Anyone use Lyman brass gas checks?

[BK7saum]

I have a partial box of Lyman 45 caliber brass gas checks. This is the black and white striped Lyman box. Any idea when these were discontinued? I see that Lyman now makes gilding metal (copper) checks.

Brad

[JeffinNZ]

I have 2-300 brass .22 checks. Pretty rare now. On a 225462 over 6gr of green in the .223 they SHOOT.

[too many things]

many of the older checks were brass. problem was most were in a card box and would tarnish
I have couple tins of 35cal hornady that are brass and being in the tin can are bright like any new cases

[eagle27]

My supply of 7mm gas checks are the old Lyman brass ones and they have always crimped, sized and shot fine. Haven't noticed any difference in handling and performance from copper ones used for other calibres.

[1_Ogre]

Think Lyman dropped them because they weren't cost effective anymore, pure and simple economics. Too many people went for "J"'s and reloaders weren't buying enough for them to keep the checks in their offerings.

[Pooch]

I use them when I can get them. Never a problem with them. If I'm lucky I pick them up on ebay for cheap.

[avogunner]

I picked up a partial box (.30 cal) at a gun show a couple of years ago. They were brass and packaged in the black/white striped box. I've used them on boolits for the .30 carbine and they worked just fine. There's was no difference in performance from my normal Hornady checks.

[Fritz D]

Thanks to my uncle (who laid in a good supply a loooong time ago) I still have quite a few of the Lyman brass gas checks in .243, .277, .30, .32 and .45 cal. I bought the box of .243 gas checks (also brass) when I started reloading in the late 70s or early 80s. I've got to do more shooting!