Hornady 44 caliber gas checks

[358156 hp]

All of the molds work fine with Hornaday checks. I do not have the means to make a punch. It is not an issue with the softness of the cups, they just don't fit.

Contact NOE- https://noebulletmolds.com/site/pro...eloading/gas-checks-tools/gas-check-expander/
This tool was originally a design of our illustrious potentate that NOE adapted slightly and put into production.

 

[Brad]

I know someone who has a nice set of those expanders. I do believe they are all blued with Oxphoblue as well.

 

[Mainiac]

Has anyone had problems with Sage gas checks? I've got 1500 .30 cal ones that will not fit the shank on any of my .30 caliber molds.

I just bought some sage 35,s
I have to hammer tap them on,the hornadys was always a snap fit.dont know if there all this way,as ive only tried this onebatch.
Aint a big deal tapping them on,just a pain.

 

[Thumbcocker]

I just bought some sage 35,s
I have to hammer tap them on,the hornadys was always a snap fit.dont know if there all this way,as ive only tried this onebatch.
Aint a big deal tapping them on,just a pain.

I could live with tapping them on, some molds require a little fenageling with Hornaday checks, I draw the line at having to finish the manufacturing of a product by hand. I think I will just stick with Hornaday checks that work as designed.

 

[dale2242]

I have ever annealed a GC.
I have never, ever had an issue with Sage check fitting any of my molds.

 

[Winelover]

^^^^^Same here.

 

[358156 hp]

I know someone who has a nice set of those expanders. I do believe they are all blued with Oxphoblue as well.

The master set.

 

[358156 hp]

I have ever annealed a GC.
I have never, ever had an issue with Sage check fitting any of my molds.

I anneal an entire box at a time and expand them as well. The checks end up looking like they were cast into place.

 

[Rick H]

I had to anneal Hornady checks to get them to adequately fit my Mountain Mold 458 45/70 mold. The Sage fit my NOE 44 mag mould just fine. I think its kind of "luck of the draw" and/or tolerance stack between moulds, bullet shanks, and gas checks.

 

[Thumbcocker]

I would be glad to send some if this batch to someone to try. I find it hard to believe that I have multiple molds with odd shanks, but who can say. Fresh eyes might see something I dont.

 

[Brad]

I found that Lee moulds often had oversized shanks.

 

[Jeff H]

I found that Lee moulds often had oversized shanks.

This is ONE benefit to having the tooling to make GCs - you can play with material thickness to accommodate, and I'm not trying to sell anyone on the idea. There is a narrow range of thicknesses you can mess with, but it's usually enough.

Me? I'll sell or trade the mould.

Besides being fiddly little things to deal with installing them, you do a bunch fiddly things to make them too, especially the 22s, where I THINK I need them most.

 

[Missionary]

Back to the Marlin... Try sizing your cast .002 over groove.
That is our procedure with our Micro's and they shoot PB fine. Over 1400 we PC and size .002 over groove (or as fat as will seat).
We save our GC's for either high pressure loads or very soft lead at moderate velocities.

 

[358156 hp]

I found that Lee moulds often had oversized shanks.

I'm not familiar with the term "Lee".

 

[Mainiac]

I'm not familiar with the term "Lee".

There a crap shoot,but you really need to try that 358 105 swc,,,it is an amazing bullet!!!
750 fps in a 38 or 357,,,puts a smile on ya mug!!
Front sight dont even rise!

 

[PED1945]

Sage has sold me a smaller quantity than 1,000 to use for a 7mm experiment.

 

[358156 hp]

There a crap shoot,but you really need to try that 358 105 swc,,,it is an amazing bullet!!!
750 fps in a 38 or 357,,,puts a smile on ya mug!!
Front sight dont even rise!

There was a company long ago, that made reloading tools that sold for very reasonable prices. For these prices it was often necessary to overlook some flaws and material shortcomings. My first casting tools came from this company, their tools were short-term adequate, but mostly suffered broken parts within two years, sprue plate screws were self-tappers that would wallow out their holes, plastic pieces that would break at the w, primer feeders wouldn't feed, that sort of thing. They made a 140 gr 357 bullet mould that I liked to cast from lino and shoot at ridiculous speeds. Cheap thrills.

I never did hear what became of them.

 

[RicinYakima]

Rapine?

 

[Missionary]

Lee gets bad mouthed alot. But then ya get what ya pay for.
And if you decide to alter a Lee mold no one with call you unkind words as no one really cares except for he who does the modifying.

 

[Jeff H]

Lee gets bad mouthed alot. But then ya get what ya pay for.
And if you decide to alter a Lee mold no one with call you unkind words as no one really cares except for he who does the modifying.

They have some good bullet designs, or at least unique ones, which have worked out for me.

I BELIEVE that they may have gotten a tad better on moulds, at least from t he last few I've bought - a couple of the "new" 2Cs (used, from a friend) and a spankin' new 6C TL358-148WC. These more recent moulds actually cast big enough to use, which was my biggest issue with them before.

A little attention to detail when you got a new one was worth it as long as you got one that cast big enough to use. I've made several last a long time.

I love their dies, their simpler presses and several of their do-dads,especially the old, round-tray priming tool.