Lee deluxe quick trim issue

[Griffo13]

Hello all

I have a Lee quick trim which started to play up with the deburr and chamfer bits. I had a scout about online and seen I’m not alone, most people just remove these bits and use it solely as a trimmer, then deburr and chamfer by hand using a tool.

I went that route and got prepping. Not sure if it’s just me but I was trimming my cases to the same length as I always have 1.750 in 223. Once I trimmed them, I noticed the neck wall looked thick, so I debur’d and chamfered the neck using the hand tool I have. All was going well until i measured the cases again…. They were coming out at 1.752/1.751 which means they had grown in the process.
I’m guessing it’s the build up when deburing, however then purposely went a bit harder with the tool and it didn’t get shorter, just made the neck mouth get a horrible angle on it.

Any ideas? Would it concern you considering max case length is 1.750 in .223. ?

Thanks

 

[billgatese30]

Are you forming a burr when trimming which is being formed back out (rather than removed) by the deburring process?

 

[Griffo13]

Are you forming a burr when trimming which is being formed back out (rather than removed) by the deburring process?

Quite possibly, I wasn’t going mad with the hand tool. Hardly any pressure and only a few turns. Never had the issue until the bits within the trimmer got manked up and starting getting stuck