KrakenFan69
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Yes the mold was made. I am really happy with it. I especially like the bevel base to make smoother loading. It's dropping around 155 gn with my alloy. I've had good luck with the accuracy too. I'm thinking I'll get a second one to increase productivity when casting.
Thanks,
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I built my own. I use Kolpin Rhino XL gun boots and mounts. For 3 gun they are attached, for IPSC I can remove the mounts and just have a basic cart. The Squad loves the ammo loading bench and sometimes guys come from the neighboring bays to load mags. lol
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Yes, but I did find it easier somehow. lol You may have just ruined it for me with logic.
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4 hours ago, ysrracer said:
I'm confused, the one I used you put in all eight cartridges in at the same time. You clicked it four times, because each click loaded two rounds into the clip.
There was no way to load four at a time on the one I tried.
Only load 4 round into the mooner at 3/6/9/12 O'Clock. Run the tool. Then put in the other 4 and do it again. You can do it in sets of 2 also. Unless yours is wildly different than mine, which is possible.
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Currently CCI. I'm having issues sourcing Federals near me. But the ones that failed had a deeper indent than those that are igniting now!? I thought perhaps the primer wasn't seated but it happened on several I tried.
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I've used mine for my 627 for 2 different matches. My left hand got bruised and swollen after each 2 day event. I tried loading 4 or even 2 at a time but at this point I think I may have to find another solution. I am hoping that my 20 moons will get worn in enough to make the loading easier but we will see.
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So I run a 627 in IPSC. I load my own .38 Long Colt with a custom 150 gn projectile. I get the odd fail to fire occasionally and I thought I better have a backup firing pin so I picked up an Apex extended firing pin. I replaced the pin and spring and could not get primer ignition regardless of how much tension was on the strain screw. I was getting some pretty heavy hits on the primers too. I replaced the old pin and they fired. Then I put the new pin in with the old spring and again they fired. That's where I left it but I'm just curious if anyone could explain why it wouldn't work.
Thanks for any help,
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I was kinda thinking the same when pricing them out. Then I realized the other options weren't much cheaper anyway. Then I got mine and man it's the slickest thing ever. Great product and well worth it.
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My BMT arrives Thursday. Along with the Moon Clip Checker. Super stoked.
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1 hour ago, Orbit said:
"Im somewhat very dissapointed."
A truly Canadian display of emotion. lol
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I thought WSF was the Poor Man's VVN320? lol
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Not much response so I'll mention this. A guy in my area picked one up for IPSC and had nothing but issues. Never did get it to work well and eventually bought a Chiappa Rhino. Yeah, odd choice for IPSC but he's happy and the gun works.
Good luck,Kraken Fan #69
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Working on that part!
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Easier than a Server I'd bet. lol
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44 minutes ago, Vincerama said:
I walked into my work shed, looked at the mess and unfinished projects laying around and decided to buy the moon clip server because I’ll never build my own rack. The truth hurts!
I feel your pain. (I am building the 2 post holders for emergency use when the stage plan fails though. A Buddy got the wrong posts by accident and gave me them.) I do like my Server though. One thing, you have to "tier" the moons so they first one out is "on top of" the second and so on. I made some brass spacers to allow me to not have to worry about that. Load one moon between 2 spaces and go. The server isn't any good for a table load anyway so I figured what the heck. Works for me so far in practice. We'll see in a match in May.
Good luckKraken Fan #69
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37 minutes ago, revoman said:
http://www.moonclipserver.com/
take a look at this one and you will also need to add a couple of North Mountain single post if you have to load from a table
This is the setup I went with for my 627. I'm just starting out in revolver but the ability to pull those moons from the same place works for me.
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Went back out today. Found hope of salvation at 4.8 and 5.2 gn Power Pistol. More testing to follow.
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Picked up a pound of Power Pistol and started load workup tonight. Fun fact. 3.6 gn in Long Colt is a mouse fart but very accurate. 4.0 only hits about a 112 PF. lol
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Sadly, I did. WSF is my 9mm powder.
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OK. I'm back and I'm having issues. I just can't seem to find an accurate load that makes 130 PF with the Lee 358-150 1R mold. (Which really sucks because I had a custom version made by Arsenal! ) I get great accuracy just below then it just goes to crap. I've tried W231, WSF, Clays, VV N320. I thought 4.0 of W231 in Long Colt had me sorted but I guess not. Went back and tried to get something worked out for Short Colt and just can't make PF while maintaining accuracy there either. I'm using Starling Brass in a S&W 627 Pro 5".
Any thoughts fellas? I'm hurting here.Kraken Fan #69
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8 hours ago, M1A4ME said:
If I've used resizing lube I run the brass through the vibratory cleaner (crushed walnut shells) right after resizing/belling.
Thirty minutes does it. I bought an appliance timer at Lowes. Had two outlets on it. I set it for 30 minutes (an hour if I'm to lazy to play with it till I get it to 30 minutes).
Then I run it through a second vibratory cleaner (crushed walnut shells again) with a dribble of nufinish car wax poured on the media about every three batches. Brass is shinier than without the wax and stays shiny longer.
If I have some really nasty looking brass I segregate the pieces out till I get enough for a batch to put in the wet tumbler with the pins/water/lemishine and run that for 4 to 6 hours. I then run that damp/wet brass through the first (the one used to clean dirty brass) vibratory cleaner to dry the brass out. Then it gets run through the vibratory cleaner with wax before reloading it.
Almost identical to my process. Works great. Left some in the vibratory 24 on accident one time and the Hi-Tek coating was completely stripped off the lead right up to the case. lolKraken Fan #69
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That mold is my backup plan. I've been talking with Arsenal Molds about a custom mold. Similar design to the Lee but a bit heavier and no lube grooves. Been a minute since I heard form him though. I had better email him again.
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Yeah, I'm looking for a good round nose mold but not finding much I like in the 158 range in round nose in a 6 cavity mold. I also forgot to mention I am coating with Hi-Tek so there's that.
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I'm running the same revolver and starting up in Revo div in IPSC this year as well. I found a good load for 38 "Medium" Colt at 4.0 gn Win 231. (I'm trimming Winchester 38 Special Brass to 0.900") I just received my Starline 38 Long Colt Brass and am starting testing for a load for it to see if I can find an accurate load with the brass at that length or else I'll cut it down to the 0.900". I'm loading the Lee 358-158 RF I cast myself.
Obviously, you will want to start low and work up looking for signs of pressure.
Good luck and stay safe!Kraken Fan #69
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Anyone happen to archive these stages anywhere? Would love to check them out for some inspiration.
And yes I realize how old this thread is. But some of you guys probably still have old copies of Reader's Digest laying around to so I thought I'd take a shot. (Not interested in the copies of RD. Thx)
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