Hi;
Early this July I drove up to see Charles Darnall after all I don't live that very far away. Several weeks earlier I had bought one of his 30-caliber “Free Checkâ€? gas check making tools on Ebay. I had brought along some of my 7mm cast bullets. I had hoped to inspire him to make the tool for me making gas 7mm checks.
When I was making 30 caliber gas checks. I was having some trouble putting in the sheared sheet metal disk into the entranceway in to the gas check forming tooling. When I cut the sheet metal disk with my punch.
I was getting a roughness that was snagging on the entranceway in to the gas check forming tooling through. Maybe I should have used a better end cut wooden block to punch my sheet metal on.
I got the chance to relate to him that there are those who make very fine press mounted wad punches. However these wad punch tools were very costly. Oh how I know, how costly. After all was about to buy one, however now I will not have to shell out that kind big of money.
Charlie “said well Mark when you spend money to buy some thing that's high quality it usually lasts for a long time and you get what you pay for.â€?
Three cheers for Charles Darnall he has engineered one fine tool to shear sheet metal disks with high quality clean cut edges.
My shooting with Charles Darnell's “Free Checkâ€? gas check making tools gas checks. I have bought a sheet metal a roll of .012 thick “valley aluminumâ€? for making my gas checks.
My first shooting this July with my new 1940's Remington 03 A3 provided target groups. My load for Lyman bullet # 311291 @ 169gr a round nose gas checked bullet with 13.5 grains Red Dot. The bullet was cast at .313 DIA. I loaded it in full-length sized Remington 30 06 brass. This load returned 5 shots in side of 2 3/4 inches at 100 yards on a windy day. All of this work was done with Hornady Gas Checks
My second shooting early this August provided; With the same Remington 03 A3 and same load yielded a return of 5 shots in side of 2 1/4 inches at 100 yards. All of my cast bullets for this second shooting were made using gas checks with Charles Darnell's “Free Checkâ€? gas check making tools.
I have BSA Martini that I have chambered in 30x30 Winchester. My load for Lyman bullet # 311291 @ 169 grain round nose gas checked bullet loaded with 8.5grains Red Dot. The bullet was cast at .314 DIA then sized to .313 DIA. This should give about 1360 FPS.
My second shooting early this August provided; Showed a return of 5 shots in side of 3 1/8 inches at 100 yards. My load for the same BSA Martini and Lyman bullet #311291 is with Unique at 9.2 grains loaded. I use 9.2 grains of Unique to keep the cast bullet speed down to about 1360 FPS. Remember all of my cast bullets for this second shooting were using gas checks made with Charles Darnell's “Free Checkâ€? gas check making tools.
My over all impression of Charles Darnell's “Free Checkâ€? gas check making tools are. These tools can make a gas checks that shall perform as well or excide the performance of other pre manufactured gas checks on the market today. This tool does deliver a high quality gas check that you can make your self. I'm really pleased with the tools Charlie has offered me.
Mark Wakefield