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badger,
I had one on order since January, (standard extractor) when they came out with the power extractor I upgraded my order (JUNE/JULY).
Got it Middle of August, was one of the first ones to ship. all others are going to distributors first then single and personal orders.
They had the S1640SR on back order back in January, a few of thier suppliers were running behind, and are trying to catch up.
Mine is seemingly put together a little better than my first 2 S1640SR s and the finish (sterling) is quite attractive, good looking gun. I have yet to fire it as I am getting ready to shoot the USPSA nationals with the wheel gun and really don't have the time to do much "goofing around"
be patient, it will show.
Sam Keen AKA Hopalong.
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Just thought I would spread the word a little.....
CRSSA in Glen Mississippi ( Corinth for mapquest )
is hosting an ICORE match the 25th of September shooting starts at 1:00 pm
we will be having the 4 stages of the postal match, plus maybe one or two fun stages.
I know this conflicts with the IDPA nationals and I'm sorry but it is the only day we can do it.
Directions to the range at www.crssa.com
there will be no ICORE info on the web site as we are not affiliated with them as of yet but if we get enough interest we may.
Equipment rules and other rules at www.icore.org
if more info needed my e-mail srkdraws@bellsouth.net
or 731-645-4403 I will be at the USPSA nationals from the 11th to the 19th
hope to see you there....no need in bringing the bottom feeders at all as they will be limited to 1 shot only
Sam Keen
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Grrl, have we done anything to the shoulder yet?
What about RB?
can't wait to have ya'll back in the loop.....
Hang in there
Hopalong
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Firewalker,
will miss IDPA nationals, can only afford 1 at a time and USPSA got the nod this year, hope to make them next year though.
Let us know about the moonclips, I am like you I think this little gun can run like a cheeta, (in the right hands)
Looks like the TN and MS IDPA state matches are it for me this year
Good Luck at Little Rock and whip a couple of them bottom feeders for me.
Hopalong
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Firewalker, Carmoney,
Have either of you tried the Hearthco clips yet? I am like Firewalker, not satisfied with the factory clips....
I noticed that the clips in the Brownells book is offered in two different thicknesses,
maybe the thick ones to help take up the space in the rim groove?
Hoping to shoot mine in the TN IDPA State match in October but if I can't get something better than what came with it I will shoot the 610 instead.
Hopalong
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Ron,
He was talking about, "top of the line" equipment, not factory or stock stuff here
Now that he has said he want to use it for CCW, he needs to get himself a 646 instead.
Steve,
Just having a little fun at your expense....
Good Luck with it, if you can Come down to the MS IDPA match in November I'm sure there are some ESP masters here you can beat up on.
Hopalong
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How about a Smith & Wesson 625 4" bbl, chamfered cylinder, Black magic spring kit, Hearthco Moon clips????
I regularly do better with mine than my bottom feeder....
It is the INDIAN.... NOT the ARROW....
GOOD LUCK Gamer !!!!
Hopalong
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Before I changed over to Revolvers I shot a Para-Ordnance p16-40 Limited
I have short fingers and thick hands and shift the gun in my hand and hit the button with the strong hand thumb.
I have been shoting Auto pistols for only 3 years and had a consitant 1.3 reload on USPSA targets at 7 yds and some time did it right and broke 1 second so it can be done it just takes lots of work, for me it was every other evening dry fire and practice reload and tuesday thursday live fire.
Good Luck.
Hopalong--now shooting revolver where a 2 second reload is the magic number.
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Steve Moneypenny,
I shot with Jerry Miculek at the Area-3 match and at one point we had about a 2 hour wait so we talked all kind of stuff, 3-guns ect.
At one point I mentioned to him that I had found a new 646 and was in the process of trying to buy it, he said that it was a neat gun and should be a great IDPA gun. I told him I thought I would like it as I have kind of short fingers and thought the L frame would be the ticket for me.
He then told me that he was talking with S&W about making a 9mm L frame just for the IDPA/ICORE crowd as their power factor was so much lower than USPSA/IPSC (major that is) but that is just in the talking stage so just maybe you will get your wish.
