Shmella
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The chipping is what I'm referring to. The lug look to be rounding off and chipping the chrome.
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Should I be concerned with this? I just picked up this limited gun supposed to be a millennium custom 40 limited gun with infinity slide and ultimatch barrel. This is supposed to have 10 to 15,000 rounds on it. My only other gun to compare this to doesnt have as many rounds through it so I don't know if this is normal wear or something to be concerned about. Is this normal hard chrome pitting?? Lock up still seems super tight and the slide to frame fit is very tight.
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Good to know thanks. I might be stupid but say you were to remove the sight and reinstall it, any reason why you would have to re-zero the sight in??
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what mount did you use? Can the mount come off without taking the sight off of the mount?
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I could be dumb but what is the reason?
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One thing I have noticed is very flat primers on my revolver loads. Loading 9mm for a 929 minor PF. Ive loaded with WST and used 124, 115, 147, and in the revo the primers are really flat. I don't recall these loads having flat primers out of my auto's. Is this a common thing in a revolver with federal primers? Im new to the wheel world
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I have to ask, what is it that is amazing about them compared to the factory clips? Tighter fit for the brass you have ? I can't justify spending a billion dollars on moon clips when the cheap ones go bang. I'm curious what would I benefit from switching to the more expensive clips?I have to say the .035 TK moons for 9mm are amazing. I need to get as close as I can to those for Short Colt. Whatever you do, don't base your expectations off the factory moons. I use them for Steel Challenge and that's it.
I took this picture a while ago when I was shooting 38 special, but it goes to show you what that cheap factory clips vs a quality clip like hearthco can do.
Ok, after seeing that it makes sense to drop a few more dollars on the top notch clips. My short limited experience with the "cheap" clips for my 929 has been great. I use a mix of win FC Blazer and some other head stamps mixed in, with Revolver supply nickel plated clips and blued clips from a local company that makes the "Moon clip tool" and they all hold the brass similarly as far as how tight (or loose) they are. so far the cheap ones go bang and load fine. It surely doesnt look like the picture above. I'll post a pic when I get a chance of how the cheap ones look loaded.
Thanks for the reply
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I have to ask, what is it that is amazing about them compared to the factory clips? Tighter fit for the brass you have ? I can't justify spending a billion dollars on moon clips when the cheap ones go bang. I'm curious what would I benefit from switching to the more expensive clips?I have to say the .035 TK moons for 9mm are amazing. I need to get as close as I can to those for Short Colt. Whatever you do, don't base your expectations off the factory moons. I use them for Steel Challenge and that's it.
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7.5 gr Autocomp or 6 gr HS-6 behind a 124gr bullet is fairly common.
Just to clarify, you've got these reversed.
More like 6.7 - 7.1 gr WAC and closer to 8 gr HS6.
Good heads up. Throwing 8 gr of autocomp behind a 124 would be probably be pushing it..
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I really like that slide stop thumb rest on the open gun. Do you know if that is available somewhere?Here are some photos I got earlier from Idaho Customs:
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I did the shimming and it got be .003" below flush with my Federal primers.
I have just barely a bit of drag I will most likely reduce my shim by .0005 or maybe .001
For my testing/experimenting I wanted to remove the most slop.
I bought a S&W929 revo and plan on installing an Apex Tactical extended firing pin.
They state you need to seat Federal primers .007"-.010" below flush.
The next step I did was to take my primer seater out of the press and chuck it in a drill and use a hand file and trim off a few thousands of an inch so when I screw it in my press it just touches the primer sled.
Now my primers are .007-.008" below flush.
FWIW-Adding a dime to the base of the press does nothing basically. the limiting factor when you do that is once that piston travels up and bottoms out on that e-ring attached to the piston it will not go higher into the primer pocket.
This is exactly what ive been looking for! I have a 929 with an action job tuned down to 6lbs and was getting some light strikes and I believe it was primers not being seated enough. No problems in anything other than the revo. Thanks for posting that fix
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Someone will correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think anything moves there. ??
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Could be wrong size allen or just really cheap allen wrench made of really cheap soft metal.
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I had issues with them stripping out with such a small allen wrench. I took a dremel cutting wheel and cut a slot in them for a regular flat blade screwdriver, works much better.
Thats the problem I have. I end up with a bunch of stripped out cheap allen wrenches. Another one I can say "why didnt I think of that?"
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Hello: I think they are fine for practice but I would use jacketed for a match. Think of it this way, shooting them in a match cost less than a fancy coffee. Buy them by the case and they are cheaper, buy with a group and even cheaper. I would say you are shooting an expensive pistol why not feed it jacketed bullets all the time. Thanks, Eric
Jacketed doesn't shoot any better for me.
I put a mag of each on a target at 50 yards and couldn't tell a difference.
I dont have much testing with them but the few I did test were surprisingly accurate. Just as good groups as the jacketed Ive been using. If they are as accurate as a jacketed why not use them in a match?
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Is my scale off or are the 115 blue bullets actually 118gr? the 125 were on if I can remeber and the 147 are 150gr. Can Anyone confirm?
It's been my experience that Blue's are usually 2-4 gr over what they list.
Good to hear. Thanks
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I love the blue bullets, accurate, price is right and they just work. It doesnt bother me that they are 118 instead of 115 I just want to know if its just my scale so I know Im getting accurate readings on powder charges. Two batches right on 118g.
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I have a lock n load BTW adjust the pawls so it indexes correctly and no issues
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As far as difficulty loading on a progressive, Ive never had a problem. Sarge is right, case lube is your friend.
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Is my scale off or are the 115 blue bullets actually 118gr? the 125 were on if I can remeber and the 147 are 150gr. Can Anyone confirm?
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Started with a hornady "custom grade" and had set back issues, couldn't figure out what was going on. Went to a lee U Die and never had another problem. I will say that junk brass like Tullammo still fails the case gauge almost everytime even with the U Die. The U die is the way to go!
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I'm in 1750$ including the gun and full rig, clips and everything. 6lb trigger from pinnacle high performance chamfered/polished cylinder, fiber optic sight, Dave's cylinder release, miculek grip plus about 40 moon clips. DAA racer holster and Including moonclip holder and moon clip tool. I'm as cheap as they come and if I stocked the classifieds here and was patient enough, I think I could've got the setup a few bucks cheaper. You can go "cheap"
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Finally here is my 929
Normal wear?
in 1911-style Pistols
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Thanks for responses. Im going to get it checked out. Not sure who yet though