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Frankford Arsenal. Beats any hand crank or electric drill case trimming ten to one.

I use a Henderson.

If I wanted fast and high-volume, I would look hard at the Giraud. If you trim a lot of different cases, the Henderson may be a little cheaper. The Henderson is a lot quieter on the bench should you like listening to music or a podcast while you work. I find myself using the WFTs from Little Crow Gunworks. My only complaint is that they do not have a Tri-Way.

If you like the ability to have a Tri-Way cutter and want to use a variety of rounds, the RCBS has an electric motor available for theirs that can make the task easier without getting into Henderson money. I saw a video with one recently on YouTube and it seems like an alright way to go, but I'm afraid I may prefer the WFT for the money.

Giraud also makes a tri-way cutter like the WFT design.

I had seen those and would like to try one, but the cartridge choices are somewhat limited compare to the WTF.

The only cases I trim,are O/F Bulk Commercial 223's,which are slated to Krunchentickers. Hint.

In everything else,starting with GOOD brass(consistent) and expanderless bushing dies,have retired all my trimmers. Hint................

Thanks, I appreciate that.

Frankford Arsenal Platinum. Trims quick and easy as well as chamfers and deburrs. Reasonably priced. Next question?

does not chamfers and deburr in same step.

Shag: I have used the L.E. Wilson trimmer for decades and if YOU want accuracy, repeatability and a square cut then go with the Wilson.
I have yet to see anyone using a case trimmer I thought would do a better job.
I forget the names of the trimmers I gave up on before I settled on the L.E. Wilson.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

I started out with a Lyman Universal that wouldn't cut a case mouth square no matter what I tried, so I ditched it and got an RCBS. Then I discovered the 3-way cutter available for it and started buying each caliber I had at the time, and more were added over the years. RCBS used to offer Trim Gauges that set the case length for you...just pop them on the shaft and go. Bought a bunch of those too. Then when the motorized system came out it was another "must have." The beauty of it all is that I can trim 50 .223 cases in about 15 to 20 minutes without hand fatigue, then change over to .30-06 in without adjusting a thing in about one minute. The downside---I have no idea how much money I spent on all that but probably enough to buy a Giraud setup, the WFT, or even the Henderson system.

I also had to have the neck turning accessories with automatic feed...started laying the cutters for various calibers along with another manual trimmer, and even more money evaporated from my poor skinny ol wallet.

If my wife knew how much I've spent on this hobby over the last 40 years she'd probably demand another closet just for shoes.

great post I know exactly what you mean.
currently have two RCBS power trimmers in four of the three-way cutter heads a whole slug of pilots. one of the trimmer uses the Shell Holders which I have a pile of one of them uses the universal shell holer. fixing to sell all my trimmer stuff there's another llyman that I have also. fixing to sell it all and buy a new Henderson... that would equal lots of Walmart shoes or maybe just a few upgrade Hollywood shoes LOL

One of the reasons I bought the Henderson, rather than others that offer similar speed - is the ability to trim length based on case head as the reference point vs the shoulder.

If you're using an RCBS trimmer with a motor, setting it up is easy. Measure the case length then figure how much shorter you want it, then put a corresponding feeler gauge between the stop collar and the trimmer body. Setting length takes seconds.