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In my opinion he should just make what he can and then list them for sale online. Taking pre-orders just makes people mad when you can't deliver promptly. I don't take money from my customers till I...

Lithographic plate comes in .008, .010 and .012. After years of using all kinds of litho, I buy the .008 "blanks" new which are considered uncoated for my plain base gas checks. Newspapers use the...

Sagebrush was Dad's CB handle when he was driving trucks back around 1970 in California during a work slow down. He always used the nickname and we had another business named Sagebrush Services. He...

Lately I haven't been active on HF due to storms, but I want to get my antennas back up! Dang tornadoes. Last one didn't leave me many tall tress, might have to put up a tower. [smilie=s:

My Father James Sage of Sage's Outdoors, known as Sagebrush7 on this forum died last week. Dad had been through a few cardio/vascular surgeries this year that where successful. So we were optimistic...

Gas checks are designed for a specific shank dimension and overall diameter. Hopefully the mold is made right in the first place too! When I shot into old phone books my bullets kept most of the gas...

A2 tool steel works best for punch dies, holds dimensions much better. You can use O1 tool steel and do a fast oil quench, just takes more work and more finesse. You can do the A2 hardening at home...

The Gator brand .41 Lyman gas check is for a .397 shank size, its the largest of the .41's shank wise. Its a very thin gas check made from .007 gilding brass, so the tolerances are very tight.
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I really like the NOE gas check seater, it solved my .50SR gas check issues. Makes getting them on straight much easier.

I don't powder coat myself, but a part time commercial bullet caster in Idaho made me some. They are coated and then a gas check is applied over the coating. The coating is fairly thin I think. When...

Some shanks taper aggressively small at the bottom and the deeper cup makes a difference. It covers the larger diameter part of the shank. But, its just a taller 30 cal gas check.

If your using...

Since the gooberment has declared war on legal gun owners at least verbally, people are buying just about everything gun related. Who knows what lies ahead. New York and California are leading the...

I know a growing number of our customers are using LEE molds that drop bullets with small shanks. The 7mm Soup Can we tested was tapered and undersized. So, Sage's Outdoors is making .017 7mm's now...

I just felt the impact, my truck tires are now a whopping $100 more per than 4 years ago. You really feel it when you buy 6 at a time. Car tires are at least $50 higher per than last time. Now that...

Many guys put gas checks on their cast auto pistol reloads for that reason, they say it keeps the barrel clean. 10mm and .41 PB gas checks have been fairly popular for such use.

Litho plate works well with the FreeChex II in the light calibers. Not the easiest to find, but .008 litho can be found online or maybe at your local news paper. Your usual Home Depot roof flashing...

Aluminum checks can be made from many things that are not ideal. The common roof flashing shoots very clean, the .014 is very popular for .30. Same goes for copper, you want to use the right alloy....