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4.5
This is a high quality tool that works very well as designed, using the comfortable and ergonomic plastic handle, and is worthy of a five star rating on those merits alone, but this tool really shines when mounted in a powered multi-station case prep tool like the RCBS Case Prep Center. It deburrs case necks very quickly, and it's much easier to keep the case neck perpendicular to the tool that's mounted in the powered base station, as opposed to turning the brass in one hand and turning the tool in the other hand. I wish Lyman made similar high quality low maintenance tools that trim, chamfer and deburr in one tool, even though such a tool would need to be used in a machine that controlled the trim length. All of the 3-in-1 case neck tools I've seen from the big reloading manufacturers use designs that are expensive, difficult to adjust, or jam with chips. Barring that, it'd be nice if Lyman offered this tool without the handle for $1 to $2 less. I'm getting a collection of these handles that I don't use because I use the case prep center to process brass by the hundreds or thousands.The Lyman VLD Outside Chamfer Tool can be seen in the lower left (station #3) of the picture I uploaded.
