Cutting Case Trimming Down to Size

Case trimming is one of those necessary evils of reloading for a rifle. It’s not a chops-busting endeavor; it’s just one that takes an investment of time and a bit of elbow grease. The latter isn’t the issue ... the former is.

All aspects of reloading take a bit of each, but nothing creates a bigger bottleneck than case trimming. Progressive presses, programmable powder dispensers, mechanized case-prep machines—there’s been considerable advancement in most handloading equipment.

Yet, case trimmers have slugged along, remaining largely a manual affair. Sure, there