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Now that I've had some time to wear parts in with each other, I'd like to say I'm very happy with mine and thinking about another for the 625. Trigger pull is in the mid to high 7lb zone, set to cap off Federal and Winchester primers. I tend to run a big "safety factor" to prevent ftf's at matches, so one could probably go a fair bit lower. Very smooth and controllable, this 929 is now the fastest and most accurate revolver I own. Thank you for making great parts, and I wish you all success at keeping this going.

Interesting, I may have to experiment with that. For the most part ( round count is 2765 as of today) it runs very nicely, and the brass comes out without much trouble. Have had a few exceptions, notably a discolored brass that may have been some nasty thing I dug out of the gravel at some point when I was brassing up, that stuck hard enough to lock up the gun during a match. Got it sorted pretty quick, and kept going, but it made me want to check my brass a bit closer. This particular case seemed to have swelled more than usual. No rupture or anything, but who knows.

There's another N-frame order for you... this sounds like a really nice upgrade for my 929.

After putting a few hundred rounds downrange, it has smoothed itself out, and drops back into place like it should. Thanks for the replies!

Hi, all! Setting up a brand new 929 and I noticed that the ejector star machining hangs up sometimes when you release it, the star can rotate a tiny bit, and it catches and doesn't seat down flush. At that point, you can't close the cylinder, so this could be a big issue in a match. My initial thinking is to " just shoot it" in practice tomorrow, and see if it works itself into a better fit, but if not, have any of you experienced this? What did you do to fix it? I'm not keen on sending stuff in for warranty, I usually can do pretty well on keeping my own stuff running. Thinking if it continues to hang up, maybe I can do a little careful filing so it has some bevel on the edges that seat in the cylinder. Thanks!

Got a new 929 and gearing up for more Steel Challenge comps, this year. The ol 625 really gives me a handicap, only get to miss once, or it's a lengthy reload! Made a nice optic mount for it, and testing out some moonclip holders I 3d printed.

I've been running into that, too, am at just about the 1 year mark. Thinking I may try making a new top out of aluminum, and see how that works and lasts.

Oversized barrel blanks for revolvers let you machine features like the lug for the ejector, and a sight base.

Yep, should work just fine!

Don't be too hard on yourself. You're doing fine for the length of time you have in. Lots of good advice already from others, I just wanted to say " Don't beat yourself up." As you keep trying and working on it, you WILL improve. Incremental progress comes over time and with effort. If I might suggest some reading material, Ben's book, and Lanny Bassham's " With Winning in Mind" are great motivators, and will help you find good ways of thinking about practice and competition.

I'm maybe 5-6 months in on using the APP, and it generally has done what is asked of it. Had to loctite the fasteners for the two vertical guide rods, once, but other than that, no real issues. Mostly I'm using it as an inexpensive bullet sizer. Not bothering with the automated feed set up, I just pick them up one at a time and toss them in. Swager seems to work ok, although I don't use it much. The casefeeder from Lee works, maybe at a 90% rate? It's faster than one at a time, for sure, but there's occasional fiddling with cases that tip or hang up. For the money, I'm pretty happy with it. If you spray a bit of Pledge on the plastic sliding parts, they work a lot better once you start getting some dirt and wear.

AA2 has been a great back-up plan for me. I do like the recoil impulse better with TG, but Accurate is pretty solid, too, and seems to most always be available somewhere.

Holosun got back to me, apparently I'm getting an upgrade, but they are waiting for stock with about a 6 week lead time. *shrug* understandable, given all that's going on. Glad you got something sorted out on yours, @Warrior75, hopefully the EGW will be an improvement.

Thanks! I run a LnL progressive, so only 5 stations. ( Does have a casefeeder) Works out ok, though, as I process brass in one run, with Hornady one-shot lube to make it run smooth, then wash, prime on a Lee bench primer to get em seated nice and deep, and then there are enough stations to load with separate seating and crimp dies,and a lockout die to catch squibs. It's a bit more work, but I'm happy with the finished product, and the brass always looks new. Everyone has their own details... *grin* I hope you figure out something that works for you!

I've been working on loadings for .45 ACP to use in my 625 revolver for the coming season. Have found that slugs that I can crimp into either a crimp groove ( like .45 LC) or ones that have 2 lube grooves allow me to make ammo that can be reloaded into the gun rapidly without hanging up on case mouths. So, today, I started with ladder tests ( accuracy work, simultaneously, by shooting groups over the chrony) and established several powders that can be used as alternates in this time of scarcity. Target was ~ 650 fps with a 230 grain slug. Once that was done, and the data recorded, I settled in to doing reload drills. 15 yard USPSA targets, X2, about 10 yards apart. Draw and place two rounds in either "A" box, reload, 2 in the second "A" box. Ambient temp around freezing, but nice and sunny. Best times today were ~ 7.26, with "bad" reloads bumping it up around 8.30. I've made a commitment to running only revolvers from October, 2020 to October 2021, so while you may think me mad, I expect my skills will improve greatly in the areas of trigger control, accuracy, and reload speeds. Right now, I'm not yet pressing hard on training, plan is to take November and December as largely rest and recuperate from 2020, and produce as much ammunition of consistent loadings as possible for the coming season. I will still hit the local "speed steel" matches, and do a bit of dry fire, and live fire as the weather allows. Training will ramp up from there, with the goal of being competitive at the matches in September/October of 2021. I'd love to go down to Arizona, and not embarrass myself too badly... Will attempt to get some videos up here for critique on my draw and reloads, as weather and equipment allow. I'm well aware of being at a disadvantage running a 6-shooter for Steel Challenge and USPSA matches, but I think the importance it places on accuracy will be beneficial for me, long term. I'm planning to purchase a Super GP in 9mm at some point in 2021, but that is more likely to be my 2022 rig, once a good loading and all the necessary mods are established for it. I welcome any feedback you all may have, and may your coming seasons reward you with further growth!