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Hey everyone, I have decided to dedicate this winter and all next year on revolver division. I have a 610 and a 627 that I have installed a Bang Inc spring kit in, as well as polished the internals after watching Jerry's DVD. The 610 also has an Apex hammer in it. I haven't touched the strain screws yet. Is this the only thing left to lighten the trigger pull even more? Right now both are breaking between 7-8 pounds. I would like to get them down to around 6 pounds. Should I also install extended firing pins? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Tom

I am using a 200gr bullet for both and with the loads I have they feel about the same as far as recoil goes. Its really a toss up to tell you the truth. The one thing I like about the .40 is I can load 9 rounds into the first mag instead of having to use a barney mag with the .45. Other than that it is going to be tough to decide which one to use at a match because I shoot both fairly well. I think I will tend to shoot the .40 a little more just because it groups a little tighter at longer distances. I think it will also depend on how much ammo I have loaded up for each caliber at that point as well. Tom

Colt is a .45acp

My Colt in .45 and my Springfield in .40. I have done all the work to them myself except for the squared trigger guard and checkering on the Colt. Got brave enough and squared the trigger guard and fit a kart barrel on the Springer. Tom

I finally got my Colt back! The turn around was longer than expected but was understandable due to the circumstances. Here is a picture of the Colt along with my Springfield Loaded .40 that I picked up after I sent the Colt to Canyon Creek. Rich really does amazing work and is a top notch guy. Would recommend him to anyone. Thanks again Canyon Creek! Tom

Hey JD. Could you switch me to single stack please. Not doing so hot with the revo and want to focus on ss. A75471 Thank you

Went out to the range today and shot some through the chrono. These loads I backed off a little. 3.5 grains of wst with same bullet and Oal. The average fps for ten rounds was 810 which comes out to 162 pf. Primers had nice dents in them and no other signs of over pressure. I might just ream the throat of the chamber and use my revolver loads which are 4 grains of wst pushing a 200 gr lrn @ 1.200". It would make reloading for both a lot easier. Thank you for everyone's advice. That's why I love this forum, there is a lot of knowledge and everyone is willing to help. Thank you again, Tom

I have only loaded and shot 25 rounds as it is a new load. I am going to back it off a little bit and and shoot some through the chrono and see what happens. Recoil wasn't too bad though. I will try to post some pictures in the next few days, but it looks similar to the picture posted above by superdude

Sadly my chronograph didn't want to work tonight. I was thinking high pressure too but the primer is still rounded on the edges. It's weird that it doesn't happen with the revolver shooting the same loads. After looking at some other spent cases it seems like it is doing this on my other loads as well which average 940 fps. When I get a chance I will lighten the powder charge a bit and try it again. Hopefully the chrono decides to work this time.

Hello everyone, Just got back from the range testing some new loads. I noticed on the spent shells the primers had no dents in them, just a shiny spot where the firing pin made contact. The rounds fired fine with no problems, but I am concerned as to why there is no dent. They are CCI primers fired out of a Springfield 1911 in .40. I shot these same loads out of my Smith revolver which left normal dents in the primer. Maybe this isn't an issue, but I have never seen this before. My load data is 4.0 grains of WST pushing a 200 gr. lrn seated at 1.190" Has anyone ever seen this before? Thank you for any advice, Tom

That is what I use for my 610 and have no problems.

All I use is lead as well. Mostly SnS cast bullets or Bayou bullets. It saves quite a bit of money and they are accurate.

Very nice looking gun. Love that square trigger guard.

When I get it all set up I will post some pics and details.

Talked with Dave Manson today about getting a throating reamer. He is one heck of a nice guy and very helpful! I did the sharpie test and the end of the bullet is just touching. He said the throat could be gently reamed out until the round can drop in and out freely. Have a reamer on its way. Thank you everyone for all of your advice! Tom

Which specific bullet you're using can make all the difference in the world.Each time you change bullets (even same weight) you have to go thru dskinler'sTrial & Error. Depends on YOUR mags and Your chamber ... If you switch fromcopper jacketed to lead, THAT can make a difference . Always Try Them 1st.If you like to experiment, you might actually get better accuracy from theexact same load, just by moving your OAL a little + or -. What he said. I do this every time I switch to a new bullet

Like mentioned before, dry fire drills have helped me a lot as well. The first time I shot a classifier with my revo I was very nervous because there was a reload involved. You just have to think of it as its just another stage. I have also found that talking with some of the other squad members that have shot it before me takes my mind off of it so my nerves don't build up as much.

Would like to join this if I could. First classifier I shot in revo I bombed. A75471 revolver division

OD of bullet is .401. Empty sized case slides into chamber easy. The wierd thing is I put a buddys reload which is a 180 gr fmj loaded to 1.135" in the chamber and everything works perfect. Im guessing its the lead bullets then. Is there anything that can be done to the chamber that would fix this? I have alot of lead bullets to use. Thank you everyone for your advice, Tom

Poppa Bear- Yes this was at the base of the case. I also run my .40 brass through the Redding Grx die to take out any buldges

Thanks for all the advice guys. I just tried a couple different bullets. A Bayou Bullet 180gr TC and an Sns Casting 200gr lrn. Both still stick in the chamber even loaded down to 1.135".

Measure a handfull of rounds. The od is .421-.423

Hey everyone, I have a Springfield loaded in .40 s&w. I am having a problem clearing it when there is a round in the chamber. The slide is really hard to pull back, but will eventually eject the loaded round. I am using my reloads which are 180gr Sns Casting fp seated at 1.190". The rounds chamber just fine and the slide goes into full battery no problem. I have also taken an uncharged round and seated it deeper a little at a time all the way down to 1.125" and it is still hard to pull the slide back. It seems to stick in the same spot everytime and takes alot of force. I am worried that at the end of a stage i will not be able to clear it. Does anyone have any ideas of what could be happening? This happens on a clean gun. Thank you for any advice Tom

Six shot major for me. Can't wait to shoot it. It will be my first national

Sorry about that. Will know for the next time