Posted by Shamus on Jul 29th 2020
We are noticing an increase in shipping time, some areas are having substantial delays. Not sure exactly why, but the current Covid-19 virus has caused slow downs everywhere, riots are an ongoing problem and the USPS financial issues are all contributing to the slower service. USPS is still the most cost effective way to ship our small packages for now, but beware the time in transit may be longer than usual. We are investigating alternatives services.
Here is a WSJ article about the subject: Postal Package Deliveries ‘Bogged Down’ With Delays, Backlogs
The primary payment option on the check out page is now gun friendly. On our site the firearm industry friendly payment option is: Credit / Debit Card - A
We are now selling a .50 Rifle caliber gas check made from .025 gilding brass. They weigh about 14 grains each and fit very tight on a .468 shank. The new design has been tested on 500 to 850 grain bullets with good results. This new .106 tall gas check was intended as an all-around [...]
We just started testing a new .50 BMG caliber gilding brass gas check. We borrowed a NOE 850gr .514 mold from rockrat on the cast boolits forum. We just sized one for the first time with a .104 tall .517 gas check. The bullet came out at 838 grains with a 50/50 wheel weight / [...]
A customer gave us feed back on our .44 Small Shank aluminum gas checks. These are our .018 .44 rifle gas checks made about .003 undersized inside the cup. We use a fairly thick aluminum, so these will size up to the larger bores too.Ron Neifer: "This is an example of the undersized checks used [...]
We are offering a new version of our copper gas checks. You will see new products made with gilding brass added all year long. The recently released, 8mm, .375, .30, .303 and .44 caliber gas checks are all made with .017 thick 210 copper, also known as gilding brass. These new designs are unique to [...]
We are finishing up this year on a good note, its been a busy month! Some have missed the convenience of using Amazon Pay, you don't have that payment option now because Amazon Pay cancelled our account. Apparently they do not approve of us selling gas checks. It surprised us since the Amazon web site sells [...]
We are now producing .22, .30, .35, 7mm, 8mm, .44 and .45 calibers in copper and aluminum. In the last couple months we have been setting up new tooling that produces a better quality product. We added a larger press that operates faster. So now, our production capacity has increased. Large wholesale orders can be [...]
Sage's Outdoors has a new .30 caliber offering this month. Available in Copper for the first time. These are our own commercial quality .30 gas check made in house with revised tooling. These are made with no defects or dimples. Ready to ship out starting today at $23.00 per 1000 bag.Click here for our Copper [...]
We now have two .44 caliber aluminum gas check types. One will be a new revised .44 gas check that works on most bullets with normal shank size and one that works with the average Lee aluminum mold. The gas checks for the Lee molds are made with a hard thick alloy to bite the smaller [...]