I'm planning on purchasing a case prep center soon and I'm trying to figure out the best path forward with respect to prepping AND trimming.
My first thought was to get the Lyman case prep xpress for about $130 on Amazon and then find or mill one of those adapters that allow you to mount the lyman trimming cutter and pilot to one of the drives. I am concerned that the lyman drive system may not be robust enough to handle the possible torque of trimming because of the plastic gears... just read the amazon reviews... plastic gears.
Then I've considered products like the frankford arsenal platinum series case prep and trim center. Trimmers like this only trim bottleneck cartridges but still a huge timesaver.
What do yall use/recommend? Also considering the lyman brass smith trimmer but that's another $130. Trying to just buy one unit tho. Prepping brass gets old!
My first thought was to get the Lyman case prep xpress for about $130 on Amazon and then find or mill one of those adapters that allow you to mount the lyman trimming cutter and pilot to one of the drives. I am concerned that the lyman drive system may not be robust enough to handle the possible torque of trimming because of the plastic gears... just read the amazon reviews... plastic gears.
Then I've considered products like the frankford arsenal platinum series case prep and trim center. Trimmers like this only trim bottleneck cartridges but still a huge timesaver.
What do yall use/recommend? Also considering the lyman brass smith trimmer but that's another $130. Trying to just buy one unit tho. Prepping brass gets old!