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Offline spinafish

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gas checks for .41 Mag bullets?
« on: March 28, 2006, 05:07:46 PM »
I have noticed that no one offers gas checks in .41 caliber, just .416..which I'm guessing is for .416 Rigbys and the like.  Does anyone even offer a .41 mould for gas checked bullets?  I have purchased some 265 grainers for my .414 SuperMag that were checked,but haven't seen a cataloged mold with checks.   :roll:
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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2006, 08:06:44 PM »
According to Lyman when I called them a while back they said to use the 416 g/c' s. Have never tryed them but have seen the same info on other sites.

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« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2006, 12:02:10 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2006, 12:35:19 PM »
they will fit on lyman mold bullets but not properly
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2006, 12:01:17 PM »
Lloyd is correct they just don't fit properly on bullets from lyman molds. I have to wonder if somebody isn't making them though. I bought some commercial 235 gr hardcast somewhere and they definitely were not the hornady 416 gas checks on them.
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« Reply #5 on: April 07, 2006, 12:22:09 AM »
you can get them here and there better quality then any of the commercial checks and the prices arent bad.   Gator Gas Checks
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                                    303 McMillan Road
                                   West Monroe, LA 71291
                                   318 387-7257
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« Reply #6 on: April 24, 2006, 04:53:49 AM »
Lyman dropped their good plain base #410459 several years ago which left only their #410610 in the line. They also made gas checks to fit it. Now I see the bullet mold (410610) is still offered but no checks for it. That does make me wonder?????

What would be nice is if Lyman would bring back that 410459; that's the mold I prefer anyway and it would solve the gas check problem!

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« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2006, 10:14:38 PM »
Quote from: Lloyd Smale
you can get them here and there better quality then any of the commercial checks and the prices arent bad.   Gator Gas Checks
   Bullet Swaging Supply, Inc.
                                    303 McMillan Road
                                   West Monroe, LA 71291
                                   318 387-7257



I will second the Gator checks, I just got 2k for the .41 from him and 3k of .30 and they are first class.

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« Reply #8 on: May 27, 2006, 10:35:18 AM »
The Gator gaschecks come in 3 flavors for the 41:

1.  410-397 meant for Lyman shanks of 397 diameter.  Meant to be
     sized to 410.  This check is paper thin because the shank is so
     large.

2.  410-378 meant for NEI, MM molds, or those having a shank
     diameter of 378.  Meant to be sized to 410 or larger.  This check
     is as thick as the case neck is on a 308W.  This is the go-to
     check for any custom mold ordered.  About all of the commercial
     castors use this check.

3.  416-393 meant for the 416 caliber rifles, where the boolits are
     sized to around 416.

4.  All of these checks are the crimp-on type, and the crimping ridge
     is quite substantial when compared to Hornady.

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