blue 22

skizzums · August 28, 2014, 05:24 PM

hey guys, i have just starting playing with this 22 BATOR mold

i have never used gas checks, i dont want to makke them just yet, whats a good source? i have setlled on gator checks for price, any good? how do i put them on? i assume with the sizing die so i have sized these yet, should i put them on before PC?

i also plan to put the mold on the mill this weekend to try to get a pointier shape, not sure if i will be able to find a good shank or be able to get in clamped down correctly, but will play with idea

Beagle333 · August 28, 2014, 07:00 PM

Whether you put them on before PC or not, depends on the shank size. If it'll fit after, it's easier. But if not, you have to put it on first, or shield the shank some way while you coat. This only works if you spray em though.
Some use a tray with holes drilled in it and some use various sized washers under their Al foil. If you size em with a Lee push thru sizer, be careful if you do it before you check em, since the nose-first sizing process itself will flatten out (and widen) the GC shank.

skizzums · August 28, 2014, 07:10 PM

why cant i powder-coat with check on? also, i can just flip over and size base first, right?

*edit: nevermind, your not saying i cant

Beagle333 · August 28, 2014, 08:36 PM

Yes, you can PC with check on.

On mine with tight shanks, I run it though the sizer once to seat the checks, then coat the whole thing, then it final sizes right on through the sizer after PC as well.

Slick as a wet lizard!

skizzums · August 28, 2014, 08:44 PM

looks great

i assume there is no benefit to Cu over Al checks?

Beagle333 · August 28, 2014, 09:08 PM

Not that I have seen. I buy both and I make both, and it really all just comes down to which you find for the best price.

Vance · August 28, 2014, 10:43 PM

I find putting gas checks on that bullet to be very hard by hand.
I had Buckshot over on castboolits make me a gas check seater tool like this one in this thread: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...k-seating-tool .
I provided measurements and he made me one. Wasn't very expensive.

skizzums · August 29, 2014, 03:55 AM

That looks pretty nice. I'll have to wait and see how difficult it ends up being for me. I just ordered the checks, so I guess ill have em sometime next week.

August 28, 2014, 05:24 PM	#1
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	blue 22 hey guys, i have just starting playing with this 22 BATOR mold i have never used gas checks, i dont want to makke them just yet, whats a good source? i have setlled on gator checks for price, any good? how do i put them on? i assume with the sizing die so i have sized these yet, should i put them on before PC? i also plan to put the mold on the mill this weekend to try to get a pointier shape, not sure if i will be able to find a good shank or be able to get in clamped down correctly, but will play with idea __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

August 28, 2014, 07:00 PM	#2
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Auburn, AL. Posts: 2,332	Whether you put them on before PC or not, depends on the shank size. If it'll fit after, it's easier. But if not, you have to put it on first, or shield the shank some way while you coat. This only works if you spray em though. Some use a tray with holes drilled in it and some use various sized washers under their Al foil. If you size em with a Lee push thru sizer, be careful if you do it before you check em, since the nose-first sizing process itself will flatten out (and widen) the GC shank. __________________ . . . Have a Colt and a smile.

August 28, 2014, 07:10 PM	#3
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	why cant i powder-coat with check on? also, i can just flip over and size base first, right? *edit: nevermind, your not saying i cant __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

August 28, 2014, 08:36 PM	#4
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Auburn, AL. Posts: 2,332	Yes, you can PC with check on. On mine with tight shanks, I run it though the sizer once to seat the checks, then coat the whole thing, then it final sizes right on through the sizer after PC as well. Slick as a wet lizard! __________________ . . . Have a Colt and a smile.

August 28, 2014, 08:44 PM	#5
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	looks great i assume there is no benefit to Cu over Al checks? __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed

August 28, 2014, 09:08 PM	#6
Beagle333 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2012 Location: Auburn, AL. Posts: 2,332	Not that I have seen. I buy both and I make both, and it really all just comes down to which you find for the best price. __________________ . . . Have a Colt and a smile.

August 28, 2014, 10:43 PM	#7
Vance Senior Member Join Date: January 16, 2011 Location: North Bend, OR Posts: 743	I find putting gas checks on that bullet to be very hard by hand. I had Buckshot over on castboolits make me a gas check seater tool like this one in this thread: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...k-seating-tool . I provided measurements and he made me one. Wasn't very expensive.

August 29, 2014, 03:55 AM	#8
skizzums Senior Member Join Date: July 1, 2013 Location: Douglasville, Ga Posts: 4,615	That looks pretty nice. I'll have to wait and see how difficult it ends up being for me. I just ordered the checks, so I guess ill have em sometime next week. __________________ My head is bloody, but unbowed