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  1. Only problem with that is the scandium is extremely inconsistent. Got to go steel to get the gun to run 100% of the time in all conditions.
  2. Shooting a different caliber through the gun than it’s stamped gives you an extra 5% of total match points- everyone knows that.
  3. A fast return speed can be had with an 11lb rebound, as long as your mainspring is super light too. I have a 686 that I’ve used to have a hard look at the 5 shot record that has an 11lb rebound. That guns capable of going a lot faster than I can- down into single digits, but the mainspring is crazy light too. Total weight is 4ish right now. Not something I’d want for a match.
  4. You can cut down and rechamber a 627 cylinder.
  5. Teaching is one of the ways to learn how much you don’t know. At least for me it has been. I think there’s several different techniques to a fast trigger pull. Most will get you to a sub 20 average, then there’s a different technique that can take you to about a 17 average, then it’s an entirely different one to go rip 13s and 14s and 15s and 16s in succession- a 14.5ish average. But in all those situations my finger doesn’t come off the trigger with a revolver. Some portion of that could have to do with using a 15-16lb return spring though.
  6. I’m on the trigger smooth, kinda. It’s a mixture of get angry at it and keep it moving. Hard to explain.
  7. I mean that’s a possibility. I think it’s extremely detrimental to the cylinder and the stop to pull the trigger the way some people do. And let’s not even talk about the abuse some of those weak hand reloaders do to those poor cylinders…
  8. I’ve done a little dry fire myself. And owned a few guns. They all need a little love coming from the factory that’s for sure. But after you get a few things cleaned up, they just seem to run, and rarely have any issue from what I’ve seen.
  9. Ok- serious question. How are you wearing these parts out? I must be doing something wrong. Other than swapping a good firing pin out for a good firing pin, I barely clean the guns. Once a gun falling off a table on concrete like sand once resulting in a broken trigger stud, and some cylinders that saw some angry ammo, I’m not sure I’ve ever replaced anything. I’ve never used a shim, replaced a spring or even considered owning a spare sear. I had to replace a 686 cylinder a decade ago, but then I found out just this last winter it wasn’t me- the person I loaned it to all those years ago wore out a 625 cylinder in a week of dryfire.
  10. Call TK. Many a 327/627 have been cut for 9mm long before the 929 came to be. To make the chambers work it needs to see the 9mm reamer, and to make the moons work it needs a few thousandths taken off the face of the cylinder.
  11. This is the correct answer. Call and ask and they’ll either be happy to do it for you or explain why it can’t be done.
  12. I’ve got a pair. OG dots. Vic shot one back in the day. Let’s see some pics of that grip that was on it when you got it…
  13. Taurus is working on releasing exactly that. I’m surprised Caleb didn’t have it out for Shot last week.
  14. Where’s this happening?
  15. Seems like it would get in the way during dry fire. Tough to toss a moon in there.
  16. It’s the ticket to making pins move. You’ve got to try it.
  17. Personally, and this is all opinion and not facts- I don’t think it’s the essence of the division. And the basis of the game. I also don’t think raising the financial bar of entry is going to “bring in” any new shooters. I also think we, uspsa and it’s members, have ruined a good thing with all these changes and divisions. We have L10 that isn’t relevant- the guns are competitive in other divisions. And if it is relevant then every division should have a 10 twin. Co and Lo are the same division. The difference is now triggers and holsters- both of which have been proven irrelevant with the math. We changed production several times, which was created for any new shooter, in all 50 states, to walk in and buy a gun, add springs and sights and be competitive, and go shoot. Not anymore. Oh and production didn’t survive even after all the changes. We have too many divisions, too many nuances that don’t actually differentiate the outcome of a match to have these divisions. Production and SS minor could be the same division if we left production at 10, they’re the same speed. None of these changes brought more shooters to matches. We don’t need more divisions, we don’t need dots on everything- we need to stop looking for a magic pill to make shooting great again, and go make shooting great again. We need stand alone nationals for all divisions, separated by weeks so everyone can have time to prep. We need to create environments people want to show up to, not smack the easy button and put dots on everything because no one wants to go learn to look at their irons. We need to celebrate our champions and reward them accordingly- this motives the next one with fury. I don’t think this should be an open vote when it comes to it. I think it should be a vote by the people who shoot the division. No one’s coming to revolver because they added a dot, everyone who is already here will just have to fork out the money to stay at the same spot. Again, I stand to benefit the most from dots going to this division. It’s not up to just me, thank goodness. I want everyone to be heard, but not everyone should get an equal vote either. I’m voting no. If you vote yes PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE ask for dots and comps to be legal- so we don’t just have to bolt dots on our limited guns and shoot, let the icore open guns come play (in theory that’s where this entire conversation started years ago.) I’ll be at nationals until I’m confident I can’t win it anymore. Dot or no dot, I’m not handing it away. On a different note- I’m really happy we can all have these conversations and still go enjoy what we love together. What a great world, country and society we live in today were we have these luxuries to worry about such small things in life. I feel very lucky to be alive in this time in our world.
