Speedwagon

Bought it at a Doller Store. Scoop the casings out of my Franklin vibratory tumble, give a few shakes and good to go!

I managed to find some Clay's. I looked in the Hodgdon reloading data and the max load they list is 3.0 grains for a muzzle velocity of 857fps. I'm using 124 grain Xtreme bullets so I figure I need at least 968fps to make the 120 power factor for ICORE. What powder charges are people running to make that powder factor? Thanks all! Edit: failed to mention it's a 9mm.

I've been down this road too with a 625 PC. I couldn't hold a group to save my life with it. I cleaned it and found tooling gouges that looked like it wasn't finished machined incorrectly in the forceing cone from the 9:00 to 12:00. It took me three months to get S&W to agree it shouldn't be that way and replace the barrel. The "tuned trigger" is a bunch of baloney. The only reason I bought the 929 was because it's an 8 shot and 6" barrel.

So my thread has gotten off topic but that's okay because as I said...I'm new to revolvers and I'm learning a lot. So I need to slug the chamber throat in my cylinder and barrel and the slug sizes should be the same? Or the chamber throat can be slightly larger than the barrel? From that I can determine the size projectile that will shoot the best?

This is interesting. I was thinking about using a 357 bullet with a cantilure and roll crimping.

Geez folks...all great info! I'm going to look at all of these and will probably start with what's available. Please keep the suggestions coming...thanks!

I'm new to revolvers and ICORE. I have a S&W 929 I'm using to shoot in ICORE matches. I loaded some ammo, 147 grain Berrys with Titegroup powder. I have a lot of Titegroup and use it in my semi autos for IDPA and USPSA so just continued using it for my 929 loads for ICORE. I cleaned my 929 this morning, it didn't have more than 200 rounds through it and it was super dirty with carbon buildup. I have some Shooters World Clean Shot I can try but was wondering what others use or if anyone has some insight on what I can do to keep this gun from getting so dirty.

Thanks all for the suggestions! I figured I'd start out with the old Mark II. Mounted a Viper Venom 6MOA and replaced the mag springs with the Tandemkross green springs. I shot 80 rounds out of four magazines and didn't have any FTF or FTE issues. Years ago I cleaned the trigger up and I've never tried my trigger gauge on it but I'd say it's around 2#. I also bought a Tandemkross extractor but haven't installed that yet but will the next time I take it apart to clean. I also installed a hammer strut support and this makes reassembly easier. So I'm happy with this for now. Only problem is we just got 32" of snow so no one can get into the pits in the ranges to setup for a steel shoot. Looks like I'll be waiting a bit to ping some steel.

I wasn't clear in my post, I meant the 22/45 Lite barrels were all threaded. With that in mind and the fact that I want to stick with the heavier barrel maybe the 40147 would be the better choice...or mod my MKii. Thanks all!!

I appreciate all the input, it's really helpful but I'm still not decided. I was at a local shop the other day that had two Mark IV 22/45s but didn't handle one because at that time I wasn't thinking about this. I went to another shop today and they had two Buckmark Campers I got to put hands on. I liked the feel all except that the mag release was hard for me to get my thumb onto. I could remedy that with an extended mag release though. I'm hoping I can find a shop that has the two of them in stock that I can feel side by side. As for the gun being light, I'd rather have the heavier because I would like to keep some of the feel of my 320 that I use mostly. Again, this would mostly be more for target acquisition practice during the winter months and to conserve my 9MM ammo, or mostly the primers since I reload. One problem I see with the 22/45 is that they all seem to have threaded barrels, is that correct? If that's true I'd have to have the sleeve pinned to the barrel before it leaves the shop because threaded barrels aren't legal in New York. Not a show stopper though. Yea, I'd love to spring for a Volquartsen but that's really more than I'm looking for. Decisions decisions. My boys tell me I overthink things, maybe they're right?

Interesting...but I checked and all out of stock and installation instructions have taken down.

I've seen them but can only wish I could have one. Compensators are illegal in New York State. Threaded barrels we can have pinned.

That was my first thought and I still might. I just didn't like the hassle in cleaning and not sure I wanted to spend more money on it. Still an option though. Any input on the Browning Buckmark anyone?

Hello all. I'm fairly new to posting on this forum but have been lurking on it for some time. I shoot IDPA and USPA regularly and some Steel Challenge with a Sig P320 X5 Legion with optic. With winter coming we mostly shoot Steel Challenge here and I want to shoot rimfire pistol with an optic since I have plenty of 22 ammo and 9MM is getting difficult. Anyway, I have an old Ruger MKii that I bought back in 1982 but I think I'd be better off to upgrade and not sure which to go with. I've done some research and haven't found anything recent and with new guns I'd like to get some updated recommendations. At this point I'm considering the Browning Buckmark Contour URX 5.5", Ruger 22/45, and S&W Victory in that order leaning heavily toward the Buckmark. I've had bad customer service from S&W in the past and would rather stay away from them. Choice of optic will come later once I decide on the gun. I'm hoping I can get some insight from users and those that have participate in matches on which gun is less problematic, more reliable and requires less tinkering. I do like to tinker to a certain extent but would rather start out with good factory equipment with little tinkering required. Thanks in advance!