CH4D 300 fireball Trim Die for Dillon Rapid trim

[Pnutz]

Originally Posted by j-newton

i just revived my ch4 die and was looking at the rcbs extended #10 shell holder for it to go higher so i can use the nuts and the cleaner. has ay one tryed this yet i just ordered one today about 17.00 with shipping

Hmm hopefully mine will be here in a few days as well.

[JonPalmer]

I got the new Dillon trimmer today and since it has the longer shaft on it looks like if I take about a qouter of an inch off the die the 7.62x39 trimmer will work. Tomarrow I will trim the die down and then try it and report back.

Jon

[j-newton]

i got my extended shell holder and it works great on my rockchucker. i have a lot of room to set it up and hook up the cleaner.

[JonPalmer]

The 7.62x39 die works great I took about a 1/4" inch off of it and have been making cases like crazy.

Jon

[Pnutz]

My CH4D - 300/221 Trim Die finally arrived last night. I set it up on my turret press along with the needed extended shell holder and was able to quickly make brass. It is pretty neat when you can stick in a .223 case and out pops a perfectly sized and trimmed 300/221 case ready to load.

Note: I have found that the Lake City brass is the one that cycles the easiest, doesn't stick in the chamber and requires no neck trimming.

[JimM44]

So what are you using to cut the top off after you put them in the trim die?

A hack saw or what and then do you file the top of the case?

[Pnutz]

I have the dillon RT1200 Trimmer mounted to the die that takes care of cutting down the case. Also doesn't need to be chamfered or deburred after either. Sized, Trimmed, and ready to go in 1 operation. Just add primer, powder, and bullet.

[j-newton]

i have not been cutting off the tops of the .223 and it works great. it is a bit scary and you do get the first ones turning on you, but once you get the right speed to feed them in at it will cut the hole thing down. i have done about 1500 cases this way and have yet to break the trimmer or the insert. i just wished i got a auto progressive press so less loading and unloading of the brass. just put it in and set up the other die after trimmer to expand the necks after trimming

[j-newton]

Originally Posted by Pnutz

My CH4D - 300/221 Trim Die finally arrived last night. I set it up on my turret press along with the needed extended shell holder and was able to quickly make brass. It is pretty neat when you can stick in a .223 case and out pops a perfectly sized and trimmed 300/221 case ready to load.

Note: I have found that the Lake City brass is the one that cycles the easiest, doesn't stick in the chamber and requires no neck trimming.

i was having probs with them going hard in to the chamber as well. i found the neck thickness was too thick for my chamber. for mine i found that .011-.013 was the ideal thickness for my chamber. any bigger and the loaded round was too big on the the neck od to fit. i cut rem R.P. brass LC , fiocchi, winchester and .221 fireball and they seem to be right there. i also tried some military AD and others but they were .013-.015 and the would not fit with out turning the necks.

[JimM44]

I WISH you guys has posted about the expensive trimmers with the info about the trim die.

I ordered and have received the trim die, I don't want to spend another $200+ to cut the cases on top of this.