sniper
04-01-2008, 09:56 AM
Help! More newbie questions.
After reading a lot on the forum, it appears that gas check designs will be my next mould purchases.
I remember watching my brother in law mounting his gas checks on his Lyman 358156 bullets by hand, sizing, then loading the bullet into the charged brass. It all looked rather simple.
Now, I read there may be problems with the GC fit, necessitating annealing and/or some sort of expansion just to get them to fit.
A lube/sizer is not in the program, at least for a while.
Are there gas checks that will just mount, with no fiddling?
Does anybody besides Hornady and Lyman make gas checks? Is either one better, and why?
I will be using Lee sizers. As I understand the operation, it is: lube, then place the GC on the bullet base, and shove it through the sizer. Will the Lee sizer stand up to that kind of use?
Do the GCs ever come off?
After reading a lot on the forum, it appears that gas check designs will be my next mould purchases.
I remember watching my brother in law mounting his gas checks on his Lyman 358156 bullets by hand, sizing, then loading the bullet into the charged brass. It all looked rather simple.
Now, I read there may be problems with the GC fit, necessitating annealing and/or some sort of expansion just to get them to fit.
A lube/sizer is not in the program, at least for a while.
Are there gas checks that will just mount, with no fiddling?
Does anybody besides Hornady and Lyman make gas checks? Is either one better, and why?
I will be using Lee sizers. As I understand the operation, it is: lube, then place the GC on the bullet base, and shove it through the sizer. Will the Lee sizer stand up to that kind of use?
Do the GCs ever come off?