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Bend of the River Conservation Club in Niles Michigan was the club I helped at some of the matches Bruce had some health problems and there was no one who wanted to carry the ball and be match director, it was also getting hard to find enough staff for a large match There is still some minor revolver interest at the club and if there were some leadership and supporting staff the club would probly let the match start up again There were some discussions of scheduling some club level revolver matches in 2016 to see if we can develop some revolver interest At this time it's still in the talking stage RC

Scores are now posted http://www.borcc.org/icore/icore.htm I assume pictures will follow, at this time some are posted on the face book page Thanks to the Match Directors for a great job

Cherryriver is well know for his skill with his Webley and his support of the shooting sports I have not seen him post around here lately but if you google Bill Zeller revolver his e-mail will show up at clubs such as North Porter County , ICORE, and it appears Excell training group.

Alright- The official announcement of the date of the match and nomination of the new Match Director Congratulations Cherryriver BORCC has a few more upgrades in the works and if we can get an ICORE match or 2 in the area before hand, it should keep the enthusiasm level high to get the volunteers out for the event.

That is interesting to know that a Round Butt weighs less than a Square Butt, I don't have access to a scale and was trying to figure out where I was going to be able to weigh my 686 RB, the only locations I could think of with accurate scales were the post office and the grocery store

GOF not to get to far off topic, but is the 686 that close to weight that different grips will put it over? Has this been a problem with the 686?

With the proper ammo and practice, and that you like the way it feels carrying it, your way ahead of something big bulky and has more power which you might tend to leave at home more often. You will also need to change your tag line to See everything Count to Five

Wow Nice looking loaders and blocks Put some polish on them and you would have some nice shooting Bling going on RC

Will that gap also affect accuracy? And how do you strech the crane? RC

I plan on working the match and shooting Last year’s match was the reason I started shooting revolver in competition And it's been a very interesting year. Sign ups appear to be coming in slowly so I don't know about the numbers this year, either way they alwalys have a good match. RC

If your not going to be shooting your 625 this summer, I have been looking to buy one I could help you out and take care of it for you. I'e been chasing Pete White trying to beat him since the begining of the year and figure may be moon clips will help me pick up some reload speed. RC

My carry weapon is a 229 and I shoot IDPA with either a 226 9mm or a 229 40SW and find I can keep up with the other brands very well.

Great Description Good luck on the ICORE matches, I am a couple of hours west of you and hope to come over and shoot there one of these days BORCC is my home club and last years Wheelgunner's Revenge was my first revolver match, I figured I was helping with the match might as well see what the fuss was about. A great experience but a heck of a learning curve... Learning to count to 6 was one of my many lessons. I did also find that shooting a revolver has helped with my semi auto shooting as I grabbed the Sig bottom feeder and shot an IDPA match this weekend and found I had more than enough shots for all of the stages and sight focus had improved.

Thanks I see Brent got some e-mails flying around about the event this week hopefully you can pick up some shooters from those notices, I received updates from 3 different clubs that he had room for some additional shooters It does not look like I'm going to be able to try it out this year, good luck with the event. RC

There are a couple of us trying to get our schedules rearranged to make the event, who are the revolver shooters signed up so far? RC

I load 38 special with a 158 grain bullet either lead or jacketed I like something round nosed Lead makes power factor easier than jacketed. Many different powders are popular for the 38 I like 231 or V V 320 The safariland 333 holders work well but may not be legal in a sanctioned IDPA match as they do not cover the entire loader as required in the rules. If your shooting a local match most times no one would say anything.

I used the 333 holder for a couple of shoots and the only problem I had was when it was behind my back the seperation between holders was close enough that when I pulled one speed loader out I sometimes dislodge the one next to it.

Good question, I was just thinking about posting something similar Mine are not good yet but on a good round for me I'm at around 4 seconds I'm tryng to figure out how to knock off maybe 2 seconds

It would prob make power factor pretty easy, but I prefer a round nose for easier reloads on the clock RC

I never had any unburned flake problems with W 231 I was lucky or I was running it hot enough that it never was a problem What load and bullet are you using with V V 320? Have you tried any of the other V V powders? I was not able to get any of the V V 320 so I ended up with some V V 340 to try

I've heard that about 231- what did you need to bump it up to and how cold was it? I was forced in to it and I do not recomend it but it was <40 degrees and I had to go to 5.6 grains The power factor was not consistant it bounced between 125,000 and 130,000 Overall I liked using 231 but with the temperature problem I'll have to look elsewhere ,This next season I will be trying VV, Tight Group and some other powders depending on what I can find as being most available. RC

Keep notes on what temperature you are testing your loads at as you move up to the power factor I started shooting Revolver about 6 months ago and had a 5.1 grain W231 load with 158 grain Rannier bullets that I was making power factor with, and I was happy with its performance and it was prob. at + P pressures I was ready to shoot a major match in October and the weather was cold and rainy and I decided to check my load a week before the event Goood thing I did, Power Factor had dropped way off with the temperature and I was forced to crank up my load quite a bit to get it to where it needed to be. Lots of flame and noise but I did what I had to do to be legal I also found shooting lead bullets will help to get to power factor easier as they have less friction but I didn't like the smoke. RC