Capn Jack
10-03-2011, 12:06 PM
Decided to try and beat the cost of copper Gas checks.:smile:
so I bought a gas check cutter. Right away I found it was very dificult to make it work in my RCBS jr., so I bought a 1 ton Arbor press.:-( The Arbor press was great, but the cutter kept falling over, so I had to buy some oversized drills and counter bore the press anvil to hold the cutter.:-(
Now for material.:smile:
My local Home Depot has aluminum flashing for $10.00 a roll and cut into 3/4" wide strips, that's 150 strips per roll. Being careful I can punch 10 GC per strip
giving me 1,500 gas checks per roll. That's a savings of almost $60.00. At this
rate I'll only have to shoot about 3,500 .459 cal. bullets to amortize the cost of
making my own gas checks.:wink:
Been thinking about saving some more money by buying a.....:groner:
Jack...8-)
so I bought a gas check cutter. Right away I found it was very dificult to make it work in my RCBS jr., so I bought a 1 ton Arbor press.:-( The Arbor press was great, but the cutter kept falling over, so I had to buy some oversized drills and counter bore the press anvil to hold the cutter.:-(
Now for material.:smile:
My local Home Depot has aluminum flashing for $10.00 a roll and cut into 3/4" wide strips, that's 150 strips per roll. Being careful I can punch 10 GC per strip
giving me 1,500 gas checks per roll. That's a savings of almost $60.00. At this
rate I'll only have to shoot about 3,500 .459 cal. bullets to amortize the cost of
making my own gas checks.:wink:
Been thinking about saving some more money by buying a.....:groner:
Jack...8-)