wv109323
12-03-2011, 07:35 PM
I tried several new things today and ran into problems. I cast for the first time with a Lee 6 cavity mold. The bullet is a 245 gn. SWC with a gas check for a .44 Mag.
After casting I tried to size the bullets and crimp on the gas checks using a RCBS luber and a .429 sizing die. Using gas checks is almost new to me. The gas checks were snug going on the bullets and I actually used a set of Channel-Locks (smooth jaws) to put the gas check squarely on the bullet base. When the bullet was sized ( and the gas check crimped ) the gas check loosen up on the bullet base and actually fell off the bullet. The gas check was actually tighter on the bullet before running it in the sizer.
Could I size the bullets and then attach the gas checks?
How tight should the gas check be on the bullet? I could easily remove the tightest of them with a finger nail. Many of the gas checks would stay in the sizing die when I lifted the bullet away.
I was using an aluminum gas check(also a first).
Would it hurt anything to shoot a bullet with a loose gas check? Could a gas check get caught in the barrel causing problems from one round to another?
Should a gas check deattach itself from a bullet in flight?
Thanks in adavance for your answers.
After casting I tried to size the bullets and crimp on the gas checks using a RCBS luber and a .429 sizing die. Using gas checks is almost new to me. The gas checks were snug going on the bullets and I actually used a set of Channel-Locks (smooth jaws) to put the gas check squarely on the bullet base. When the bullet was sized ( and the gas check crimped ) the gas check loosen up on the bullet base and actually fell off the bullet. The gas check was actually tighter on the bullet before running it in the sizer.
Could I size the bullets and then attach the gas checks?
How tight should the gas check be on the bullet? I could easily remove the tightest of them with a finger nail. Many of the gas checks would stay in the sizing die when I lifted the bullet away.
I was using an aluminum gas check(also a first).
Would it hurt anything to shoot a bullet with a loose gas check? Could a gas check get caught in the barrel causing problems from one round to another?
Should a gas check deattach itself from a bullet in flight?
Thanks in adavance for your answers.