AFDavis11

I am .4 % away from B. Maybe I'll see you guys in '08.

Rockin Match! I hope to attend again and I'm bringing a bud (Lim10) with me. I'll probably get squaded with the Mossbacks again if I'm really lucky. I really hope they serve fried chicken again on match day! That was sooooo cool.

I just got tired of picking up brass....

Ofcourse Mike, your right. But as a revolver shooter for years having felt like I was being "kept down by the man", I'm all for a change that makes our Division as easy (or easier) to move up than before. Maybe making it easier to make GM in revolver would do incredible things for our Division; like let it survive. It'll be interesting to see how things pan out.

Congrats, thats a great accomplishment! Looks like their could be more soon. I'm still trying to grasp the fuzzy math behind the percentages. One day I'm sure it'll all make sense why the A shooters have higher percentages than the Master shooters...

Brilliant! Additionally, I would find it fascinating to know how Mike "drives" the gun. Watching J. Rod and D. Carden at the SummerBlast was amazing; so many ways to do the same thing. Watching Rudy W. shoot Open revolver was heart stopping; I turned to hear who was using an fully automatic gun on the stage behind me. When I saw him with a revolver my mind took a long time to process what I was seeing and hearing.

I think I should have every right to expect a motorized cylinder installed in the next decade. :-) A lot of the "advancements" in competition guns are limited to the venue its used in and the rules governing its competition. I think 8 and even 10 shot revolvers with Ti cylinders would get built if there were no restriction on rounds in the gun. I think if you simply had an Open Revolver Division you'd start seeing guys with Open Revolvers and likely thier advancements would be different (better?) than the Open auto guys version. Its also a "support" issue. "Open" the rules and the guns will follow.

Well, you've got a good point. I started in Lim-10 but left because my equipment sucked. I jumped into Production, even though I thought the rules were stupid, and I enjoyed it a lot. It felt very "stock car" racy. Even playing field, and enjoyed it a lot. Turned out I was mostly wrong (some of the rules still suck a little). I avoided revolver for a while (at the high end), because there actually is an equipment race. It just isn't purchased, its crafted in your own home. Tuning a revolver is much more important than you guys give it credit. I have a box/stock N frame in the safe with a 15 pound trigger. It seems to me neither the rules nor the economics, support advancements for revolver. The subset of revolver shooters, shooting USPSA, is probably a tenth of a percent of total sales. Does the future look any better? I don't see any demographics expert suggesting that revolver shooters want high tech advancements. Thats like titanium wheeled horse buggies. I see it as we are such a small demographic that anyone spending research money on technical advancements would be throwing away good money. The next technical advancement I see is a spring loaded cylinder that ejects the moonclips automatically.

Thanx, that works! And thanx for all the advice and help on Sunday. I learned more about shooting a revolver from you in a few hours than I've picked up all year. I think my games getting better.

Bob, Patrick and I both want to go but their website is down. I'm trying to find the range now. I'll let you know if I can find directions, if so, I will be there. Alan

Yea, that did it...I dremeled the sucker into oblivion and it finally pushed far enough to release the cylinder. Now atleast it functions, well good enough to see that now it catches extracting moonclips on the way out of the cylinder. Maybe I'll dremel it down until it looks like a factory release..... LOL... I think this is another live and learn moment for me.....

I bought an after market Cylinder Release and it doesn't work. Won't open the cylinder. Does EVERYTHING with a revolver have to be so stinking difficult! Harrg! I can't even begin to imagine the simple stupid thing I must be overlooking thats making it not work. Screw it on and it moves but won't release the cylinder. I put the original back on and wham!, everything is fine again. I can't see any thing different on the underside of either part (replacement or factory). Any ideas?

I need a targeting education too, reloading might help a little. You guys know of a school now?

I will, as long as you keep posting!

You might look at Nill grips. I think there was a thread on someone building his own from some kind of epoxy, that might be an option too. You'll get some better advice soon.