seem much easier on my hands than the hand held tool, and it's definitely not any faster.
I'm currently trimming it with a Lee trimmer in a drill press (my lathe style trimmer is even slower), and then using the case prep center to chamfer and deburr the cases. It's taking about 1.5-2 hours to do 100 cases.
This brought my to the Giraud which seems very tempting as it says it chamfer and deburrs at the sames time it's trimming. This seems like it'll be a huge time saver and much easier on your hands. The downside seems to be the cost and the fact that you have to buy several to do multiple calibers. After doing some research some guys seem to love it, while I've read other reports saying that it doesn't cut evenly, that it still hurts your hands, that it's sitting unused while they went back to other methods, etc. This has me concerned that it'll just be something else I won't end up using such as the case prep center.
So I wanted real world opinions, and to see if you all that used it recommended it. If you don't, what method do you recommend?
I'd given up reloading 223 due to the amount of time it was taking vs the cheap cost. However, I'm finding myself back at it again as I'm wanting the increased accuracy. Prepping the brass is the dreadful part of it to me and it is painfully slow. I'd gotten a RCBS Case Prep center last year to try to help with the chamfer and deburr process, but it's been pretty disappointing. It doesn't seem much easier on my hands than the hand held tool, and it's definitely not any faster.
I'm currently trimming it with a Lee trimmer in a drill press (my lathe style trimmer is even slower), and then using the case prep center to chamfer and deburr the cases. It's taking about 1.5-2 hours to do 100 cases.
This brought my to the Giraud which seems very tempting as it says it chamfer and deburrs at the sames time it's trimming. This seems like it'll be a huge time saver and much easier on your hands. The downside seems to be the cost and the fact that you have to buy several to do multiple calibers. After doing some research some guys seem to love it, while I've read other reports saying that it doesn't cut evenly, that it still hurts your hands, that it's sitting unused while they went back to other methods, etc. This has me concerned that it'll just be something else I won't end up using such as the case prep center.
So I wanted real world opinions, and to see if you all that used it recommended it. If you don't, what method do you recommend?