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Question about gas checks
victorj19
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Bought some aluminum, .008 thick gas checks months ago to put on some 113 gr 30 cal bullets cast in a Lee mould last summer. Using a Lee sizer. After the sizing process, the gas checks are loose enough to be easily flicked off with a fingernail. I tried to size them again nose up and base up without any luck. I can only think of 3 possibilities of what's wrong:
1. The gas checks are oversize (I'll compare one to a brass check that doesn't have the problem on the same bullet and a 150gr bullet).
2. Tbe gas checks are too thin. I'll measure the thickness of the aluminum and brass gas checks. Don't know if my caliper is good enough to determine a small difference.
3. the bullet shank is a bit undersized (Tomorrow, I'll measure the shanks of two 30 cal bullets cast from different Lee molds (the other bullets received the brass checks just fine).
4. The alloy mix is different enough to cast smaller shank bullets.
Anything else I can check?
Jim
1. The gas checks are oversize (I'll compare one to a brass check that doesn't have the problem on the same bullet and a 150gr bullet).
2. Tbe gas checks are too thin. I'll measure the thickness of the aluminum and brass gas checks. Don't know if my caliper is good enough to determine a small difference.
3. the bullet shank is a bit undersized (Tomorrow, I'll measure the shanks of two 30 cal bullets cast from different Lee molds (the other bullets received the brass checks just fine).
4. The alloy mix is different enough to cast smaller shank bullets.
Anything else I can check?
Jim
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What kind of alloy are you running. Pure lead casts small, ones with antimony cast larger.
I have looked at those gas check makers. I have a hard time with the concept of spitting aluminum oxide (ones made from beer cans) down a bore. An old beater gun maybe,
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