My expensive sizer has gathered dust for a long time now. Not because it did not work well but because it is no longer needed. I have cast bullets for 40 years and tried everything. Alloys... chamber bore size relationships different lubes gas checks etc etc... sometimes more art than science. ALL these things are a thing of the past. High tech coatings. or powder coat.. I can do it myself. All I need is the Lee sizer. one for each caliber obviously. gas checks? uh.. naaa. I have run these coated bullets at close to 2k fps I have 'recovered' a few and they are still coated.. better proof tho is there is no leading whatsoever. There would be no point to a gas check (in my opinion at up to these velocities) pretty much I have bags of gas checks that I will most likely never use. I have a lot of different sticks of lube I will never use again. I now shoot my cast bullets with no smoke and no leading and no lead particles or handling of lead (once coated) and my guns clean up even easier than with jacketed bullets. I do this at home but you can buy coated cast bullets and I do occasionally when time is of the essence or just feeling lazy LOL... Try some yourself. they are slightly faster... slightly more accurate and WAY easier to clean up the gun afterwards and most likely safer to handle.
Even though an anecdote, en masse, anecdotes reflect reality. I have heard quite a bit that using a proper coating negates the need for a gas check. Do you suggest getting molds that do not have a gas check then?
@@m4rvinmartian I have a lot of molds but maybe only two that are gas check. I have never been a fan of gas checks and haven't used em for a decade. I have not experimented with coated gas check bullets and really? see no need to. If i were to tho I guess I would try sandbag rest testing at 25 yards with gas check type bullets that were coated with some having gas checks and some not.
If you have an older single stage press that you aren't using much, mount it upside down on your bench. You can now drop the bullet into the die and push it down through, letting it fall into a bucket under the press. Let gravity help you. And, you don't spill sized bullets everywhere when you take the hopper off.
...I've got a Rockchucker I bought 50 years ago - 1973 - through the post Rod & Gun club at Illesheim - recently I bought the Lee breech-lock adapter for it - had my LGS install it - @ 74 I no longer have the strength to do it by myself...I bought a Lee .38 sizer years ago
You’ve got your moneys worth out of that rockchucker. Too bad they don’t make everything like that anymore. A lot of companies can take a hint at going back to quality from RCBS
IIRC it cost me 26 bux...many times since I moved to FL from NJ in 1979 I considered getting rid of it as I'd transitioned to progressive presses (Lee 1000 & Dillon RL550B) but thank God I kept it!!!
My expensive sizer has gathered dust for a long time now. Not because it did not work well but because it is no longer needed. I have cast bullets for 40 years and tried everything. Alloys... chamber bore size relationships different lubes gas checks etc etc... sometimes more art than science. ALL these things are a thing of the past. High tech coatings. or powder coat.. I can do it myself. All I need is the Lee sizer. one for each caliber obviously. gas checks? uh.. naaa. I have run these coated bullets at close to 2k fps I have 'recovered' a few and they are still coated.. better proof tho is there is no leading whatsoever. There would be no point to a gas check (in my opinion at up to these velocities) pretty much I have bags of gas checks that I will most likely never use. I have a lot of different sticks of lube I will never use again. I now shoot my cast bullets with no smoke and no leading and no lead particles or handling of lead (once coated) and my guns clean up even easier than with jacketed bullets. I do this at home but you can buy coated cast bullets and I do occasionally when time is of the essence or just feeling lazy LOL... Try some yourself. they are slightly faster... slightly more accurate and WAY easier to clean up the gun afterwards and most likely safer to handle.
Even though an anecdote, en masse, anecdotes reflect reality.
I have heard quite a bit that using a proper coating negates the need for a gas check. Do you suggest getting molds that do not have a gas check then?
@@m4rvinmartian I have a lot of molds but maybe only two that are gas check. I have never been a fan of gas checks and haven't used em for a decade. I have not experimented with coated gas check bullets and really? see no need to. If i were to tho I guess I would try sandbag rest testing at 25 yards with gas check type bullets that were coated with some having gas checks and some not.
If you have an older single stage press that you aren't using much, mount it upside down on your bench. You can now drop the bullet into the die and push it down through, letting it fall into a bucket under the press. Let gravity help you. And, you don't spill sized bullets everywhere when you take the hopper off.
Thanks man. Nice tip. Let gravity work for you. Drop the sized rounds into anything you’ve got handy.
@Richard-D
Yeah, and your pinched fingers will thank you.
A short piece of clear tubing from the hardware store on top into a container problem solved.
...I've got a Rockchucker I bought 50 years ago - 1973 - through the post Rod & Gun club at Illesheim - recently I bought the Lee breech-lock adapter for it - had my LGS install it - @ 74 I no longer have the strength to do it by myself...I bought a Lee .38 sizer years ago
You’ve got your moneys worth out of that rockchucker. Too bad they don’t make everything like that anymore. A lot of companies can take a hint at going back to quality from RCBS
IIRC it cost me 26 bux...many times since I moved to FL from NJ in 1979 I considered getting rid of it as I'd transitioned to progressive presses (Lee 1000 & Dillon RL550B) but thank God I kept it!!!
Very old news.