Doc1
05-26-2009, 09:39 AM
I have limited experience as a caster and find this forum to be a wonderful resource, but have been pondering a question related to gas checks.
Guys use paper patching, GCs and other techniques to avoid leading and achieve higher velocities. Some are cutting and forming their own GCs out of copper and AL. I'm using GCs on some of my loads, but haven't tried to make my own yet.
Why would it not be possible to produce a longer and deeper gas check and essentially produce your own half-jacketed bullet - using your own CBs, of course? I have a box of little 115 gr. half-jacketed .30 plinker bullets and, at least at first glance, producing something similar doesn't seem that complicated. I fully understand that it would probably require a special mold and boolet profile.
This seems so obvious that I figger I gotta be missing something. It just seems if you're going to the trouble of crimping on a GC, you might as well crimp on a half-jacket.
Similarly, I have some of the old Remington Accelerator saboted bullets in my stash. Those led me to wonder if it might not be possible to make a PLASTIC half jacket, maybe using soda bottle plastic or something similar.
Any of you more experienced guys have any thoughts?
Best regards
Doc
Guys use paper patching, GCs and other techniques to avoid leading and achieve higher velocities. Some are cutting and forming their own GCs out of copper and AL. I'm using GCs on some of my loads, but haven't tried to make my own yet.
Why would it not be possible to produce a longer and deeper gas check and essentially produce your own half-jacketed bullet - using your own CBs, of course? I have a box of little 115 gr. half-jacketed .30 plinker bullets and, at least at first glance, producing something similar doesn't seem that complicated. I fully understand that it would probably require a special mold and boolet profile.
This seems so obvious that I figger I gotta be missing something. It just seems if you're going to the trouble of crimping on a GC, you might as well crimp on a half-jacket.
Similarly, I have some of the old Remington Accelerator saboted bullets in my stash. Those led me to wonder if it might not be possible to make a PLASTIC half jacket, maybe using soda bottle plastic or something similar.
Any of you more experienced guys have any thoughts?
Best regards
Doc