Making a gas check die the beginning.

What material would you use.

  • A grade 8 bolt sold by the 5 at 25 dollars

    Votes: 2 40.0%
  • A piece of all thread 2 feet long for 35

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Buy a chunk of steel and start from scratch.

    Votes: 3 60.0%

  • Total voters
    5
I have reused dies but you have to anneal them to be able to machine them again.

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I’d still pick them over something made from all thread.

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The last few special ones I have made, I just dump the guts out of a Lee powder die and drop my insert in it.

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Doesn‘t get much easier than that.
 
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