Gas Checks-good,bad, where?

[fiddler]

What are the good or bad or any gas checks available in canada?

I've used a few hundred Hornady for 30 cal. is my only experience.


What are the brands and who stocks them? What do you stay away from?


Thanx in advance

 

[yomomma]

Don't think there are any bad ones if you do your part.

Yomomma's home made checks are the best.

 

[Janeau]

Gator gas check.
http://www.dragonbulletlube.com/products.php

Home made one work as good as any commercial ..even the aluminium one work great.
You are overthinking this. A gas check is a simple thing. You should worry more about your cast bullet consistency in weight and fit to bore than anything else.

 

[woodsy]

Hounds Den in Ontario has some in stock

 

[fiddler]

Gator gas check.
[B]http://www.dragonbulletlube.com/products.php[/B]

Home made one work as good as any commercial ..even the aluminium one work great.
You are overthinking this. A gas check is a simple thing. You should worry more about your cast bullet consistency in weight and fit to bore than anything else.

I'll check them out. All Ive used is Hornady but I keep seeing all these other brands in videos and other posts.

 

[Al Bear]

I’ve been making gas checks (mostly aluminum but some copper) for 20 years. I’d say 90% of my home-mades are excellent, 8% are pretty good and 2% discarded. Even though the 8% aren’t perfect, they shoot pretty well. On the other hand, 100% of the commercial ones are excellent so you’d know that poor accuracy would likely be due to other factors. So far as I can see, commercial gas checks (from different manufacturers) are as good as each other so price is the biggest purchase driver.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

Describe please how you home-make a gas check. It is a shallow copper cup, and that part of the forming seems easy. How does the "checker" evenly trim the sides?

 

[yomomma]

Describe please how you home-make a gas check. It is a shallow copper cup, and that part of the forming seems easy. How does the "checker" evenly trim the sides?

And you had to ask....

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

And you had to ask....
.....

OK! The feed slot and the diameters of the cutters explains it!

 

[Huntsman]

I ordered mine from Sages Outdoors.
I have enough now to hold off the Russians coming from the north, one shot at a time

 

[vagrantviking]

I ordered mine from Sages Outdoors.
I have enough now to hold off the Russians coming from the north, one shot at a time

I have an order from them inbound too. Customs apparently needed a couple weeks to look at it but it's on the way again.

Hoping to make my own dies like Yomomma one day too.

 

[Huntsman]

I have an order from them inbound too. Customs apparently needed a couple weeks to look at it but it's on the way again.

Hoping to make my own dies like Yomomma one day too.

Yes! Once I get back to Edmonton this summer I’ll have access to lathe and milling machine to make some tools.
Just noticed I need some for my LE No4.

As for gc, I ordered Gator copper.
Plus 1000 aluminum to try.