Alaskan454

I like being "the revolver guy" at my club level matches. I don't spend much time picking up brass since it comes in nice little packages of 6 when I'm done shooting, and I found that I've become a better overall shooter after concentrating my time with DA revolvers this last year. I need to put a bit more thought into how I shoot each stage and make each shot count which has helped a lot to improve my scores. There will always be a few semi-auto guys who chuckle when you open that cylinder during LAMR but they'll stop laughing when the timer does. I ran my 625 faster than the whole CDP divison at our Aug. IDPA match and snagged the overall fastest time on one of the six stages. As BillR1 mentioned most people assume that revolver reloads have to be slow which isn't the case. I've thrown my fair share of loaded moonclips 6 feet down range, but with a bit of practice they are much faster for me than reloading a bottom fed magazine. Before anyone gives up on a revolver I suggest they shoot for at least one season to get used to it. I'm sure guys who switch over from revolvers to semi-autos are far more frustrated than going the other direction.

How many cartridges do you make in an average loading session? 100-200 during load development, 500-1K for proven loads How many cartridges do you make in an average week? 400 Which press do you use? Dillon XL650 with casefeeder How many cartridges can you load in an hour? 600-800 for 45 ACP/38 SPCL type stuff (if my automatic primer filler is cooperating...), half that for 454 Casull or any load approaching pressure limits for the cartridge. How long is your average loading session? an hour Knowing what you know now if your reloading equipment was lost or stolen what would you buy today? Dillon XL650 with all the goodies