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So what does a gas check do if it is not to prevent or minimize vaporizing a bit of the base?
For so many years I must have drank the kool aid about melting/vaporizing the base of the lead cast...

Oh! What are gas checks for?
I am getting ready to start loading up reduced rifle loads and was under the (apparently mis-)impression that gas checks are required on loads hot enough to push the...

I have a pickup load's worth of them, but found a way to cut back. I have been giving single stage presses to my sons and a few of their friends, along with most of the accoutrements to load.
When...

LOL True point.
Most of the boolits that I have cast have been WC or SWC... Flat noses.

The PC adheres to the projectile through being shot down range, and quite a bit remains on the...

I love the DIY projects. Great job on the forge, and the knives are 10x as interesting as retail knives, IMHO.
My quench tanks are 120mm ammo cans. The air tight lids works good to prevent...

Good information here... Thanks for sharing the experiences. I have 4 of the 6 cavity molds for various pistol calibers - still haven't used them yet but getting ready to this spring.
So far have...

I've PC'd a few batches - shake'n'bake, and left my bullets lay during the bake.

Seems like most of the fellows who make the pretty boolits here stand their pills up with the bases down. ...

Finding a way to make gas checks has been on my mind lately- excellent work, and thank you for sharing your projects. Much appreciated!

Howdy Brethren.
When I used to load H857 (not a pulldown, but straight from Hodgdon) all I kept were my hand written notes.
If memory serves, I used it from .243 with a heavy boolit to 30-06 with...