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If you're interested, Cylinder and Slide make light pipe front and rear sights. I prefer the SDM Super Sight for the front, so I use the C&S front for other applications (recently put one a S&W model 10-8). Buck

Mike, you're a better man than I. Any organization that violates it's own reason for being (as stated in its basic principles) is not an organization I want to belong to. I spent three years and countless communications trying to get the speedloader location rule changed. Their eventual response, after being mostly ignored over that time, was "because we say so!" Buck (Larry Huey) USPSA L3357 ICORE LSC1754 IDPA - you must be kidding

I find it interesting that every Colt double action revolver made between 1907 and whenever Colt Revolver production stopped allowed the action to be cycled when the cyiinder was opened. Must not have been thought to be necessary for any reason. Buck (Larry Huey) USPSA L3357 ICORE LSC1754 IDPA Bwa-ha-ha-ha

I like the fact that USPSA has very many good places that revo shooters can play, so I play. The courses may not be revolver-neutral (there is no such thing as revolver-friendly when you're shooting against semiautos), but I play anyway. There may not be many people competing within the division, but that's OK, I still play. Revolvers are more difficult to shoot and reload, but I like the challenge as well, so I play. You may notice a common theme in this discourse, I shoot revolvers because I like to. I suggest that many part time revolver shooters, some of whom are very good (notice who finished third in the revo nats?), don't shoot revolvers full time because they like other guns better. And that's great, too. This thread started with Mike musing about how USPSA can attract more revolver shooters. This may sound like heresy, but there's not a lot more things that USPSA can do, nor should it. That job is up to us, the regular revolver shooters. We need to do things to increase participation in our sport, and gimmicking with the rules is definitely not the way to do it. We need to plant the seed with folks we know, whether non-competitors or shooters in other sports (or divisions). I keep a couple of loaner rigs for folks to try without buying a thing (except maybe ammo - hell, I will even provide that if they really need it). So let's stop asking USPSA, and do it ourselves. Buck (Larry Huey) USPSA L3357 ICORE LSC1754

Check www.ClanMacBean.net. They can probably help you find the right one. Buck

I load the 200 grain .45 LRNFP to 1.185" so that I can roll crimp right at the crimp groove (this is for revo). Since it's really a slightly rolled taper crimp, it will also work in 1911's. I run 5.1 grains of Titegroup for about 170 PF. RNFP's have less barrel bearing surface than SWC's of the same weight (therefore less bullet length), so the RNFP OAL is less and it takes more powder to reach a given velocity because of the lower bearing surface. Buck

Jack, I noticed the COF description on Stage 8 calls for 15 targets, but the stage diagram shows 16. Which is correct? Larry

Smith and Wesson made that exact configuration except for the cylinder material and called it a model 646. The 646 has a titanium cylinder as an extra measure of safety, but I have heard of several folks boring out a 686 with no adverse consequences yet. Getting a barrel for the conversion might be the hardest part. I don't know if 646 replacement barrels are available. Buck

I have had some success finding J-N1's at gun shows, large gun shops with a lot of new old stock, and online (eBay, GunBroker). In addition to Model 28's, they can be used in M27's, M20's (Heavy Duty), M23's (Outdoorsman), and Colt New Services in .38 and .357. They're out there, but you've got to dig. Buck

I wouldn't recommend the conversion because of potential accuracy problems with .45 ACP. Using the .45 ACP in the longer Colt chamber means that bullets of 230 grain and less will make a jump from the cartridge case to the cylinder throat, and in that unsupported space, the bullet can tilt slightly and be forced into an unbalanced condition in the throat and forcing cone. Most folks who have done the conversion see some accuracy reduction. Lower quality bullets that aren't rotationally symmetrical see a lot more. I have heard of bullets key-holing at 15 feet in the worst case. Jacketed bullets will be somewhat better than lead. The best way, if you have to have one gun shooting both cartridges, is to fit a second .45 ACP cylinder and crane to the .45 Colt frame. Quick to change, and no accuracy deterioration, either. Buck

A few strategy things... Look at unconventional ways to shoot a stage. When you have less ammo per reload, don't think like the Limited guys. Think six shots or less. You can sometimes give yourself more convenient reloads (on the move) if you shoot two or four. Example from yesterday: two 2-target arrays followed by three 3-target arrays - all reloads on the move. Don't always shoot a target if it requires an extra reload. Another example: steel activated drop turner with two additional paper. One shot at steel, two at one paper, one at exposed drop turner, and two at the other paper. The not-shot mike on the drop turner was not scored as a mike because the target disappeared. Buck