Taller gas checks for cast boolits

[BD1]

Well, the custom checkmaker die from Patmarlin arrived on Monday, and today I had a chance to make a couple hundred. They're not perfect, but they are taller.
I'll keep you posted. The pictures show a 290 grain ranch dog and a 230 grain BD45acp with the tall checks along side a .450BD290 with a standard check for comparison and a pic of the taller check, an aluminum tall check and a standard check for comparison.
BD

[wildcatter]

Awe-Right!!! I can't wait to read about your results!..

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[Hoot]

Good Lord, you mean it finally came?! You are one patient man BD1. I seem to recall when I first ordered my upper in March of 2010, you were trying to get a set of dies for making those. Are you going to need to get some heavier gauge disks, so that they aren't stretched too thin at the ends?

I have a roll of 6 or 8 inch wide copper sheet from a PolyPhaser Bulkhead Lightning Suppression Panel around here somewhere. It's 24ga and fairly hard compared to soft copper. I don't know if your dies came with a punch as well, or if that's work better left to a machine designed for rapid production. It would be a lot of work to pop them out with a Whitney punch. You have done me and I'm sure others here a lot of good and I could send you some to try out if you want.

Hoot