Visit NOE molds.
You will find push-thru sizers and special dead-accurate gas-check seating tools there.
They have various 25 cal bushings, you may find just what you need.
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Forum: Gas Checks
Visit NOE molds.
You will find push-thru sizers and special dead-accurate gas-check seating tools there.
They have various 25 cal bushings, you may find just what you need.
Forum: Gas Checks
This is a 100 yard group of 4 (the big holes) I made just 5 hours ago, with my Marlin 1894 in 41 Mag, a cast boolit from NOE and a Pat Marlin 0.007" thick Aluminum home-made check. William Receiver...
Forum: Gas Checks
I just seen a main UK dealer wanting £77.80 for the 44 and 45 Lyman checks.
That's $102.86 today.
Soon, they will be worth more than their weight in Gold, if they are not already ;-)
Gator,...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I find many checks come off when pulling GC'd boolits.
Easy to get the checks out, push them on one edge with a thin nail to tilt them, then grab the tilted-up edge with long nose pliers or...
Forum: Cast Boolits
Great little boolit in the Marlin 218-Bee
Second vote on the NOE 460-405-RF
In my JM-built 1895, I size to 460 and lube with Ben's Red, I use a Lee Collet-Style crimp. I use those big wide-bored RCBS Cowboy Dies to seat such...
Forum: Gas Checks
For plinkers and because I am busy, I buy checks that are made by others using a Freechex.
They work well and are great value.
For my own use in target competitions, I use Pat Marlin checks I...
I use this mold a lot.
Get it hot on a hotplate before you start to cast, hot enough so the sprue plate will sizzle if you touch it with a wet tip. And make the alloy good a hot too (I pour pure...
Forum: Boolit Lube !
I still pan lube now and again. I had that same problem, the bullets were too cold and/or the melted lube not hot enough.
Try warming the bullets to hand-hot first with a hairdryer, and when you...
Forum: Case Forming / Re-forming
I found using 38-55 Starline brass a very easy and clean process.
Makes just terrific brass for the 32-40.
They look good, way better than my early attempts.
Do try the 7/8th oz Lee Slug too, a number of my buddies who shoot slugs with smoothbore, insist they are WAY more accurate.
Forum: Leverguns
I have an 1881, but the Light-Frame Receiver in 32-40 WCF. My most accurate rifle to this day, a joy to look after her for a while...
Can you take a chamber cast using CerroSafe alloy?
Forum: Gas Checks
The PB (Plain-Base) checks made by a PM CheckMaker die have to be tried, they are just excellent and do open up a new life for old PB molds especially. I have to admit, for casting up for casual...
Forum: Gas Checks
I sometimes use a hard alloy but when I want to use a PB check on them I make sure I apply the check immediately after the boolits are cast. Immediately, soon as they are cool enough. I never get...
Forum: Gas Checks
I still have some, they are very old and now have age-spots like I do..
They were beautifully made.
Old Lyman v Hornady
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Forum: Cast Boolits
Can the home-made checks have some process applied to form on them a crimp-edge so they 'bite' in and stay on like Hornady? One for you toolmakers to think about? Even something that has to be...
You can cast hard-alloy round balls like Buck is, but don't run hard alloys into a cold mold or let the sprue harden, as Alu RB molds are very thin and fragile at the opening and can be ruined...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I drive them as fast as regular gas-check shanked boolits. Just be sure to crimp the the PB checks on when the boolit metal is at it's softest, eg immediately after casting or immediately after...
Forum: Cast Boolits
I have a few makes of lube-sizers. The only one I have that has correct alignment of the centre of the die with the centre of the top-punch, is the Saeco-Redding.
A plain flat top-punch for all...
Forum: Cast Boolits
218 Bee, pretty much same costs as Hornet
Yes, the 17's use even less alloy, but I can't even see 0.17 boolits these days, far less handle them with ten thumbs..
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Done investigating, the Chamfer blades do trim down..and down...and down...
I no longer own it.
Returning to the old Lyman Trimmer, slow, but I get brass all the same and the length I...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Yes, I think your method might work.
I pulled the Cutter out with the Chamfer Blade trio in, held a case against it, the Chamfer Trio are cutting, not just chamfering. Wonder if the spring...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
Motard - thanks for helping. The Instruction leaflet supplied doesn't make it clear to do this at all. In fact, I followed the Leaflet instructions and also the Lee Precision Website video on...
Forum: Reloading Equipment
I tried the already over-trimmed 30-30 case and see if the Lee QT was nearing bottoming-out.
Nope, a few more kranks and we're at 1.985" and it STILL wants to trim the neck down even more.
At...
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |