Little Doc
08-26-2008, 12:22 AM
i see a lot of discussion about gas checks made from beverage cans. after reading all of these. i got an idea and put it in motion. this is what i did. everyone will not be able to do this but should be able to get it done by a friend or a machine shop.
first off i have a wad cutter that is press mounted to make 45 cal wads for my bpcr loads. this cuts or punches a wad that is .4595. it punches beverage cans also. i took a lube size die for my lube sizer for .359 i cut a recess that was .470 so the disc would fit in without problems tapered and beveled the entry to the die.
what i do
with the size lube die in the sizer mine is a rcbs and a nose punch to match my boolet i place a disc in the cut recess and set a boolet (plain base) on the disc and the nose punch lines it up then size the boolet and the check is formed to the base of the boolet and when ejected i have a plain base boolet with a free check installed. i did this to boolets that had previously been sized and lubed .358. these load and shoot fine but if you run them thru a .358 die the check is flush and can not be picked up with the fingernail.
i took a few pics and will try to upload them. (never tried that)
hope this may be helpful to those who desire free checks.
first off i have a wad cutter that is press mounted to make 45 cal wads for my bpcr loads. this cuts or punches a wad that is .4595. it punches beverage cans also. i took a lube size die for my lube sizer for .359 i cut a recess that was .470 so the disc would fit in without problems tapered and beveled the entry to the die.
what i do
with the size lube die in the sizer mine is a rcbs and a nose punch to match my boolet i place a disc in the cut recess and set a boolet (plain base) on the disc and the nose punch lines it up then size the boolet and the check is formed to the base of the boolet and when ejected i have a plain base boolet with a free check installed. i did this to boolets that had previously been sized and lubed .358. these load and shoot fine but if you run them thru a .358 die the check is flush and can not be picked up with the fingernail.
i took a few pics and will try to upload them. (never tried that)
hope this may be helpful to those who desire free checks.