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Customer Review / .44 Caliber Small Shank Aluminum Gas Checks
Posted by Shamus on Jul 26th 2018
A customer gave us feed back on our .44 Small Shank aluminum gas checks.
These are our .018 .44 rifle gas checks made about .003 undersized
inside the cup. We use a fairly thick aluminum, so these will size up to
the larger bores too.
Ron Neifer:
"This is an example of the undersized checks used for Lee small shanks. Shot on two different days with my Marlin Micro purchased in early 70s. 300 grain Lee. I seat the aluminum checks with a Lee sizer and lube with my Lyman 450. I did not find one aluminum check laying on the range. I have been doing exhaustive tests and I can say these checks work as advertised. Great product. Will purchase more. They also work on regular size shanks, so go ahead and experiment.
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- Ten rounds on left, seven rounds on right:
Ron Neifer followed up with another report on 8-7-18:
"Attached is photo of Lee 430-310-RF. As you can see your product performs as claimed. Prior to using Sage Small checks I lost 20 percent of my cast as the copper checks would not adhere solid to the base. It was frustrating as fliers would result. Those days are over. It was a perfect day at the range. I hope to try this check in my .44 mag with other projectiles. I included the load data. I have yet to find one aluminum check laying on the range."
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