Interestingly enough, while most here said they almost never need to trim straight wall brass, on another thread about someone having a problem with .44 Mag crushed cases the response seemed to be overwhelmingly to trim, trim, and then to trim. So...there you have it! There's what you're supposed to do, what you might have to do, and what everyone usually goes ahead and does anyway.

I went ahead and bought a Lee trimmer and trimming dies for the case sizes I intend to load. Maybe I'll need them, maybe I won't, but if I do need them I will have them on hand. I bought press mounted accessories so I'm not giving up any bench space to another tool that I have to mount or clamp down. I also outfitted with a bullet puller and collets so I wouldn't be hammering on the floor. I guess I just want my press to be my basic tool platform and swap out accessories for different operations...except for priming...I ordered myself a RCBS bench primer on sale because I thought it was a really cool tool