Firewalker, are you and Stephanie going to make the Mississippi State IDPA match in November? I invited Jerry to come shoot it and Deer hunt while we were talking and he said if he didn't have anything he had to do on his calender he would come.
Until then I will see some of you at the USPSA Nationals, Squad 13
Sam Keen aka Hopalong
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Rich,
Good Luck, Keep your head down where ever you end up !!!!
Just a thought, TT is Limited, Max is Open Greg is Production, Name slips me but the armorer is L-10 they NEED a revolver shooter????
GOT to cover all the divisions don't we????
Hang in there have a blast at boot.
SAM
I remembered the name finally.... Joe Harless (Sorry Joe memory is as long as hair)
And Also Col. David Liwang (C.O.) shoots L-10
and SGT. Arron Hampton is out right now with tendonitis (prefers 3-gun)
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To Put it simple, John (Jack) Jawor did not make any mistakes and the rest of us did.......
Ok, I don't have any numbers but there were 4 revolver shooters at the TN section match this weekend, John Jawor, BE.coms Aierdale, Cliff Walsh and myself.
Saturday I awoke to Thunder and for the most of the day we shot in the rain or drizzle. Cliff Walsh shot in a squad by himself, as did I and Aierdale and John squadded together (ganged up on Cliff and I).
The match was a good combination of stand and shoots for speed, medium sized field courses, and a long field course that was eventually tossed for dangerous footing.....
The Long Range Standards were used as the Match Classifier and Aierdale, Cliff, and I all spotted John 120 match points on the stage as we could not hit a bear in the A$$ with a base fiddle on it, To cliffs rescue his gun went out of time and he used mine to finish up and this stage was one of them he shot it in.
there were 2, 12 round 60 point comstock stages that could be absolutely smoked if you paied attention to what you were doing and not try too hard, (these stages I LOVE) BUT someone I know tried a little too hard and ended up leaving a peice of steel on each instead of taking the extra time to reload and get the last one.
John on the otherhand played it safe throughout the match and just out consistanted us CONGRATS JACK !!!!!!
I did not get to see cliff shoot any stages but the Long Range standards and we already know about that....
I did get to see Jack and Aierdale shoot one stage and they both did a good job on them, Aierdale is listed as a D class Revolver shooter but if he shoots like he did on that stage he won't be there long.
One thing I can tell is .... Don't spot your competition 120 match points and expect (or Hope) to catch up.
Cliff, Sorry about your gun,
hope you get it straightend out before NationalsAierdale, Good to meet you and good shooting (D class My A$$)
Nice meeting your Better Half, get her shooting the 646 soon !!!!!Jack, Way to go man you put up a good match from start to stop and we just couldn't hang with you.
Good LUCK at A-5 and I will see ya'll at Nationals.
HOPALONG
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Well the new 646 showed up today.
My first impression when I picked it up was the grip was too small as my pinkie finger kind of rolled off of it.
But !!!!! I had sitting there waiting on it 1 Jerry M grip for L frame. installed it and YEE HA man does that feel GOOD !!!!!!!
The gun feels just a little light as I figured it would with the smaller frame and Titainium cylinder but it is quite snappy( i think that is the word I'm looking for) as it starts and stops on targets easier.
I shot 1 moon clip through it (couldn't help it) with loads that make 140.000 power factor and it was not as strong feeling recoil as the 610 with 170.000 so it whould really shine at the IDPA matches.
Now to put a good trigger job in it, chamfer the cylinders a little, change the back sight to a Millet sight( my personal preferance ) get more moon clips (Don Hearth here I come) and try hard to wear that dude out (just kidding) but really put some rounds down range after the USPSA Nationals where I am shooting the "SHOOTIN IRON" (625) that finally showed back up from S&W.
when I first opened the cylinder and looked at it I thought "man that is cute but it seems so small" Shooting those N frames have gotten me used to seeing a BIG cylinder, (and I deer Hunt with a RUGER 454 Casull).
I will update this thread after I get to run some rounds through it but From First impression " I REALLY LIKE THIS THING"
Hopalong
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Hey Manny,
50 bucks for the star !!!!!
See ya at TN
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Shot this thing in Memphis last Sunday, could go up in classification next month if it is good enough could someone let me know?
