Can anyone suggest a suitable model at reasonable money please?
Not sure there are to many about for the 17 fireball. I have the wilson but there not cheap.
i use RCBS .
I use a Possum Hollow trimmer, about £20 or thereabouts.
Al
Sounds good, where from please?Originally Posted by Vermin Al
Midway UK, unfortunately they are currently listed as out of stock and have also gone up to £26. So, not a lot of help
Al
Thanks, will get one when they are back in stock.Midway UK, unfortunately they are currently listed as out of stock and have also gone up to £26. So, not a lot of help
Just checked with Possum Hollow USA, they will ship this week for $38 to your door.
Al
Hi Al,
just to confirm, - the 17 Rem trimmer has enough adjustment to also trim 17 Fireball cases?
And which chamfer/de-burrer do you use?
tia,
cheers, Tedward.
Yes, I can confirm that the Possum Hollow 17cal trimmer can be adjusted to suit the shorter 17 Fireball case.
I trimmed all my cases when new to the shortest case length then deburred using a RCBS tool (rocket shaped) mounted in a power adapter; chamferred with a VLD tool and finishing off by polishing the neck with some 0000 steel wool - air blowing clean before first use.
http://www.midwayuk.com/apps/ebrowse...orystring=9315
Incidentally, this initial treatment was a one-off as, after about 6 reloads (I don't segregate spent cases by number of times fired), I have not needed to trim/chamfer/deburr again as the cases have not grown to within 20 thou of the chamber max case length.
Al
Many thanks for the info Al,
cheers, Tedward.
AL,
Have a Lee deburring tool similar shape to the RBS one, presumably it will be OK?
What is the cases max length please?
Thx
John
The Lee version will be OK for outside deburring, but it's a bit too big for inside chamferring a 17 case.
To determine the max case length for your chamber you will need a Sinclair chamber length tool or similar.
http://www.sinclairintl.com/.aspx/pi...er-Length-Gage
Al
My preference would be the RCBS VLD chamferring tool because the 25 grain 17 cal BT and HP bullets that I use all have a flat base.
http://www.midwayuk.com/apps/eproduc...eItemID=356834
Tip: a chamber length gauge can be made by cutting off a few mm from a case mouth and epoxy glueing the resulting ring on to the base of a bullet. Then follow the instructions in the Sinclair video.
http://www.sinclairintl.com/.aspx/vi...er-Length-Gage
SAAMI specs for the 17 Fireball:
http://www.saami.org/PubResources/CC...20Fireball.pdf
Al
Al,
Top man.
As an aside just ordered some more brass Midway seems to be getting short.
How many loads are you getting per case?
Thanks
John
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