Carmoney

This is just another example of why the mult-string stages are generally a bad idea. Even at National and Area matches, it has become routine for the ROs to give a mini-walk-through to each shooter between strings. Example: "OK, this time you're gonna engage each target with two shots freestyle, then reload and shoot them each one time strong hand only." Rarely are these instructions repeated absolutely verbatim for everybody, and obviously it favors those who are competent with English. I realize the ROs are only trying to help keep people from being penalized by forgetting the instructions from string to string. And let's face it -- well-intentioned ROs are going to do this, regardless of what the book says. The better practice would be to get rid of multi-start stages. It would also eliminate the perils of re-holstering loaded guns, carrying live guns across from one start position to another, forgetting to unlock the holster, etc., etc., etc.

Scott, you must be running light bullets or something....185s perhaps? With 230s loaded major, the 360/300 is the right combo for a 5" 625.

Two observations: The only thing Denny was ever going to win is a "biggest buckle" contest. Nemo's comment implying that Adam throws like a girl is insulting to girls everywhere.

Great judgment, too. I've personally witnessed Gary being called into a tense situation on the range when emotions were starting to get heated up. He quickly assessed the situation, and not only did he make the correct call, but he resolved the issue in a manner that made all involved parties satisfied that they had been treated fairly. I'll bet Gary wouldn't even remember that little incident today, but I do. He handled it perfectly.

I reserve and bust my ass to put in the required time my dept required in order to keep my commission. I also have more accredited training hours than probably 75% of the cops in my state. You ask one of those "real" full-time working law enforcement guys if theyd work for free and pay for all their gear and training. See what they say. Why would they want to do that? Why would anyone want to do that?

Exactly right, on all counts.

Full-lug is the way to go............ 5" 625 45acp What I'm trying to say I guess is I definitely wouldn't spend any extra for a PC 625 with a half lug. Don't buy the BS that they are better, tuned or have forged parts. They aren't any better than a stock 625. Absolutely true.

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I have been very impressed with the Springfield Stainless Loaded Target 9mms I have handled. Mine has a great trigger pull that only required a mild tweaking of the sear spring. I added a S&A magwell, a Dawson FO front sight, and a piece of grip tape, and it worked great in steel matches all last year. No malfunctions. My friend bought the same gun, we set it up for him exactly the same way, and he has been equally pleased. Again, all it took to reveal a nice competition trigger was adjustment of the sear spring tension.

Yeah, actually most 625-8s have not one, but six tight chambers! I think S&W must be trying to get extra mileage out of their worn-out tooling or something. Anyway, the solution (and yes, it will probably solve the problem originally posed by Gregor in the first post above) is to re-ream the chambers to correct SAAMI industry spec. Then the moonclips drop right in, and the cylinder closes nicely every time! I do it automatically on every 625-8.

As the cowboys say, all hat and no cattle.

Early this year I purchased a custom Caspian 10mm single-stack built by Wayne Bergquist at Glades Gunworks (which I snagged at a heavily discounted price, I'm sure because of the oddball 10mm chambering). I ran a few .40 S&W rounds through it. They functioned, as I expected, but I saw very noticeable signs of excessive headspace. So I installed a Kart EZ-Fit .40 barrel and bushing, and now everything is working great and it's a pretty sweet shooter.

You sure those guys listed above are all actually cops? (I'm not talking about reserve or junior explorer deputies or whatever....I'm talking about real full-time working law enforcement guys.) Two real full-time Iowa cops who can shoot: Doug Carden and Dwight Stearns.

While the numbers aren't huge, I think it's pretty clear that revolver participation in pretty much all of the action shooting disciplines is up significantly from five years ago.

Maybe it does indicate that revolvers are making a comeback! However, two thoughts immediately occur to me: 1. Unless a problem has developed, it is not necessary to take apart the extractor assembly. It is all too easy for the uninitiated to tweak, bend, overtighten, and break things. 2. A smooth-jawed drill chuck, which most people already have but can be found at any Wal-Mart or hardware store, is easier and faster than any of those expensive specialty tools anyway!

WHAT??--they cancelled the match?? That's a real shame. Hope they understand there's always a wave of applications that pours in the last couple weeks. Every time we've run a special match at OOPS, it's been like that. Hope they didn't panic too early.

From what I've seen, I'd recommend the 4".

We need to get Warren (or somebody) geared up to make some of these for sale! There was a guy in Australia (Mike McCarthy was his name maybe?) who made them, but he seems to have dropped out of sight.

Great photos! (I'm pretty sure that's Ron Jeremy in a couple of those photos.)

Nice job, Sam! Great to see such a good turn-out. I think next year I need to shoot more ICORE!

Richard, if you have any concern about it, sometime when you don't have any matches coming up, take off the sight and mail it to me. I'll check it out, and if necessary, I will be more than happy to remount or replace the Weigand blade. I keep all the stuff in stock, and I would only need it here overnight.

You got it, Bro. One of these days we need to put together a revolver match where we can truly test out the 8-shot minors against the 6-shot majors. With good open field courses and smart target placement, this could be a lot of fun, and I think it might vindicate my long-held theory that the two platforms are actually closer in capable hands than many people might think!

I'll tell you point-blank why there is push-back on this--we're already a group that is too small! Those of us that have been promoting USPSA Revolver Division on an ongoing basis are afraid--and may I say completely justifiably--that splintering us out into even smaller groups would eventually spell the death of the division. There are factions within USPSA (fortunately they seem to be dormant right now) that are looking for any excuse to dump us or make us a frickin' "category." The truth is that nationally, there are only a tiny handful of guys that seriously want to shoot 8-shot revos in USPSA. This was plainly apparent when we polled this issue right here a couple years back. If you want to play in Revo, step up and compete within the existing equipment rules--rules that met the approval of the vast majority of those who weighed in on the topic when we were given the chance to re-write them to expand the division a couple years ago. Nearly everyone said, "Keep it 6 shots between reloads, no optics or porting, but allow other custom options." USPSA's B.O.D. listened, the division was saved, and we're still here today. If you understand the history on this, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. If you really, really want to run an 8-shooter, you can certainly find (or start) an ICORE match or shoot steel with it. They're great guns that are really fun to shoot. But like Browning Hi-Powers and HK P7s, they don't happen to fit real well within any of the existing USPSA divisions. And that's OK.

I'd say that was well above a C-class performance for Revolver Division. The better shooters know they have to hang onto the gun good and hard! None of this "handshake" crap they tell you....grip that bitch!!! Smart man!

Yes, a little bit of wiggle side-to-side and up-and-down is normal with the Weigands (and the factory sights, for that matter). As long as the play isn't excessive, it doesn't seem to affect anything for any practical shooting purposes.