Home grown gaschecks.

[GLynn41]

sounds good can not wait --or would rather not wait--.41 need soon-- I am ready to get in line-- where is the line?

[PatMarlin]

Haven't started the line yet, but it will be announced when all is ready to roll.

Our current design revision is now using a single stage press.

The work here as with any product is the die tool set needs to be quality and rather fabrication friendly, with material costs under control, and ultimately producing a quality gas check.

When all this comes together with a reasonable price folks here can live with, we have a winner!

I am confident we will make it happen...

Patience grasshoppers..

[Boerrancher]

I had a simple tool made by a member of this board and I must say it works great. It is slow but, being disabled and having days where I can't get around well, on those days time is all I have. I found that a double thickness of an Aluminum can works well. I have also used some scrap alum. siding trim and that worked also, though it was a little thicker than I needed. They crimp well with my 309 dia sizing die.

Best Wishes

[Marlin Junky]

I'd be interested in a die (or die set) that creates a gas check out of thin copper or brass stock or aluminum beverage cans that I can use to check .35 caliber PB bullets. The cup needs to be much deeper than a typical Hornady crimp-on type check.

MJ

[Miner]

Impatiently waiting for one designed to work in a press for a 45LC...LOL

[jhrosier]

I just fired a couple of groups to campare the aluminum gas checks that I made with some Lyman checks. My gas check tool is made by Charlie Darnall.



Seems like they are going to work out just fine. The shank on my mould casts a little undersized and the first checks that I made did not fit tight. Charlie made me another tool that allows me to use three thicknesses of beverage can and the checks are now quite snug. I can't say good enough about how he has followed up on my original purchase and made sure that the tool suited my needs.

Now if I could just figure out how to get powder and primers for free....

Jack

[Boerrancher]

Free powder is easy. There are lots of places on the web and in books that tell you how to make every thing from Black Powder to Gun Cotton and Cordite. I have made a few batches of BP over the years and it works well. The drawback is all powders I have listed above or corrosive. If you don't mind corrosive save your old primers remove the anvil from inside the primer, and with a small punch smooth out the firing pin dent. Make a slurry of 50% Sulpher and 50% Phosphorus, place a small amount in the cup and replace the anvil. Let your reconstituted primer dry for a bout a week, and it is ready to reload. I have done this so I know it works, just make sure you clean your firearm real well after shooting.

Now you know how to have free powder and primers. Is it as good as what we buy at our local reloading supply store? The answer is NO, but will it work in a pinch, yes.

Best Wishes

[Ricochet]

Aluminum is the only option that I see,and hope for one of them fellers with a bunch of letters after his name that don't spell nothing, to come forward and convince us that aluminum won't hurt a barrel,maybe even do it good.

I've got a couple of letters after my name that don't mean a thing here. Main thing that convinces me aluminum gas checks aren't a problem is that Winchester has for years sold aluminum jacketed "Silvertip" bullets that don't seem to be ruining people's barrels. (I know a guy who had to shoot a burglar with a .45 loaded with those, and they did a number on the burglar, but that's another story.)

And if they produce aluminum fouling, I do remember from chemistry classes and practical experience that good old lye (sodium hydroxide) quickly dissolves both metallic aluminum and the hydrated aluminum oxide that results from its corrosion. Easy enough to put on some gloves and goggles and patch out the barrel with Liquid Plumber if necessary. I'm an old soapmaker, I can attest to the desirability of keeping lye off your skin and out of your eyes.)

[PatMarlin]

Impatiently waiting for one designed to work in a press for a 45LC...LOL

He's working on a 45 cal right now.

I'd be interested in a die (or die set) that creates a gas check out of thin copper or brass stock or aluminum beverage cans that I can use to check .35 caliber PB bullets. The cup needs to be much deeper than a typical Hornady crimp-on type check.

MJ

We will be offering custom dies like that, so this can be done MJ...


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[jhrosier]

Free powder is easy. ........ Make a slurry of 50% Sulpher and 50% Phosphorus,....

I was just kidding. I'm trying very hard to imagine driving around central Massachusetts with a bucket of phosphorus in the back of my Escort wagon.

I will try to keep all of my "issued" parts intact, and just look for a source of cheap ready-made powder and primers.

Jack

[Rustyleee]

I tried doing a search on ebay for gascheck makers and didn't come up with a thing. Where are you guys finding them there?

[jhrosier]

I tried doing a search on ebay for gascheck makers and didn't come up with a thing. Where are you guys finding them there?

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZcod...QQfsooZ2QQrdZ0

[Miner]

He's working on a 45 cal right now.

And mine are in the mail, right?

[PatMarlin]

What do you mine up there in Kelso?

[Miner]

Lead...lol

Mostly I go to eastern Washington southern Oregon Idaho or Montana gold dredging but there are a few places around here.

[PatMarlin]

Bob Dahlke's (Dahlke Dredge mfg) a freind of mine, and I'm going to his shop in Sunnyside, WA this week to build 2- 7's and bring them back home.

[scrapcan]

Pat,

would you start a thread in the off topic with pictures of the dredges you guys build. I have some coworkers who would be interested in seeing pics. They are member sof hte prospecting clubs, but seeing pictures of others equipment is just like casting and shooting, the more you see the better off you are and it may keep you from buying the wrong thing.

[swabbie]

Pat...
I just started my christmas wish list and your gas check maker is at the top of it.
How about a pre manufactur discount to raise some funds when you get a better idea of costs?

[PatMarlin]

Pre- mfg discount... the nerve!

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Sure will Manley. I was in that business in the 90's, and built much equipment.

Without a doubt the master is Bob Dahlke though. He builds fine tuned machines that are sold around the world, from gold to diamond and gemstone recovery.

His dredges will out suck, out recover, and flat out blow the competition away at 1/2 the horse power.

I am honored to be friends with and know him...

[PatMarlin]

Building 2 of these hot rods.

I'm using 30' of 7" galvanized steel dredge hose. Includes Bob's unique dovetail riffles and tri-jet design. Each dredge will move 25-30 yrds per hour of material, with a 16hp Vanguard. Actually I'm running an 18 on one, and a 16 on the other.

There is nothing in the industry that will touch the production of these baby's, and even come close with the light weight and portability.