Homemade Gas Check Maker

Homemade gas check maker intended to facilitate the process of shearing copper gas checks for cast bullets. Machined from O-1 steel and 1144 stress proof steel. What it will give you is the ability to produce your own functional checks at a small fraction of current pricing that you can make as needed.

Blair does a huge variety of sizes; just let him know what you need and he will make it for you. Use standard inexpensive Lee Reloader Press. Use standard Lee sizing dies to seat gas check.

Easy for unskilled machinist to construct Inexpensive materials Easily adaptable to other calibers I needed some 8mm gas checks, for a new project and this is my simple setup. I looked at what I already had in the workshop and found a 10mm wad punch, that cut the .011 Alum flashing easily.

how I made my own gas checker for little money from plans on castboolit forum http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?200965-Easy-to-build-gas-checkmaker Step by step instructions for how to make a gas check maker for reloading cast lead bullets without using any expensive machine tools. I will give you a hundred 30 cal checks from gator checks if you want to experiment with gas checked bullets.

The document provides instructions for making a one stroke and two stroke check maker to form gas checks from aluminum strips for reloading ammunition. It includes diagrams and dimensions for the parts. here is a home made gas check maker I have been working with.

I just machined my dies to make checks for my 357 molds. My 30 cal die is in the foreground. In this video I show you how to make gas checks with the Checkmaker from Pat Marlin.

With this it's easy to upgrade your cast bullets and use them with hot loads.