Or the other way around, or is there any difference in gas check adhesion?
Or the other way around, or is there any difference in gas check adhesion?
Apply gas check, THEN tumble lube? Correct
Whatever!
I like to do a light coat of BLL, apply check. Smack the nose of the boolit with a rubber mallet if required to seat the check well and square, then size and 2 more light coats of BLL.
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check then one coat of BLL
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Check first. You do not need a coat of lube between the bullet and the check.
Cognitive Dissident
Lube size and apply check... Re lube.
If I don't apply the GC before PC I would never be able to get it on. Some I tried after PC & it was literally impossible to even begin to get the GC on.
It depends on the velocity. At low speeds probably not. I shoot 12 Bhn PC boolits at 1980-2250fps and get sub-MOA. Not trying those without a GC.
lube size fit gas check relube
I guess it depends on mold, how much PC and what checks. I do it both ways depending on what I'm trying to do, but if possible I like the check sitting out there all nice n shiny hoping they will scrape out any errant residue as it goes on it passes by.
I have had to deburr the bases or expand the checks on occasion though. Gotta love all those handy NOE tools.
“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.” Ronald Reagan
I do both ways,too.
About this "scraping effect", I loaded some rounds with the GC:s only seated (with the Lubrisizer seating tool). You can even see in the pic that the GS's are larger than the bullet. Bullets had been sized, GC:s not. They loaded and shot fine, this is only a 325 grainer. Standard 470 NE is 500.
Do they actually "scrape"? All I know is I cleaned old copper out of this gun for two days, using Bore Tech products and it's fired only cast ever since. A few weeks, 150 rds. The other day I did a deep clean and some blue came out... from gas checks,maybe?
So many options in this sport.
Petander,
sounds like unsized scraping is a bad idea. They say copper in the barrel is a lead attracting magnet, we don't need any of that.
Subject shift, is that a recent pic? I've been wondering when your world turns white up there in your neck of the Finland woods.
Last edited by oley55; 11-08-2021 at 08:03 PM.
“Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.” Ronald Reagan
Yes copper is bad. But even a sized GC leaves some miniscule amounts of copper doesn't it? Those Bore Tech products find it all...
Yes it's a recent pic. No permanent snow in my area ( 62 N )yet, drive a few hours up north and there is snow and frozen lakes.
BP | Bronze Point | IMR | Improved Military Rifle | PTD | Pointed |
BR | Bench Rest | M | Magnum | RN | Round Nose |
BT | Boat Tail | PL | Power-Lokt | SP | Soft Point |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |