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gas checks

jokor3jokor3 Member Posts: 75 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in Ask the Experts
WHEN LOADING THE 45 COLT WITH HEAVY HUNTING LOADS (EX:
24GR. OF H110 W/265 GR.LEAD BULLET , DO GAS CHECKS NEED TO BE USED?
THIS LOAD IS FOR THE RUGER BLACKHAWK.

joe c knight
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  • jokor3jokor3 Member Posts: 75 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is it accurate to say that using a gas checked lead bullet will permit its use in a rifle without leading the barrel? I presume there are limits, but would a 174 grain .308 gas checked lead bullet be OK up to 2,100 fps?
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  • jokor3jokor3 Member Posts: 75 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    looking for 41mag gas checks..for my 41G&R rifle..
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  • 11echo11echo Member Posts: 1,007 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    You only "NEED" gas checks if your pushing your bullets above 1000fps! GOOD LUCK! ...Mark

    "FEAR the Goverment, that fears your ARMS"
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  • aby80aby80 Member Posts: 245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you are casting your own bullets the mold should be for either gas checks or not for gas checks. If it has a groove at the bottom of the bullet it is made for a gas check and one should be set when you size the bullet. If the bullet does not have a gas check groove you can't put one on the bullet and you should hold the velocity under 1000 fps when you load the bullet unless it is a very hard lead.
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