I know everyone is using aluminum for gas checks but I am old school and I want to use copper. Where do you find it and can it be found online?
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I know everyone is using aluminum for gas checks but I am old school and I want to use copper. Where do you find it and can it be found online?
Do search for copper sheet, copper foil or copper whether sheeting. Just find the gauge to suite your needs. I would try and find it local at hardware stores or craft stores before ordering off amazon
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If you're going into mass production, all those arts & craft stores usually have a few sheets about the size of a show box lid.
Those rolls would be perfect but I think it would be just a bit expensive to get them sent to the USA!
No Ed, No mass production, just enough to feed my needs.
The trouble with buying copper is the cost. By the time you have your gas checks made ,you have spent as much as buying them. For many size checks you can figure on 1/2" square of copper per check. That's four per square inch. If you have a cheap scource of copper or even free,then it works out. With the aluminum you can really save on the checks.
n.h.schmidt
Several year ago, I bought some copper flashing at a home improvement box store,($89) it measured .016 which was too thick for my 30 cal GC tooling. So I cut it into shippable pieces and sold it in the S&S section. I bet that stuff would have been good for 44, 45 or 50 cal.
Petander,
Thanks for the idea, not sure why I never thought of looking there before?
I surfed through fleabay and then did some Metric to SAE conversion, and ordered a couple rolls of .008" Cu, from Hong Kong for
my 22 cal FCIII dies. Should be here in 2 or 3 weeks.
You're welcome,that's why we're here.
I was looking at local hobby shops here in Finland,bought some sheets but they had very little in stock. I figured ,instead of waiting I can get mine directly as well...
Rick, those sheet prices are often for packs of five,for example.
At McMaster-Carr
I get .012" brass shim stock; 6"x100" roll for $45. Makes 2000+ GCs either 30 or 32 cal.
+1 on the shim stock... but i got a better price here.... 37.55 for a roll 6" x 100"
https://www.msdiscounttool.com/catal...CABEgK5HfD_BwE
these guys are easy to deal with ....
Marko
you could look at the same place you would get copper for a new still
https://basiccopper.com/copper-sheet--rolls.html
Larry and Marco, I am curious to know if you have actually used that shim stock yet? The hardness at R30 makes me wonder if it may be too hard and would crack in the forming process, or be very hard to cut out. It is described as a "half hard alloy" which makes me think it is a brass stock more than copper.
.009 brass shim stock is all I ever use and never had a crack or split . I've gone through 8 or 9 rolls over the last few years making 30 , 38 , 41 , 44 , and 45 cal. and only problem I've had is a few minor cut fingers .
https://www.riogrande.com/product/co...ad-soft/132128
needs to be Copper 6" x 12" Sheet, 28-Ga., Dead-Soft
Item Description Ordered Quantity Unit Unit Price Ext. Price
132128 SHEET CPPR 28GA 6"X12" 3.000 3.000 PAK $12.80 $38.40
2EA 3.000 PAK -- for 30 cal
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132130 SHEET CPPR 30GA 6"X12" PKG/2 1.000 1.000 PAK $13.50 $13.50
2EA 1.000 PAK -- for 22 cal
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A typical shank on 44 mag is .400 so .009 + .400 + .009 = .418 and your bullet diameter is .429 - .430 sized. So if your gas check doesn't seal the base - what good does it do and how do you keep it on? I can't even keep .010 on 30 cal to stay put, I am using .013- .014 in order to "crimp" and stay put. The only thing .009 fits is 9mm/.357 and .22, although I use .005 - .008 for .22
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Exactly, if your gas checks are costing 2-3 cents each, might as well stock up on factory ones. The aluminum ones I did the math once, if I buy 50 foot roll for max savings it was 8 gcs per penny in 30 cal and its a lifetime supply.
I wonder where Sages get their copper stock because they don't cost that much more than aluminum ones.
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I have been using the same roll of aluminum for a couple years now.
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