PatJones
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Speed shooters had some a couple years back after S&W did the run of 325s but I haven't seen for sale recently. Keep an eye out for special runs of revos with titanium cylinders, parts are usually available afterwards.
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That's funny. Being a righty I've burned myself a few times on the forcing cone too.I've used Titegroup for 38, 40 & 45 and have never had a problem with gas cutting the top strap. Being a lefty, I've burned myself a few times on the forcing cone, but haven't seen any indications of erosion on the top strap.
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I'm often the only revo shooter at a local match so comparing my scores to the high overall shooter is the best way I have to quantify my performances over time.
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I couldn't find what I wanted, so I built my own. I wanted a single high kydex rack that would take both 38 and 45 clips. Kydex is easy to work with if you're good with your hands.
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I was using 9mm dies with my mid colt loads.
I just checked the SAAMI specs. The case diameter for .38 special is .379 max with tolerance of -.006. The corresponding dimension for 9mm is .381 with a tolerance of -.007. This is a bit bigger, but most dies should be on the small side which would put you in the tolerance range of .38 special.
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Yes, 9mm cases are typically fatter at the base. If we use steel resizing dies this would be the case. Our carbide sizing dies use a single ring of carbide and turn a 9mm case into a straight wall case. Think about the wasp waisted appearance of a reloaded 9mm.9mm's fatter on the bottom than .38 is, so 9mm sizing anything (to include a casepro) won't work. But, what's helpful are 9mm seating and crimp dies, since .357 dies might not have seater stems etc. capable of handling the stubbier case. The shellplate's going to be the same as for .38 special.
You can resize a short colt case with a 9mm die, but depending on the thickness of the case walls it may or may not provide the correct case tension. I don't load short colt so someone else will need to speak to this.
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I always fill my rack when I go to the line. In my case that's eight moon clips.
I load strong hand and usually grab moons from right to left. But if I'm shooting to my left and need a reload, I'll grab one closer to the gun.
The other advantage to a full rack is that when I'm gathering spent moonclips, I can look down and immediately know if I'm missing one.
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Is the IDPA crowd now getting their panties in a knot in forums other than their own?
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I've gone back to 38 special. I tried medium colt in mine but I wasn't happy with the accuracy.
I can reload the specials faster than I can change shooting positions, so for me any tradeoff in accuracy is not worth it.
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My Lee 38 special seater die applies a tapper crimp. I have no idea why. I've moved to a RCBS seater die because I wanted to roll crimp and seat a bullet in the same operation.
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What caliber is the FJ?
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I took the guts out of a 38 special Lee factory crimp die and installed them in a old Lee expander die body I had sitting around. They drop right in, the parts inside the dies are there same diameter.
I then cut the bottom of the die shorter so I could screw it down into the press further to crimp shorter cartridges. Without the carbide insert of a stock FCD it was easy to shorten things up. Works like a charm and doesn't resize my loaded lead bullets.
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+13.5" is bad from a factory gun?
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Never discarded a clip for to a high primer, I hand seat all of my primers. I have had a moonclip fall off the far side of the cylinder instead of falling in though.
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How many years has it been since S&W stopped making the 5" 625?
Got mine..... In a trade 20 days after the rule change.Almost 8 years ago.
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Shooting 158 grain round nose in my 627. For moon clip use a round nose is best.
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The bull barrel gun had a heavy trigger when I shot it Saturday? I guess I do have a revolver callus on my trigger finger.
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I start with 8.
I started with 12 at the rocky mountain 300, but that match is an anomaly.
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I too use the old style tapered spring. I bend the top of the spring, the part containing the hook, down at about a 30° angle. This makes the overall length shorter. This is important to prevent knuckling when you reduce the length of the tension screw. I also arch it slightly after its in the gun.
I measure the tension on the hammer by hooking a trigger pull gauge in the little notch formed by the bottom of the flat pad where the hammer hits the hiring pin. I pull the hammer back with the gauge parallel with the barrel. At the midway point of its travel, the tension on the hammer measures 2 7/8 pounds. All other tuning is done by polishing the action and playing with rebound springs.
The hammers with the fixed firing pins are measured in the same manner, but you hook under the hammer nose. This is higher up on the hammer so the numbers are different. I've not worked on enough of these to have a firm number.
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I believe the limited capacity is a safety issue. The primers are the most dangerous component we load with. Powder burns, primers detonate. Just buy extra primer tubes.
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That's what I do. Seriously. Single stage with a hand primer. The hand primer let's me run less tension on my hammer spring and still go bang.
Well I'll show you what a "REAL" man reloads with. No more Dillon 650. From now on I will do all my reloading on a single stage press and prime with a hand primer.A .38 S&W jammed up at the bottom of my case feed tube.
Sorry, but that's your fault for using a case feeder. REAL men feed the cases by hand and visually inspect each one as they go. In the snow. 5 miles. Uphill. Both ways.
I also get all of my brass back neatly organized in moonclips too....
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I called in to ask them to flag 09-04. It was almost exactly 15% above my class. 13-05, another 8 shot one, seems to be pretty close to my classification percentage though.
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Thanks Chris. That's what I was looking for.
Underlug, I was current all summer and then expired after 4 months. I was a little suprised too when I looked for an email address.
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My ICORE membership had lapsed when I renewed my membership this spring. I sent my check in May and my membership expired in September. September was my original anniversary date.
I have tried contacting them 3 times regarding this issue, once by replying to a renewal notice and twice using the contact form on the ICORE website.
Does anyone here at Benos know how to contact ICORE directly? I'd like to get this resolved.
Good lightweight barrel
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I have an lightweight chrome lined FN barrel from Spikes. Fine for kick down the door accuracy, but I'm glad it's not a competition rifle. The DPMS on my A2 groups much better. It's not chromed.