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I am a newbie with a 6PPC benchrest rifle on order. I am handicapped with a withered right hand and arm. I have minimal strength and poor motor control in my right hand. Therefore, neck turning by hand is out of the question. Does anyone have experience with the Gracey? Is it capable of tolerances of .0001 - .0002?
 
Gracey

I have been using a Gracey for several years. Send him two or three fired cased form you rifle and he will make a holder to fit.

.0002 is easy.

takes a little getting used to. I'm happy with mine.

KG
 
The Gracey is awesome! :)

You can also get by with a small and cheap drillpress laid on it's side as in pix below.

Or by clamping a hand drill to something......


hth


al.
 

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Newcomer,
Another option is to contact Ron Hoehn,the last time I checked with Ron he was charging $167.00 for 100 turned and prepped PPC or 30BR pieces of brass.
Nick Loy
 
dont waste your money. If you need a trimmer spend the extra and buy a Gurard and you wont be sorry. I bought a Gracey and it was not at all the quality I wanted. Granted they was willing to exchang it and the second was worse. It is still on the shelf downstairs and if I ever find someone I dont like I will give it to them. No it will never get the tolerances you want! If you try to turn brass with it buy plenty of brass.
 
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Lets make sure we're talking about the same thing here. I have a Giraud trimmer and think it is the Rolex of "Trim to length" motorized trimmers. But it does not turn the outside of the case neck to a desired thickness. I do not have a Gracey but see on their web site that they do have a tool for outside turning of necks. As I know nothing about the Gracey I can't offer an opinion.

Newcomer, if you're shooting with basically one hand, you must have developed proficiency in doing a lot of things one-handed. I think I can envision you locking a K&M tool in a vise and then using a power screwdriver to run the case onto the tool mandrel. The K&M tool has a flat body that clamps easiy in a vise. Probably the best solution would be to buy prepped brass to use at first while you work up your skills at one-handed neck trimming. Just went out to my reloading shed and was able to lock my K&M trimmer in a vise with minimal use of my right arm to get one throw on the vise handle to snug it up. I'm betting that you'll be able to do this on your own with a little practice. :D
 
Newcomer,

This is sort of off topic, but we had a guy (Kevin) who use to compete in 1,000 yard BR. He only had one arm. Occasionally, someone who didn't know him would ask if his "handicap" bothered him. He'd say, "Yeah. I can't swim in a straight line, and it's hard to applaud."

He use to win his share. I'll bet you get to that point too.
 
Thank you everyone for your input. I plan to take adamsgt's advice to buy prepped brass initially and work up my neck-turning skills using the K&M tool. Also thanks for the encouraging post about the one-armed competitor. :)
 
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