Home grown gaschecks.

[quasi]

I am hoping you will have the less common sizes, also, for those of us with the 303 brit, 7.65 argies, etc?

Not so tight I squeak when I walk, just not enough money to buy what I can possibly make myself And worried about availability of supplies here in the state of fruits, nuts, flakes, and idiots.

every .303 mold I have takes .30 cal. gas checks.

[PatMarlin]

Here's a new thread in the "Group Buy" section on our Checkmaker:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...538#post341538

Please feel free to chime in..

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[alamogunr]

I don't know where this comment fits, but I seem to remember from a few years ago when the Hanned Line was selling Freechek (sp?) tools, that they were designed to fit NON-gas check boolets. As I recall, they were applied by forcing the plain base onto a disc of aluminum which was formed to the base and held on by the wrinkles. Does anyone else remember it this way?
John
W.TN

[Rustyleee]

You are correct sir,
Paco Kelly has written about his tool several times on his website at leverguns.com.
That was one of the features though, the ability to turn a non gas check bullet into a gas check bullet.

[toecutter]

So I feel as though I'm something of a late commer to this thread, but I've been working on some GC tools of my own. I have a duro machine 2-ton ratchet press I'm trying to set up to make gas checks on. The main question I have is making a check done as a single process, or as two steps. First cutting the disk, and then forming the check? I recently made some tools at work for cutting round washers out of brass... Took a fair amount of experimentation to get it right. They were made out of .005" brass shim stock, it was something of a pain to get it to cut correctly. When I started using drill-blanks for the punch it started working a lot more cleanly. The thinner material tends to buckle before it gets cut, so having a spring loaded collar on the punch made would hold the brass flat while it was being cut, and tended to prevent buckling.

[KTN]

This is my home made tool set for .458" gas checks.Mounted on press is disk punching die that cuts 0.512" diameter disk from 0.02"x0.59" copper strips.On table is gas check former "shellholder" and forming die with proper sized gas check shank,copper strips (old and used sheets where I cut these,but the price was right,FREE ),cut discks,formed checks and punched strips.Later on I will make other end of forming die to make .44 cal gas checks from these same .512" disks,with proper sized former "shellholder",kind of 2in1 tool.



Kaj

[Cap'n Morgan]

The main question I have is making a check done as a single process, or as two steps. First cutting the disk, and then forming the check?

It is certainly possible to make a gas check (or similar cup-shape) as single stage process, but it is not is feasible with the relative low quantum we are talking here.
Much easier to stamp out a disc and then draw it in a second operation.

[leuckj]

Hi Pat,

I am interested in the gas check dies in the following

.22 cal
.30 cal
.35 cal
.44 cal
.45 cal (would this be for .452 or .454)?

Can you let me know the status of this project?

Thanks,
Jim Leuck

[Yukoner]

Pat, just finished reading three threads on your new GC maker. No problem shipping to Canada, I presume?

How about making it for 9.3 and for 375, as well?

Ted

[PatMarlin]

Hi Ted,

No problem shipping to CA. We will be offering the set in all calibers as time progresses.

Welcome to cast boolit heaven! ..

[PatMarlin]

Hi Pat,

I am interested in the gas check dies in the following

.22 cal
.30 cal
.35 cal
.44 cal
.45 cal (would this be for .452 or .454)?

Can you let me know the status of this project?

Thanks,
Jim Leuck

Hi Jim,

I missed your post.

You can check for updates here:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=37972

Welcome to cast boolit heavento you as well! ..