Carmoney

http://www.gssfonline.com/ Oh, I know what GSSF is. And yeah, I know it's a big prize giveaway thing for the sandbagging mercenaries. I was just giving chemepharmd a hard time. In a friendly, good-natured way, of course! (But I still say WTF.)

GSSF? WTF?

Most Pythons do have fairly light and very smooth actions straight out of the box. But they're hard to shoot well in DA mode because of that dang stacking trigger pull and the very late timing that is part of the Python design. Supposedly Reeves Jungkind figured out how to take that stacking out of the trigger pull, but I have never felt one of his actions to confirm that. No matter how light and smooth the action is, if the pull gets heavier and heavier until it suddenly releases just as the cylinder finally locks in, it will create a tendency to clutch and yank at the trigger. To shoot well in DA mode, you need a trigger pull that is consistent from beginning to end, or (better yet) lightens slightly after the cylinder stop engages the notch before you roll off the shot.

Do you have any more info about that? The wide-body versions are not available in the U.S. due to patent restrictions.

I agree. I use mixed moonclips in my .45s, but for the 8-shooters I use only Hearthco clips (forsaking all others).

The new-style sight assemblies can be mounted on the older guns by drilling and countersinking a new hole in the sight. This leaves you with another unused hole in the sight, but it doesn't look bad and it's much easier than drilling and tapping the gun.

......or chew spearmint Lifesavers!

Next up on my bench, as a matter of fact! Should get 'er done this weekend.

Are you an attractive female shooter with sponsors? If so, you can probably get whatever you need from the arb committee......

Exactly. The whole point of shooting Revolver is to create the most demanding challenge available in the game, and to compete with other like-minded shooters who are all using essentially the same equipment. I dare anybody to try to pull this stunt at a major match while shooting on the squad with the Revo "regulars." We will relentlessly berate and shame you into absolute oblivion.

Several people have PM'd me recently asking if I have any extra 625s or 627s in stock. Just happened to be spooling around on Gunbroker and saw these: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem....?Item=149686795 http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem....?Item=150224026 http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem....?Item=150367320 Given today's price climate for good revolvers, these are not bad deals.

Start out dry-firing against a solid backstop, hang onto the gun hard, and practice rolling the trigger through smoothly and slowly. When you're first getting started, focus your eyes on the hammer and watch it roll back slowly and then fall with each dry-cycle. Repeat until the roll is smoooooth. Do this a few thousand times. After you get a feel for that slow roll, find a safe aiming spot, such as a light switch on the wall. Now, focus your vision on the front sight and roll the action through the same way, slowly and smoothly, while hanging onto the gun hard. Watch that front sight and make sure it stays on the light switch while you roll the trigger. Do this another few thousand times. Now go to the range and do the exact same thing on a small bullseye target with live ammo--watch the front sight, roll the trigger through slowly and smoothly. You will be amazed at how well you are now shooting compared to before! Shooting at full competition speed is the same process executed over a smaller time duration, with that time duration adjusted as appropriate given the demands of the shot being taken.

....and you gave me enough Federal-primed ammo to make it through the last stage!!! Yes, that was a crazy match for me, a dropped gun and three stage reshoots......

Yeah, I was there when that happened at the Summer Blast. I remember the stage pretty clearly, and Gary was facing almost straight left across the bay. I was behind and to the right where I couldn't see the muzzle, but I remember several ROs called "stop" at the same time. Facing and moving to the left seems to be the most common scenario for this type of 180 issue. Somebody taped my targets prematurely on that stage, so I had to run the dang thing twice after Gary's DQ. You can bet I was careful, knowing everybody was watching very closely!

After re-throating the ACII and putting a bit of additional tension on the extractor (which appears nicely made and seems to hold spring tension well), it's now feeding everything, including the JHPs that were choking before. For prospective purchasers, this may be something to keep in mind. If you don't do your own 'smithing work and don't want to spend the bucks to send it to somebody, you might be limited to running hardball-profile ammo.

Yes, and he is not alone. Many (definitely not all, but many!) of the guys who flip the gun back and forth between their hands and load with the strong hand will occasionally break the 180. Although it may be debatable whether a revolver muzzle barely breaking the 180 plane when the gun is empty and cylinder open is actually a real safety hazard....but there's no question it does violate the rule.

C'mon, Sam, I ran the "beginner" gag 3 or 4 years ago, that's my bit. What's next--you gonna start posting pictures of Michael Jackson wearing a glove every time Tom Mainus gets mentioned on here, or what???

He loads holding the moonclip weak-handed.

Dan Carden's a GM, and he holds the moonclips with the weak hand. I'm a Master, and I also load with the weak hand. Remember Spook? He's one of the top revolver guys in the world, and he does it that way too. Among the better competition revolver shooters, I think it's probably very close to 50/50 right now.

Do they really need to be tuned??

Most people are woefully underinsured. Many people are driving around with auto liability insurance limits of 100/300, and have 300 (or less) in limits on their personal liability coverage through their homeowers policy. I have defended a number of clients who got themselves in a situation where they caused significant injuries to others (up to and including death) in which their insurance limits were terribly inadequate. It is not a pleasant situation. Even if you don't have huge assets, it's a matter of social responsibility. If you cause an accident (and it can happen to anybody) and hurt somebody really badly, wouldn't you feel better knowing that you had enough insurance in place to fully compensate the loss you caused? A personal umbrella of at least a million should be the starting point. And while you're at it, make sure to raise your uninsured/underinsured limits to at least a million as well. If you get clobbered (and that too can happen to anybody!) at least you have a fighting chance of being made "whole"--to the extent that money can do that, anyway. Good liability coverage isn't all that much more expensive than mediocre coverage, and it's well worth the incremental increase in premium. Trust me.

Yes. Very, very common.

Bobby.......your vibrating butt plug doesn't count.......

I've seen FFL. And I've seen Mrs.FFL. All I can say is, FFL got the best of that bargain!

I can't test-fire it right now because we're in the middle of a "blizzard of epic proportions" here in central Iowa, but it seems to feed rounds manually from the mag quite a bit more smoothly. See, now don't you wish your office was downtown in the "Space Station" as I call it? Rick, are you by any chance referring to the hermetically-sealed biosphere known locally as the "Des Moines Skywalk System"?