  18. There’s no convincing needed. It’s math. There’s countless examples of it, and zero information supporting your argument. Here’s the steel challenge records- which is just shooting- irons vs dots. Overall gaps in match records at WSSC: ISR and OSR- 12% Production to CO- 7.5% SS to CO- 12% Limited to CO- 5% Limited to open- 6% rfpi to rfpo- 16% I could break this down to individual shooters if you want, but the numbers are the same… The gap from Limited to LO at this years nationals was 5%. The person who won LO is not commonly known as a pistol competitor, but the person who won Limited is. LO was 1.5% faster in overall match time, and shot 20% more As. The top 2 LO shooters are the only shooters in a nearly 500 person match without misses. Again, showing the dot is a massive advantage.
  19. Literally everything in this post is wrong. I’m sorry but it’s all wrong. A C zone hit is worth 1/10th of a second shooting revolver minor on a 20hf stage. Please show me a match result where a revolver shot a 20hf. Ever. For reference that’s a Bill Drill clean in 1.5. Mikes example of 5 seconds quicker in icore is EXTREMELY relevant- as it’s one of the only match examples where people can shoot the same match back to back with similar outcomes in field courses with a dot and iron revolver. I’m not sure where you shoot icore. I’m not sure you’ll see much a difference in todays icore and todays uspsa in terms of distance covered on a stage. In fact most of them are the exact same at a given club because it’s efficient. I still haven’t run a full set of regulation baseball bases in uspsa. I’ve never gone to my 6th moonclip on a uspsa stage, and I carry 11 for a reason- it’s not for uspsa. Revolver is a reloading contest. It’s also a moving contest, a problem solving contest, a math contest, a drawing contest and most importantly- a shooting contest. Sean correctly pointed out that the USPSA winner’s time was significantly faster this year than the field, and over 20 alphas different. In that match that equated to roughly 2.3% of the total points available in the match, in exchange for going 8% faster in total time. That difference in time didn’t come from reloading, as the majority are now on the move. The 2nd place finisher in that match shot the most As in the match in exchange for all that time, but guess who shot the second most- the winner. A dot is a huge statistical advantage. There’s literally no larger advantage in practical shooting than the ability to not refocus your eyes between targets and sights and always call your shots no matter where your focus is. And I’m happy to debate that with anyone. But please don’t bring bad math and opinion. Go look at the data. It’s all available for free. Tell me how many people you have seen at matches, in the last decade, shoot open nationals without a dot? You’ll be able to count them on one hand, because the answer is 1. Tell me which USPSA nationals, IRC, Steel Challenge, WRC, or IPSC WS was won without a dot when the option was presented. 0. Not 1. In over 30 years since the dot was made usable. The number, is 5-10%. That’s the gap dot to irons. There will always be outliers, but that’s the number. Putting a dot on a revolver in USPSA is akin to putting a sequential gearbox in a Miata. And all this coming from the person who most likely stands the most to gain from this division getting a dot…
  20. Watered down competition. You’ve shot the IRC- you know what’s happening there. There’s a race in maybe 1 division, usually by people who can’t seriously race in another. We can almost always mail the trophies to the division winners using the sign up sheet a week out. Not very fun. I’m down for 30 uspsa divisions as long as they’re all at their own nationals. But that’s not the case.
  21. No. You know what you did if you shot it there.
  22. We don’t need more divisions, we need better matches- planned and setup around the guns. When classic nationals was a thing, it filled. 3 single days of SS, and a single day of revolver. Revolvers are already allowed in production, let’s allow them in CO/LO. Just write in the rules “revolvers can mount dot to frame.” When there were only 5 divisions, revolvers could legally shoot 4 of them (not SS.) This is a huge NO from me when I get my vote. This is not the essence of shooting this division, the history, the mechanics of it. This will make things difficult for IPSC world shoot points, and will most likely detract new shooters from trying revolver as the bar moves yet another 400$+ higher. And I do just fine with a dot… But, I’m not going to be sour about it if it goes through. Like bad taxes and laws, I’ll just work around the rules. If you vote yes, please please please say you want to allow comps and ports. This allows all the icore/wrc/bowling pin, and steel challenge guns that already exist to be relevant. The last thing we want is the same guns we have with just dots on them.
  23. MWP

    Transplant?

    What he said! Works great. Just keep the timing parts together- the hand and extractor are mated.
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