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Thread: Hornady 45 gas checks

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    Hornady 45 gas checks

    I called Hornady today and asked about their 45 gas checks. I was told that their not a priority right now so it could be awhile before there in production again. I did a search and they seem to be on back order all over or the price was crazy. I did place an order with sage outdoors and there about ten dollars less for Gator gas checks.

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    Just go Gator, I did, and never look back.

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    I have not seen a downside to using Gator gas checks. I much prefer their .458 rifle checks over the .45 Hornady checks I have. When my Hornady checks are all that is it, replaced with Gator checks.

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    I won't pay $50.00 for Gas Checks, I have an older HORNADY box of .270cal from 15yrs ago. The price tag says $19.59, I bought them at the most expensive retail gun store in LA/Orange County, CA. Copper prices haven't gone up that much.

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    I wonder if Hornady will think casting is a dying business and discontinue checks based on falling sales, or if they will realize they have competition and actually try to compete.
    I give loading advice based on my actual results in factory rifles with standard chambers, twist rates and basic accurizing.
    My goals for using cast boolits are lots of good, cheap, and reasonably accurate shooting, while avoiding overly tedious loading processes.
    The BHN Deformation Formula, and why I don't use it.
    How to find and fix sizing die eccentricity problems.
    Do you trust your casting thermometer?
    A few musings.

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    I have found that Hornady gas checks don't work very well with my older Lyman bullet molds.I need to try some of the other brands.

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    I have to anneal Gator checks for my 45 Colt boolits,have never had to anneal any Hornady checks.

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    Wasn't there somebody here selling gas checks? Seems like I bought my .30's from somebody here that was making them.

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    ive used gators for over 10 years exclusively and have never had to aneal a check. If you have to aneal it I would guess its a mold problem not a gas check problem. some old molds were cut for lyman non crimp checks and don't work well with the newer ones.
    Quote Originally Posted by Randy Bohannon View Post
    I have to anneal Gator checks for my 45 Colt boolits,have never had to anneal any Hornady checks.

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    Well I got my Gator gas checks last week and I tried them out this week. This is my first attempt with any kind of gas checks and everything went great. This was for my 45-70 .458 Caliber Gator Gas Checks.

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