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  1. OP, thanks for posting. I will have to give it a try. I mostly dry tumble my brass, but have recently started using an ultrasonic cleaner for some brass. The drying part of the process has been the big holdup for me. Hopefully this will be the trick to speed things up.
  2. Another +1 here. I wish I had gotten one sooner. I have both the small and larger primer swage gages.
  3. I use a small 1 gallon orange and black Armor-All shopvac. The hose is long enough that I can set the vacuum on a shelf next to my reloading bench rather than taking up bench space. The end of its hose is exactly the same size as the port on the Dillon trimmer exhaust manifold, so I used the larger end of a Shopvac extension wand and cut it down to create a manifold connector. I had to file down the inside of the cut side to make it large enough to fit the hose end, but the original end fits the Dillon manifold nicely. I believe the exhaust port on the Dillon manifold is 1 1/4”. I will check when I get home and verify the measurement. Two comments about the vacuum I am using, it does not have enough suction to get all brass trimmings out of the toolhead and it is too loud for the level of suction it provides. When I find the right length hose for my larger shopvac, I may switch to that. The hose ends are the same size for both the large and small shopvacs.
  4. Long time reader, first time poster. I have an older model RT1200 trimmer that I use on my XL650. Clearance on each side of the trimmer is an issue, so if you run it in station 4, you won't be able to use stations 3 or 5. Here is the current setup for my case prep toolhead: Station 1 - Dillon Universal Decap Die Station 3 - RT1200 w/ trim die* Station 5 - Lyman M die I decap on station 1, full length resize and trim at station 3 and bell the case mouth in station 5. I have to bell the case mouth because the trim die makes the case neck too tight (.002 or so) to take flat base bullets. I keep the same setup when loading BTHP bullets and have never had an issue. The asterisk denoted above is because I had to replace the front toolhead pin with a short flathead nail with essentially the same diameter due to clearance issues with the trimmer at station 3. Also, previously I ran a Dillon sizing/decap die in station 1 and only used the trim die in station 3 for trimming. I set the trim die to just touch the case to avoid resizing again. Maybe it was my inexperience at the time, but I was never satisfied with this initial setup. I feel like I get more consistent resizing and trimming when I let the trim die do both of the jobs it was designed for. ETA: For .223/5.56, I don't chamfer at all. I let the M die and subsequent 10-15 tumble in corn cob media smooth any burrs out.
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