Hornaday Gas Checks

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Pigslayer posted this 19 January 2016

Always liked Hornaday gas checks. They have that little ridge on the inside of the rim that bites into the bullet when seated & sized. Never had one come loose. I remember back in the early 70's when they would be packaged in a metal tin.      I just bid on & won (on ebay) 1000 .45 cal. gas checks in an unopened tin. The price was very good. Having one of those tins in my hand brought back memories. Pat

If someone else had of done to me what I did to myself . . . I'd have killed him. Humility is an asset. Heh - heh.

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Brodie posted this 19 January 2016

I'm with you Pat.  I have always liked Hornady gas checks too, and I also have never had a bullet shed one.

B.E.Brickey

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bandmiller2 posted this 21 January 2016

I too like the Hornady checks as they are designed to stay on, Lyman's are designed to fall off. Anyone had any luck gluing them on.?? Frank C.

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Westhoff posted this 24 January 2016

I believe, if you take a look at present issue Lyman gas checks, you'll see they too are crimp-ons. In fact, I think they're hard to tell apart....'til you look at the price tag.

I'm still using Hornaday; quite happy with them, but if I ever run out and can't find any Hornadays I'd have no problem with picking up a box of Lyman GC's, even though they do cost more.

Wes

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Ken Campbell Iowa posted this 24 January 2016

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highstandard40 posted this 24 January 2016

I believe that currently sold Lyman gaschecks are produced by Hornady. This also explains the higher price for Lyman.

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Mustafa Curtess posted this 26 January 2016

Several yeas ago a friend gave me several thousand 30 cal. Hornadys & Lyman mixed. He had annealed them, then discovered that he didn't like the results. Separating them soon became far more tedious than it had seemed when I began. The mottled, darkened color somehow made them look amazingly alike as my eyes tired, and they had to be turned the same way up in a large primer-flipper tray. Eventually a Braille touch method helped considerably, the Hornadys being palpably taller. In use, they had to be expanded slightly (or Bullet heels chamfered slightly in a ground-short outside chamfering tool). I, likewise could see no advantage over un-annealed ones, nor any accuracy benefit (or sacrifice). About that time I was introduced to PVC wads by a CB Mentor, which works better than metal ones - for both PB and GC-heeled bullets. I may still have a few of them remaining. (I haven't opened my GC storage box in years.)

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SUPERKNUCK posted this 26 March 2016

I was told a while back by a reliable friend that all modern gas checks were made by Hornady. All other suppliers just branded their name to the box. Seems to be how things go nowadays. As long as they are US made!

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mtngun posted this 27 March 2016

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So why do Hornady checks grip better than your Grandpa's slip-on Lyman checks?  Because they're thicker than Grandpa's slip-on checks.  The thicker check gets “squeezed” more in the sizing die.  And that's all there is to it.

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gpidaho posted this 27 March 2016

I have no problem with Hornady checks, I like'm. I also make my own checks (30cal.) and like being able to choose the thickness of the material used to better fit the bullet as sized. Gp

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R. Dupraz posted this 27 March 2016

Copper “Gator Checks"      Considerably cheaper that Hornady's + free shipping above 4000.          Bullet Swaging Supply, Inc.  206 River Oaks Dr.  West Monroe.La 71291 318-387-3266

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karlrudin posted this 19 April 2016

bandmiller2 wrote: I too like the Hornady checks as they are designed to stay on, Lyman's are designed to fall off. Anyone had any luck gluing them on.?? Frank C. Since I started on the cheap learning cast bullets, I use aluminum checks. I super glue mine and find them again on the range bank. The glue works.

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M3 Mitch posted this 22 April 2016

highstandard40 wrote: I believe that currently sold Lyman gaschecks are produced by Hornady. This also explains the higher price for Lyman. Having toured Hornady's factory while traveling through Nebraska, I can tell you that they do indeed make Lyman's gas checks.  Or at least they did around 1990.

All those jokes about “same stuff in a different box” - in this case, it's true.

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