Carmoney

Yeah, I use a round ceramic stone usually, but the dowel with fine paper would work fine too. I also sometimes use a cratex tip on the rotary tool. Keep in mind that the more obvious peening on the far side of the notch is not the culprit of the chamber skipping problem--it's those little ledges that build up on the bottom of the ramps that can sometimes make the stop jump the notches when the gun is cranked fast.

Thanks everybody!! All these reminders of your friendship make me feel very blessed.

Get a flashlight and shine it into the back of the trigger.....see the little groove going across in there? That's where the fixed end of the torsion spring needs to be seated. You should be able to figure it out from there. The original problem you describe sounds like a cylinder stop/spring problem rather than a timing problem. Replace those two parts before doing anything else (the current-production MIM cylinder stop generally drops in with no fitting), and if that doesn't fix the problem you will need to remove the peened "ledges" that have built up at the bottoms of the lead-in ramps on the cylinder. No biggie.

It's a ton of fun! It feels like I say this every year, but it really does seem like there is a big surge of interest in shooting revolver in competition right now. I think we're going to see a lot of new (and converted) wheelgunners out there at the big matches this year.

I posted a photo of my DOH rig on this thread: http://www.brianenos.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=78722

It should be fine. Put 'er back together and you'll know in a hurry if there's a problem.

OK, I have to admit, this line made me laugh!

Bangers.

What a great concept! I recall going down that road on the 5" 625 Mike... I'm a buyer at Bangers too...as well as a forum member...this path is well worn. I went down the exclusive road on an AR built for 3 gun in early 2008 and almost got canned for it...thanks to the market madness that started in late Oct 2008 it didn't matter too much, every AR on the shelf evaporated. Well, apparently there were enough letters...we're supposed to have the 300 of the 8 shot 38 Super 627's in May 2009. S&W # 170205 MSRP $1259.00 Oh the humanity!!! There goes the value of everybody's 627-4!!! Glad I dumped mine at the top. Wish I had done the same with the equity investments in my frickin' Keogh.....

(Sigh.)

Shawn, I suspect the problem is that you were trying to use a left-handed screwdriver.

I voluntarily shot a 625 at the IRC a couple years ago and finished in the top 5 in Limited division. I never regretted using it, right up until it was time for the shoot-off on Sunday, then I realized they set up the shoot-off to strongly favor the 8-rounders (so I let another guy shoot in my place). Otherwise, though, the 625 worked great. Like Bubber says, with ICORE scoring, you cannot be using those extra rounds to make up misses. And only rarely will those extra rounds be useful in saving a reload or whatever.

Must be a lawyer in the audience. Relax, I won't send you a bill.

The last thing our shaky economy needs right now is to suffer that kind of blow. Of course, if Cliff ever stops drinking, we will know that Armageddon is upon us anyway, so it won't really matter.

What dies were you using? These were loaded on a square deal B. A mix of 38 special and 9mm/38 acp dies. Just to put things in perspective I shot a "reference" load also. R-P 38 special brass, same Precision 147 FP sized .358, 1.410 oal, Fed 100, 4.0 gr Solo 1000. 8 rds went into a 3/4" group at 25 yds. So much for bullet jump not making a difference. Wow, so if you use .357 brass, you might be able to get the group to look like a .22 hole!

Bubber, I agree completely. It's a terrible idea to try to shoot at some pre-created pace. The focus should be on getting every hit inside the acceptable target area as quickly as possible, and disciplining yourself to not roll off a shot until and unless the front sight is within that acceptable area. In ICORE, the acceptable area is the A-zone and nothing else, unless it's a stage where you get time taken off for X-ring hits, and then the focus may need to be on the X-ring. A hit on every other area of the target is nearly always unacceptable. In USPSA, because of a more forgiving scoring system, the acceptable area (if you're shooting major) is in my opinion an area a little bigger than the A-zone and a little smaller than the C-zone. In USPSA, you can afford to get some C hits as long as it's not too many, but you definitely don't want Ds. Misses are match-killers, at the higher levels anyway. It's not about "slowing down," it's about forcing yourself to get the hits where you need them to be, and to accomplish that task as quickly as possible.

That would be nice. But before they cover all the categories, they need to make sure there is decent coverage for all the divisions first. Mike, I pretty much agree with that too. My subtle point unless I'm completely mistaken was that USPSA only recognizes one Champion per match. That's all I see on the USPSA results pages. The only time I see high whatever converted in to champion status is on personal and corporate webpages. Yeah, but I'm not talking about classes (GM/M/A/B/C/D), I'm talking about divisions (O, L, L10, P, R, SS). Divisions deserve coverage before classes, and before categories. As many of you have probably figured out, I'm specifically referring to the way Revolver division has received short shrift in major match coverage, particularly this past year when we were mentioned only in passing in a long and detailed article about the L/P/R Nationals.

I started shooting handguns competitively in the summer of 1987 when I was 21.

The rapid and vigorous walking thing is a pretty good clue.

classic combination of LEO and Glock.

My depression/WW2-generation grandparents would never have dreamed of putting handicapped tags on their vehicles just to get the good parking spaces. They truly were the "greatest generation" of Americans. But the one thing the WW2 generation did wrong was to universally spoil their children, the so-called baby-boomers, who have now turned into an unbelievably self-centered group of people in their 50s and early 60s who think the world revolves around them (present company excepted, of course). Every time I go out and about, I see people in this age bracket hanging those blue tags from their rear-view mirrors just because they want to take advantage of the handicapped parking spaces, then getting out and walking rapidly and vigorously into the facility. They don't even bother to affect a fake limp or anything! I get so enraged I'm momentarily tempted to run them down with my Buick. Sadly, this is only one little example of the damage the baby-boom generation (present company excepted, of course) has brought upon our society....

That would be nice. But before they cover all the categories, they need to make sure there is decent coverage for all the divisions first.

Production was supported as well.

Yeah, well, proposals float around internet websites all the time. I'm not going to get too excited, unless it appears the governing body of IPSC is seriously considering such a change. It has always seemed incredibly obvious to me that the very first equipment division should be between autoloaders and revolvers--every other variation should be sub-division of one of those fundamental divisions. But that's a discussion for another time, I suppose. Revolver Division should receive support from USPSA at the World Shoots. Every time I open Front Sight and see that listing of the U.S. teams that brought back all those gold medals from Bali, I get upset. I think it's great we sent a Ladies Open team and a Junior Open team and whatever else, but to sponsor those "category" teams before a U.S. Revo Division team? I think that's unconscionable.

The Board of Directors will be meeting this weekend in Dallas, and this issue is on the agenda. Inexplicably, USPSA has never funded a team in Revolver Division, and I think it's high time this policy is changed. This morning I sent the following email to each board member (president, VP, and all the area directors). Those here who agree might consider sending a similar politely-worded message, in your own words of course, over the next couple days before they all take off for Dallas. Their emails are listed in the Members section of the USPSA website under the USPSA Staff tab. Gentlemen: As you know, one of the items on the agenda for the upcoming board meeting in Dallas is "Official Teams to represent USPSA at the 2011 IPSC World Shoot." I strongly urge USPSA to support a United States team for Revolver Division for the 2011 and all future World Shoot events. Revolver is the only division recognized in both USPSA and IPSC that has not received support from USPSA in the past. Many members feel that it would make far more sense for USPSA to support teams in all divisions first, before funding separate teams for categories like women and juniors. Thanks in advance for your consideration of this issue. Respectfully, Mike Carmoney A23819