Carmoney

I am pleased to find that I have over 10,000 rounds of .38 Short Colt ammunition loaded and ready to go. Considering that outside our little world of competition wheelgunning, the Short Colt is an obsolete cartridge, it occurs to me that I may have more .38 Short Colt ammunition in my basement than anyone, anywhere in the world. So can anybody beat that?

I'll bet you're right. That design crew makes darn sure the SSN is 8-round-neutral every year, and all they would have to do is move (or pull) a few targets here and there to make the Revo Nats 6-round-neutral. I checked major.

I think it was Mike Plaxco who said, "The reason the good Lord gave you a left thumb is to drop the slide on a .45." Good advice back when nearly everybody shot a .45 in "combat matches," and still good advice today.

Everything contained in the previous posts is true! Years ago, as an experiment, I tried hard-chroming the original cylinder on one of my 625s. Waltermitty predicted that it would not stop the peening. He was absolutely correct. It eventually peened to the point that it needed a new cylinder. I own multiple 25-2s with blued carbon steel cylinders, including two guns that have been shot a whole lot, and all of their original cylinders are still perfectly fine.

Around here, we call that "Tappe Ammo." You can stop it with a decent catcher's mitt.

The Norinco guns have good metallurgy, but are pretty rough in stock form. They tune up well, but it takes a lot of effort to get 'em there.

A good friend of mine collects and builds high-end 1911s. When I showed him my American Classic he just said "Aw shit." In the context of the conversation, it was a high compliment to the AC pistol.

Agreed. This actually is a great discussion to have before one of us has a bad day. So if you carry a widget in a pouch on your gun belt or hung by a lanyard the entire match is it employable on a Server or post holder during a specific stage? Good question, James. If the rule says you're not supposed to move the gear around on the belt, I'm not sure the pouch idea would be legal. But I would think it would be legal to hang the widget by a lanyard right next to the server so it could be employed when needed. But that seems arbitrary and silly to differentiate between those two options, doesn't it? Let me ask you this--would it be possible to add some kind of little lock-out device that is permanently mounted to the upper right side of the moon server? Something that could be flipped down into place to block the follower when needed? That would be a cool solution.

He might want to check with Richard Heinie and Dick Metcalf on that. Sounds great, though!

Interesting that you comment on Lee's widget but not Snertly's device to hold a post out. I think Snert's suggestion of using a moonclip (or one of the plastic spacers that are available for the North Mountain product) would probably be illegal too, if it were added and removed at various times during the match. The solution many of us have settled upon is to simply leave a moonclip (or plastic spacer) in place on each post all the time. If Lee's widget can be rigged to be in place on the moonclip server all the time, and simply engaged or not engaged depending on the requirements of the stage, I think it would be perfectly legal as well. If the current version of the server allows for the follower to be locked out, that would seem to be an excellent solution. This is not something most ROs would ever catch. And certainly not something most revolver shooters would ever make an issue out of. But I would hate to see somebody get dinged by a nazi RO, which is why I made the comment. Word to the wise, right?

....or Whitney Houston or Tim Russert or anyone else who wasn't a principal figure of the United States government or a bona fide military hero.

I'm not sure that widget idea is legal for USPSA. I haven't looked at the rules in detail, but I don't think you can add equipment to the belt for a particular stage. This came up at Nationals in Barry a number of years ago when Nils Jonasson used a belt pouch (everybody called it his "murse") to hold moonclips that were grabbed out of a shooting bag at the start position. As I recall, the question was whether Nils had used the pouch throughout the entire match, or not. So you might want to check the rules if you're planning to rely on the widget.

+1.

The patents on the S&W revolvers are all long expired......maybe somebody else should just go ahead and manufacture and market them.

No grease ever. Synthetic motor oil all the time. It's the only lubricant I have found that remains largely unaffected by extreme cold.

Looks good, Lee!

Sorry guys, but I'm not buying the whole "marginal ignition" thing. If you stop and think about how a primer works, it just doesn't make sense. A primer ignites when struck with sufficient force to begin a chain of unrestrained chemical reactions. Once that process begins, the result is always going to be essentially the same from one primer to the next. A primer is not going to ignite "better" or "hotter" when it is struck harder. It's not going to ignite "marginally" when struck with a lighter hit. You might be able to convince me that increased lock time could affect a revolver's practical accuracy by creating more opportunity to introduce movement into the equation. But the marginal ignition idea is not valid.

Sounds like a good subject for Coast-to-Coast AM late-night radio with George Noory.

I have seen several posts recently from people who seem to think that lighter mainsprings can somehow be detrimental to a gun's intrinsic accuracy. It is simply not the case. A primer does not ignite "better" when it is struck harder. It either ignites, or it does not. Now maybe a spring kit could create a mushy trigger and cause an individual shooter to not shoot the gun as well. I guess that could be possible.

The firing pin bushing is not the same part as the hammer nose bushing for the older guns. The older hammer nose bushings generally required special equipment to install. The current firing pin bushings can be installed fairly easily with common hand tools.

Correct--I quit working on revolvers in mid-2011. I recommend Apex in CA, Frank Glenn in AZ, and Clark's in LA. I am informed that Tom Kilhoffer at TK Custom in IL has resumed working on revolver actions also.

I would start by suggesting you not take advice from your local shop guy. Good luck with your wheelgunning!

Pretty sure it's Feb. 1.

I'm already signed up! So is Brian Hood--he will be sporting his new 627. I helped him Brianize the action.

One of the best hate posts ever. I agree wholeheartedly. With all the money we spend turning nice hunting habitat into bike trails, you would think they could get the hell off the road.