Carmoney

I've never noticed Elliot staging the trigger, and I've shot with him plenty. I'll bet if you asked Elliot he would tell you he doesn't stage the trigger. And if you proved to him that he does stage the trigger sometimes, I'll bet he would admit it's a bad habit!

Sam and I are in!

Yep, exactly.

I'm curious who you are talking about?....Which of the best revolver shooters stage the trigger for nearly every shot?

Revolver actions require very little lubricant....if any at all. Don't put any type of grease in there....especially if you shoot in colder climates. Only the Arizona shooters can get away with using that stuff!

As to the original question: Keep a close eye on your primer indents. If they are consistently well-centered, don't change anything.

The actual answer: 625 moonclips do not need cleaning. Next question?

Here I am, alecmc! I'm not about to let you down! The cool thing about the loctite-only guys is that you can identify them by sound. It goes something like this: Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! click, Bang! click, Bang! You can sometimes identify their mating call from a couple bays away. Then if you're curious which one of the Super Squad Blue Man Group you just heard, just check the closest safe area for the guy with the grips off his gun and a screwdriver in his hand. Now don't get me wrong--blue loctite is on my strain screws, but they are also bottomed out good and hard. Generally I contour the mainspring and shorten the strain screw some (by chucking in a drill and using an old file) until I have the right balance. If you get it adjusted properly, you can go season after season after season without misfires. (This is the part of the discussion where I counsel people not to constantly dick with their guns. Set 'em up right, keep the external stuff reasonably clean, and unless you have an actual problem and you know what you're doing in there, leave those side plates in place!)

I would look elsewhere for improvement. Like pskys2, once upon a time I labored to install and adjust overtravel stops on my revolvers, but finally realized they create no advantage for DA shooting. In fact, trigger stops may be detrimental for DA shooting. Think about it--do you want metal slamming into metal the instant after ignition? Or do you want another couple milli-seconds to give the bullet time to leave the barrel before that disruption occurs?

Guys, I have handled the prototypes. You guys all know that I'm not inclined to use aftermarket hammers, but I'm here to testify that the magic is real with this one. My initial order has been placed.

Can I check with you the next time I need legal advice?

Wow, you sure are an expert on the law!

Ti cylinders are cool and all, but I sometimes wonder if the disadvantages outweigh the benefits.

929s are cool and all, but they do tend to be finicky bastards.

A "good" factory pin will measure around .495 and have a rounded tip, and those work just fine. Unfortunately, NOS "good" pins are difficult to locate these days. To get a pin any longer than .495, you must venture into the aftermarket pins, and have to deal with their long and sordid history of sudden breakage.

You, and everybody else.

This is absolutely true. Most people do not seat their primers deeply enough, but some go the other extreme and crush them in too far. It's hard to measure and harder to describe. When I was doing revolver action work, I finally started sending out a correctly primed case with each gun so people could visualize what their ammo should look like. That seemed to solve most of the problems.

My 627-4 in .38 Super never really shot all that great. Tried all sorts of stuff in it, never really got any better. If I were starting completely fresh, I suppose I would get a 929. But in reality, I will never switch from my 627s and 27-7s because of the ungodly quantity of short colt brass and high-end .38 8-shot moonclips I have accumulated over the years. My guns have always worked just fine--no problems ever.

Skip, I have one I bought from Josh Lentz, and it works fine. Sometimes you need to straighten the prongs a little with needle-nose pliers first, though.

I also tried to get a bag full of loaded moonclips into my checked luggage at DSM (which is normally a friendly venue for guns/ammo), and TSA wouldn't let me have them. I had enough extra ammo in plastic boxes, so I just took the loaded moons back out to my car. I have reached the point where I almost always just ship my ammo to the match ahead of time. Saves a lot of hassle, not to mention those ridiculous extra charges for overweight bags.

Yeah, if I remember correctly, that was at LAX.

I thought it would be interesting to see how skilled a shooter RJH happens to be, so I googled his name (as listed in his BE profile) with the terms USPSA and results, and got back absolutely nothing. It doesn't appear this person is even an active USPSA competitor. If I missed something, I'm sure he'll jump back in and correct me. If not, then he's just another internet troll.

Lots of topics being thrown around here, but if you've determined that you have insufficient clearance between barrel and cylinder, then you need to fix that problem. Get rid of the excessive endshake first, then if the gap is still too small, hit the back of the barrel with a big flat file that has a safe edge. Keep it perpendicular and watch to make sure it's taking off metal evenly. A few good strokes should do the trick. Sounds a little caveman, but it absolutely works.

Just registered for the match! I sent Sam the info so he can get signed up also.

Sam and I are considering shooting this match, and I might be able to bring along at least one other shooter from Iowa. Still working on making the arrangements.