GAS CHECKS?

[Merle]

Just doing a little wag'ing here ~ What if the chk wasn't crimped/attached properly? (At one time a long time ago, I know lymans were slip on's w/o a need to crimp). Then to take this guessing a step further ~ the chk slipped completely off the base of the bullet into the powder charge by rough handling during processing or a bumpy ride in a pickup AND skewed/cant'ed/tilted so that when fired the chk wasn't really experiencing a necceary pressure differential as some of the powder was burning in front of it also as it migrated around the cant'ed chk prior to firing?

Now putting my imagination away as I personally never experienced any chk slipping off a bullet as having room to tilt in a properly resized case ~ and in fact actually was found to be tight in the case (as in having to break down a cartride). However, I have had strange/rare things happen before.

I'm 99% sure these were the old style Lymans as I don't recall seeing the crimp-on style until a few years later when I got into casting. The one thing I did learn was to be VERY careful about other peoples skill levels.