Carmoney
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My eye doctor tells me I am going to really like how well I see with my new lenses after I have cataract surgery. But he wants me to wait until I am closer to 60. Actually, I am OK with waiting a little longer because the technology keeps improving. There are some pretty amazing options that have just come on the market in the last couple years, including several lens types that can actually treat the presbyopia that we all experience with aging--that could mean no glasses for distance, no readers for up close, 20/20 vision at all distances, no corrective lenses ever again.
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I have terrible eyes, unfortunately. I'm very nearsighted and have enough astigmatism that I haven't been able to wear contacts for years. By the time I was 50, I had a cararact in one eye, and now at 57 I have them on both sides. Then just to add the icing on the cake, last year I experienced a vitreous detachment in my right eye that left me with dozens of large greasy floaters that are squarely in my focal area. These never go away. According to the ophthalmologist, the same thing had already happened in my left eye at some point in the past, but the floaters aren't as noticeable on that side.
I simply use my regular everyday progressive bifocals for shooting. I do best with clear lenses that allow the most possible light to get through all that mess. If you see me at a match, I'll probably be wearing sunglasses. But when it's my turn to shoot, I always switch to clear.
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Update: I received a payment link this afternoon and I'm now on Squad 6.
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Payment and squadding are not yet open to everyone! It appears they have some sort of selection or priority process in place for approving shooters.
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So it was working reliably with that ammo before installing the extended firing pin and spring.
Hmmm....
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Every now and then I pull out the mint 686-5 from my safe and think, hey maybe today I should do the action on this thing and get it all ready for IDPA or ICORE Classic or something.......and then I wind up doing something else instead!
Looks like your SSR is going to be a good shooter for you. I like the LPA sight--normally, the LPA is not my favorite choice (for purely aesthetic reasons), but I think it looks really good on the SSR. Sorta high tech.
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Nice review!
You might want to rethink the practice of adding grease to the internal workings of a revolver--or any handgun, for that matter. I know a lot of people do it, but I think it's a bad idea. Grease attracts dirt and eventually turns into lapping compound. Grease can make the action feel gummy and sticky, and sometimes creates sluggish timing. Grease can cause guns to function strangely in cold weather. If grease improves the feel of your action, it's masking other issues that will return when the grease dries--and then you will have the added problem of hardened grease that will need removed.
S&W revolvers require very little internal lubrication. And the best lubrication for them (in my opinion) is a very small amount of synthetic motor oil (e.g. Mobil 1) applied to the bearing surfaces.
Again, just my opinion--but I have run revolvers in competition for 35 years in all sorts of weather conditions, and I have had lots of them go across my workbench over the years.
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On 3/2/2023 at 4:43 PM, bigdog02 said:
After shooting my 625JM at a couple matches and a lot of practice I have came to some grip decisions lol.
I have a gorgeous Nil grip laminate blue that absolutely HUGS my hand and fills it perfectly and is comfortable for some slow shooting and casual shooting.Sadly with no way to reload currently, I am shooting full power factory 45ACP and fun fact for you - after a little bit of shooting with that gorgeous wooden grip, you end up with the small lump on the bone/tendon in the web of your thumb that is painful to the touch.
Changed it out to a Hogue tamer and can shoot hundreds of rounds in a sitting and no pain at all.
As much as I want to keep that Nil on the gun because it looks amazing, for my use in competition - the Hogue is where it's at.I had the same experience with those smooth Miculek wood grips (made by Hogue) that were all the rage a few years back.
They obviously work for some. I guess it just depends on your hand structure and size.
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Speedloaders--Yuck! I respect the mad skills of those who can do it really well (Josh, Cliff, and the late great Bubber, for example) but it looks downright awful to me.
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I have used plain old RB Hogue rubber grips with finger grooves for many years. They're perfectly fine for me, but this is 100% a personal preference thing. Whatever works for you is what you should use.
Anybody else remember the gawd-awful-looking grips Matt Griffin used to run? He carved on them, wrapped them up in athletic tape, added some bondo, and carved on them some more, until they were perfect for his hands.
Whatever works.
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15 hours ago, EEH said:
Mike you did pretty good, nice job
Thanks Eddie. I was on the right pace, but had way too many penalties. That's what happens when you don't pick up a wheelgun for six or eight months and then take one to a major match!
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Non-revolver guys have to be looking at this thread and thinking WTF.....
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1 minute ago, radny97 said:
Just grab a pack of extended firing pins from TK Custom. I dry fire enough that they break every 5000 rounds on me so I keep a spare in the range bag.
Anything that breaks so frequently has no place in my competition set-up!
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On 2/25/2023 at 7:29 AM, testosterone said:
The only person i ever see just switch between reloads is cliff walsh, he can just go either way seemingly equal, but 99% of the time he does stronghand.
Right to left is easy so long as you are able to maintain body awareness, for me this means where is my shoulder position relative to the berm/90/fault line... whichever ref is easiest to notice.
Right to left retreating is definitely a bit of a trick, but its the case always regardless of division..if you feet are pointing up range and you are trying to do a gun manipulation at same time....this is pretty rare though, just have a practiced strategy for this scenario and do it. Depending on the stage i blend something like shuffle stepping backwards and doing the load and turn and run when i can to just getting to next position and doing the load when i get there.
One year Cliff shot an entire major match using the opposite reload style than what he normally does. He did it just for kicks. No problems at all.
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Bushing looks normal to me also. (If not, they can be easily punched out and replaced.)
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8 minutes ago, ysrracer said:
ROs and lunch, like three weeks earlier at the Arizona State Revolver Championship?
Sounds like a match I would enjoy--maybe next year? (I'm probably not going to be able to fly to AZ twice in the same month, though, so I'm hoping they can spread it out a little from the Western States match, which I will not willingly miss.)
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On my calendar.
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OK, I have shot this match multiple times, including this year, and I'm here to tell you--this is a great frickin' match! Easily one of the best revolver matches of the year.
All this negativity from the armchairs is sort of disappointing. Obviously, some of you guys would rather bitch than shoot!
I'm a senior shooter, and many of the 70 revolver shooters in attendance were plenty older than me. We had a great time. 14 top-quality stages at a world-class range, at a match run by experienced people who know how to plan high-level events--what else can you really ask for?
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On my calendar.
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On 2/1/2023 at 10:42 PM, MWP said:
I’d like to buy that. But as soon as we cross from shooter to collector, I’m out!
They come up for sale very rarely. The last few that have sold on GB and the S&W Forum have brought $3K+.
Hard to think of a rarer S&W production model. All the little old hen S&W collectors get their panties all wet over the Registered Magnums, but the 27-7 is far, far scarcer.
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Hard to sort out the placebo effect when it comes to comps, porting, etc.
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Common problem. I have had to grind down a Hogue mono-grip mounting screw more than once.
My first 929, it's loaded with TK Custom stuff
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Yeah, I'm tired of it too.