Hopalong,
104 pts
32.40 time
3.2099 HF
NO MIKES
oh yeah, Revolver
(did not do so good at the TN section in the rain)
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For those of You interested, and who are not going to the USPSA nationals
Cross Roads Sport Shooting Assn in Glen, MS (Corinth if using mapquest)
will be having their quarterly 3-gun match Sept 12th starting at 1:oopm
this should be a 4 stage pistol match, (for those who don't 3-gun)
and then 2-3 rifle or shotgun stages and then 2 combo stages or something like
that.
More Info. www.crssa.com
662-287-3235 Nathan Hendrix
731-645-4403 Sam Keen
both no later than 8:00 pm we both get up real early
I will not be shooting as I will be in Barry at the Pistol Nationals but come on any way as it doesn't take one monkey to stop the show.
SAM
oh yeah, this is the same place we held the Mississippi USPSA 3-gun championships last spring.
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I started this sport shooting Limited, and the match I regularly attended is hosted by BE.coms own Lynn Jones.
He gives you a combined results and then combined stage results all together where if you want to compare what you are doing against the other Limited shooters all you have to do is look in the "Division" column and find them.
Works great, great job Lynn, Now that I am shooting Revolver and am the only one there the Division thing means nothing, I just try to improve or stay the same as the last match with the eventual goal of 60% of the match winner (usually an OPEN Blaster but not always).
Another Club that I shoot at lists a combined results and then breaks them out into divisions so all who shoot don't have to compare themselves to other divisions unless they want to.
both ways are fine with me, I just want to burn some powder, maybe smoke a N/S or two and have a good time with my shooting buddies, especally when they have a MIKE or can't knock down that one piece of steel.
Good luck, shoot straight, shoot fast, look good.
SAM KEEN / Hopalong
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rwmagnus
here is max what you can have to start a stage,
6 in gun, and 18 for the stage (3 reloads)
so if you have 4 holders on you, you must "top off" with one of the 4 leaving 3 and of them 2 in front and 1 in back.
Hope that helps.
HOPALONG
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RWMAGNUS
That is how several of the shooters around here do it, as long as when you start the stage you only have a total of three.
I have a fellow shooter that uses 2 Bladetec holders 1 in front and 1 in back and LMR with the back one.
See some of ya'll at TN section, and then USPSA Nationals, won't make A-5
Hopalong / Sam Keen
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Ron,
As a relatively new revolver shooter, I am really glad you have decided to return to our division.
I enjoy shooting both bottom feeders and the revolver and have enjoyed this year as much or more than the last 3 while shooting the Limited gun, Yes there is less people to shoot with (or against) I consider it shooting with other revolver shooters and trying to make the auto guys think that is easy.
Glad you are back among whom I think (the ones I have met) a darn good bunch of folks.
Sam Keen
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Matt.
Now we know some more of our weaknesses and what to work on to get better at handling the matches and stages that we can not use our better talents on.
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We shot this thing at Area - 3 this weekend this how it worked for me.
105 points 13 Alpha
9 Charlie
2 Delta
Time 16.31
string 1 7.71
string 2 3.79
string 3 4.81
Hit Factor: 6.4378
Revolver, B class
SAM
At the Classifiction update this turned out to be a 71.3406% for Revolver.
This also helped get me up into A class.
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Short Round
You are only allowed one mag in the gun and two on the side, no more from anywhere else, except when topping off at the begining of a course of Fire.
HOP
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let me add a little for clarification,
No Procedural, if he goes on and shoots with the other mag in his magholder, if he goes after the dropped mag and exposes himself with an unloaded gun then if he does not retreat back to cover he then get the Procedural.
Hopalong
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No Procedural as you are exposing yourself with an unloaded gun and besides the shooter has already wasted time by dropping it anyway, no need to penalize someone twice for the same thing.
If he had done it on purpose hoping to get some kind of advantage of shooting the course of fire out of course discription, yes and maybe a FTD. but as far as your discription goes see the above.
Hopalong
hope you get it straightend out before Nationals
Small rifle primers
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Also Small Rifle Primers have a little longer burn time so you get a more efficient powder burn.
HOP