RIFLE CASE HOLDERS Reviews & Ratings

If you're using Laupa 6mm BR Norma brass, you won't need to buy the Wilson Trimmer Holder for New Brass. It fits perfect in this one! Just the neck of new Lapua brass protrudes from the Wilson Trimmer Holder for New Brass. I bought both and only use this one.

Recently bought this case holder to use after full-length resizing with Hornady New Dimension Custom Grade K-31-specific 7.5x55 Swiss dies. Case mouths would not exit the holder, making trimming impossible. However, I measured the shoulder on the resized brass and a fresh GP-11 cartridge. The GP 11 measured .448." The "resized" brass measured .472." I think the blame clearly lies with Hornady's dies, not the Wilson trimmer. Nevertheless, I am leaving this review because I want other shoppers to be aware that if they plan to use the Hornady dies, they will need to buy the trimmer holder for FIRED cases, Wilson item CH7555.

You may be able to alter this Holder slightly to avoid having to also buy a New 204 Brass Holder. New Lapua Brass sits too deep inside this Holder, so that the Case Length Trimmer's threaded Adjustment Stop can't reach the case head. But by using a drill press, you can widen the back end of this Holder's hole so that the Adjustment Stop could enter the hole and reach the New Brass case heads. I didn't need to drill very deep, just about 0.1". I used a bit that was a little wider than the Adjustment Stop's face. I don't know if this will work for Norma brass, as I only use Lapua brass.

Let me say, first, that Wilson products and services are top notch, as is Brownells service. (Wilson trimmers are the most accurate I've ever used. I've trimmed hundreds of rifle cases in various calibers.) This particular case holder works for 243 fully sized (new) and fired brass. It does not work with once fired Lake City or Federal fully sized 308 brass. I used two different Redding presses and standard FL sizing Redding and RCBS dies to check this holder. The sized cases would not extend far enough to be trimmed. I do not have small base dies which reduce the case size to a greater degree to allow more efficient chambering in semi-automatic rifles. I did not use factory new, unfired brass. Based on what I've experienced, I would recommend BOTH case holders to prospective buyers. Rifle chambers vary from Target to Hunting to Military. This is not the fault of the manufacturer or the vendor.

soft material,dents easily when dropped to the concrete floor.

You may not need to buy this New Brass Holder, if you buy the standard Holder (for fired brass) and alter it slightly. New Lapua Brass sits too deep inside the standard Holder, so that the Case Length Trimmer's threaded Adjustment Stop can't reach the case head. Using my drill press, I widened the back end of the Holder's hole so that the Adjustment Stop could enter the hole and reach the new brass case heads. I didn't need to drill very deep, just about 0.1". I used a bit that was a little wider than the Adjustment Stop's head. I don't know if this will work for Norma brass, as I only use Lapua brass.

I use Peterson brass for my .308 loads. The ID of these case holders is too small, so the case neck wont extend past the end of the holder. Therefore it is useless. I have .308 holders for both new and fired brass. Neither one fits my brass. The case holders I have for the other calibers I shoot work just fine, but not the .308. LEW has offered to ream it out to fit, but I have to pay shipping both ways. I will spend the money because the trimmer itself is excellent and produces variations at or less than 0.001.

Bought the original one about a year ago, waiting for a rifle to get finished finally got my rifle she's a dream by the way. Now comes the not so good, I load 308, 223, 6.8, and various pistol calipers after my first shooting with new rifle cleaned and resized brass case goes all the way through, does not stop on shoulder as others, so I'm thinking I got a bad one it happens returned to brownells for a new one, same thing happening all over again, this time, it's not rocket scientist stick the case in the gage until it stops on shoulder set your cutter to desired length and trim not that hard. So I'm surprised that I got so lucky to get two too many out of spec maybe case gages

If you bump the neck up on your 30-30 cartridges to prevent excessive stretching of the brass there isn't enough of the brass extending outside of the holder to trim Details: Using a Hornady Headspace gauge, I have found my fired brass to "Headspace" at 1.503" I set my Redding die up to keep my shoulder at 1.501" to prevent excessive stretching of the brass when resizing I have been trimming my brass to 2.030", but when I changed where my shoulder was, it seems I can no longer use the Wilson Trimmer Case Holder because the end of my brass is still inside the case holder. Historically, using the generic Redding die settings my shoulder was at 1.485". This seemed to give me enough brass outside of the case holder to trim.

This holder will NOT work with fully re-sized brass.