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That is such a simple, well made tool. I'd like to make something that simple for cutting down 24 gauge plastic hulls for loading rounds balls to shoot in my Snider-Enfield. Thanks for showing this.
Cool gizmo. What's not to like about Bakelite and brass. Damn thing even works. Reminds me of small tubing cutters. They like to be tightened gradually for best results as well.
Thats a pretty cool tool. In lieu of finding/buying some hull trimmers, I may give making one a go. Bakelite and brass, decently made stuff, don't see that anymore. I just like vintage reloading/firearms equipment! I have an old Lee wad guide that is pretty handy and my vintage roll crimper. Old stuff is just neat!
I doubt you would find one in a surplus store unless you were super lucky. You might want to check ebay occasionally. You might find one at a gun show. Here is a different trim tool that you can actually order: www.ballisticproducts.com/Trim-Doctor-II-Shotshell-Case-Tool/productinfo/TRIM2/
314299 Shooting Channel yep I also have a few loaded with buckshot those are loaded in trimmed down and roll crimped cases that were slightly split. im also using badly split ones trimmed down in a 12ga pinfire with light loads of BP and shot
314299 Shooting Channel not really just leave the old fired primer in drill a small hole all the way though the hull for the pin(where this sits depends on the gun) and then drill one side of said hole for a #11 percussion cap the tricky bit both the pin and cap have to be in place while loading(the pin needs to sit inside the cap) then load like a normal bp load. the bore on this gun is a bit small almost 14ga someone ran a 12ga chamber reamer in it letting it fit a modern rimmed 12ga hull its sort of a odd ball that I paid $150 for kind of looks like a old trade gun with a octagon to round barrel its pretty beat up and a little loose off face when a shell is not in it sill works but I don't want to push it
Not interesting,downright fascinating. I see you rotate the hull,callit clockwise,and hold the cutter in a leading configuration. If you chose the other half of the blade,it would be a trailing configuration. Does it cut better,wander less? Or no matter? As a kid,I can remember plastic hulls in 1963. Great uncle Bert had paper hulls in his farmhouse basement,but he was 85. Brass is expensive,so all brass hulls,plan B showed up once the technology allowed. Wow that is the ultimate in frugal. Well made,visibly. Stayed in Italy 5 months,decades ago. Italians are a frugal people. Conspicuous consumption does not sit well with them. Reusing paper hulls is about as frugal an act as I can think of. Sealing brass at the end would be tough. So there is real need for a foldable end. People must have reacted with joy once plastic hulls showed up. Yes you should have bought both,but everyone has a brain fart occasionally. Besides,you had no idea if the gadget was worthwhile. Whoever thought of it? An utterly specialized gadget. Human creativity is endless. As you say,it only cuts one shallow thickness. Going deep requires real patience. A rough cut plus a trim as an accurate cut would be faster. Neat. Glad you showed it.
+paul manson It really does not matter much which direction you turn, more important is keeping the mouth of the shell pushed on to the tool so a consistent even cut is made. Thanks for the interesting comment.
