What happen when not use gas check, the lead will melt inside the barrel ?

What if you combine salt and glue in the mold? Or wood and glue bullets?

IS it possible the flashing material is galvanized steel, check with magnet, it looks like galvanized to me.

I would think that it doesn’t much matter how tight the check is, as long as it doesn’t fall off inside the case. The exploding powder should shove it up against the bullet nice and tightly when the round is fired.

I have used hot glue cast bullets without lubing the case by tumbling the glue bullets in graphite

Look into a local printer and use printing plates

Great video thank you.

Once I started powder coating I no longer have a need for gas checks. I can run full power or reduced loads without any issues in all calibers.

90% isopropyl alcohol also releases hot glue.

I have this in .22. My problem is with flashing it wants to cut the bottom of the check off. Pop can they come out great. What do you suggest

do you run into any issues with aluminum fouling in the barrel? Most of the time, gas checks are copper.

Don't use the lube, they will adhere to the bullets as designed. Basic science. Manufacture would have added the use of lube in the instructions. Don't reinvent the wheel here.

That paper cutter is great for cutting sandwiches and salami too. My wife uses it to chop pickle slices..so.

what do u do when that maker gets dull?

Mine packed up after about 1000 checks. Now tears edges terribly. I believe the edges got damaged. Now going over to Pat Marlin As you can clean and avoid issues easier.

Great video. I've found the common aluminum No Trespassing signs to be the perfect thickness for my home-made check maker. Can't seem to get a pic or link to work here.

Wonderful idea with the container. They should pay you for that idea!

I don’t care how you store the die. I just want to see how it’s used.

Put a small drop of Red Locktite in each check before he push it on. Will not come off.

Try seating them in a lubrisizer ( RCBS, Star or Lyman. They push the bullet through base first. Use a top punch for the Lube-a-matic, or Turn up a bullet nose punch and push the bullet through the Lee die base first? Have you tried annealing the aluminium strip? Just a swipe of bar soap, then blowtorch, until the soap goes black. Quench in water. A dab of clear glue on the bullet base?

Tip #1 be smarter than the product you are going to use.

whats your alloy mix??....what rifle?.....GC then PC & stop lube!

Really great idea! Well done! Subscribed, bell rang, commented, liked, upvoted, shared .... may the algorithm gods smile favorably upon your channel friend. Thanks for the video. PS ETA: Guinness Stout Draft cans. The ones with the C0² cartridges inside. Also, when cutting the final strip, simply turn it around to cut off the thin strip.

The best gas check maker I have was made by Dima Prok. I have a few by Pat Marlin and they work well but they are extremely time consuming to make. I have another I just had made by someone just starting off but it does a poor job and seems to shear. Dima Prok's check maker is absolutely the best. I need to get him to do a couple more for me. Great guy to do business with too. Oh, all I use is soda can aluminum.

Do you really need a gas check on a power coated 30 caliber bullet hard cast

Good job!What is the thickness of copper that you used in milimiters?

is that steel or aluminum flashing material for gas checks?

One thing though, Gas checks are intended to prevent leading of the barrel, bullet lube is another method they use, but powder coating gives a smooth slippery shell to the lead bullet, therefor keeping the lead away from the barrel preventing leading of the barrel, so a gas check is not needed with powder coated bullets! So, is this a belt and suspenders thing or what?

Where did you order this dies ?

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Menards have Menards have copper sheet you can buy I made 44mag gas checks long time ago can’t remember the thickness

Use some coarse sandpaper on the inside side, so the lead/powdercoat will grip it better. Or use a thinner coat. Even just using razor blade scratches should do something. Also try using the bottom of a soda can, with the outside of can being inside of check, it's slightly thicker. Or put the aluminum in the oven for an hour to soften it up, and the soda cans

Well done video! The format, edit etc. all good. I’m particularly impressed with the detail and actual part numbers of components used. Thanks for doing it!

Just order yourself some .01 copper flashing. Powder coat after the checks are installed.

Maybe the powder coating is causing the checks to not crimp to the bullet, as they are designed, just saying.

They definitely need to be tight, you don't want to leave one in the barrel, could be a bad situation.

.017 is pretty standard for factory checks. they also seem to have a barb on the inside top edge that embeds into the lead to hold them on. I've also tried checking first then powder coat. Seems more reliable.

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I wonder if a small dot of super glue would help the gas checks stay.

.017 - .020 is way too much for 30 cal. The reason it grew for you is because it's being stretched as you form the GC. I make my own GC makers in the same style. I use Amerimax and Gibraltar aluminum rolls and .0.013" - 0.014" thickness worked very well for me on Lee 155gr and 150 FN as well as half a dozen other 30 cal bullets. Pop cans are actually only .004" thick, ok for flat base gas checks only. My local Home Depot sold Gibraltar brand rolls and it was perfect around .013" but since Covid, they switched suppliers and now it's thinner at .011" and that in my experience doesn't want to stay put. Amerimax was sold in Ace Hardware, not sure anymore but it can be bought online. This one still says 0.014" on the label whereas the other one they actually removed the thickness from the label. As far as staying put, I found that its more difficult to install gas checks on PC bullets and PC tends to be slicker, and its harder for GC to stay put, also since you're using Lee lube that might be also the problem. I found no need for any lube to punch gas checks but if you think it really helps, make sure to wash it off later. What I do is I install GC on bare lead and then powder coat everything.

Nice idea to use a spice jar!

Good fix. Season's greetings to ya!

Well, that ain't good…. Nice fix!!

Interesting product.

CAT! Can’t help you there I only use copper gator checks. 🤷‍♀️

Cool tool, just seems to be a sourcing problem on type of material. Thanks.

Perhaps the smallest dot of hot glue as you size them.

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How is that tool that have the molds to make the bullets named? The one that looks like some sort of pliers. Im not from the us. All those toys and tools you have the luck to have are great. Sucks to live in a country that doesn’t understand the value of guns.

Hot glue bullets??? There's something wrong with that concept. That type of glue melts with heat.