What tools/equipment do you use to seat and crimp gas checks

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What tools/equipment do you use to seat and crimp gas checks

Post by petemacsydney » 17 Aug 2016, 1:57 pm

Hi all
curious as to what tools/equipment do you use to seat and crimp gas checks?
thx!
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Post by bladeracer » 17 Aug 2016, 2:16 pm

petemacsydney wrote:Hi all
curious as to what tools/equipment do you use to seat and crimp gas checks?
thx!
p



I don't crimp them, I just press them on using the drive stem from Lee's sizing dies in the ram. I bought some bolts that thread into the press for the ram to work against.
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Post by bladeracer » 17 Aug 2016, 3:07 pm

I should point out that I don't size my bullets generally, I just use it to seat the checks.
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Re: What tools/equipment do you use to seat and crimp gas ch

Post by Gamerancher » 17 Aug 2016, 3:23 pm

Lyman Lube-sizer.
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Re: What tools/equipment do you use to seat and crimp gas ch

Post by petemacsydney » 18 Aug 2016, 9:01 am

thanks all, appreciate your help!
Lee precision looks like the go for me.
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