Hoss50 Report post Posted July 7, 2018 I feel proud, but hillbilly at the same time. I needed a .257 case trimmer pilot for my hornady case trimmer. No biggy, Sportsmans Warehouse should have...they had a RCBS pilot which has to be the same right? Wrong, it is to skinny. Plan B. Bruno's will have it...Nope only .264 so I grab that since I need one of those too. I call 6 other shops around town...nothing... I am getting desperate...I don't want to spend $8 to ship a $4 item. Now the hillbilly part. Time to improvise. I chucked up the .264 pilot in the cordless drill and break out the air powered die grinder...the cordless gets slammed into full reverse and the die grinder goes forward. 45 seconds later I have a .257 pilot! I feel like a redneck but it worked, and now I have trimmed cases. Conclusion is that RCBS decided it was too cool and had to make their pilots smaller then Hornady, Redding,etc just to make life more of a pain I think... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dse Report post Posted July 7, 2018 I've done the same just with a drill press and sand paper. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
300RUM Report post Posted July 7, 2018 Poor mans lathe. Sometimes when someone else has found a way to screw things up you just got to get creative and continue with what you were doing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZkiller Report post Posted July 7, 2018 Portable O/D grinder! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
