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Gas checked .22LR
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:44 pm
by ovenpaa
Out in the shed tonight I found a .22LR bullet I had pulled for some reason and popped on a shelf, a closer look and I remembered it had a gas check cap on it, is this usual or something from the times gone by?
Re: Gas checked .22LR
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:53 pm
by dromia
Seems unlikely it was a 22 LR as they are a heeled boolit, I suspect you could gas check the heel but it would be unlikely to fit the case. A gas check on a .22" LR would be futile as it would be under groove if not bore size.
Are you sure it wasn't a copper wash?
Re: Gas checked .22LR
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:20 pm
by ovenpaa
The moment I posted it had me thinking and your post was so obvious!
It looks like it was a copper washed bullet that has been in someone’s pocket for a long while, pulling it left a nice copper base and to my eyes without the aid of my reading glasses....
Re: Gas checked .22LR
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 7:25 pm
by dromia
Getting old isn't for poofs.
Re: Gas checked .22LR
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:21 am
by dodgyrog
Thank goodness for that!
Re: Gas checked .22LR
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:37 am
by dromia
You'll be living for ever then Roger. :lol: