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My ffl was so busy he didn't call me so by the time I got to calling him, it was too late. He said he has my gun and I can come see it any time. So tomorrow for sure. I'll be looking for the bevelled charge holes. Now I can see the advantage to having those. Other wise for me anyways, the rounds have to be lined up pretty good, then they go in fast and easy.

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Fletcher Gun came and I went to check it out for a bit. Looks like it's brand new. Clean and tight. First thing I checked for was the bevelled charge holes. Got to get my 5 inch 625 Wessinger done like that. Pulled the trigger a few times and right away it felt harder than my Wessinger but the trigger pull was smooth. I'll have to do a side by side to get more comparitive info. The gun looks great. Nice front sight. Green fiber optics, nice. Feel of gun in hand, nice. I will not look at the gun again until I go back to pick it up. Sounds like there won't be very many revo shooters in our states uspsa match this year. I heard of only one other revo shooter from Oahu. I'm going to ask that they put us in the same squad. At least then we can talk revo. If I can get in a good months training with revo, I feel like I can shoot the state match pretty comfortably and have fun.

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Time for some chit chat until Monday when I bring my bb(fletcher gun) home. Do all of yall have bevelled charge holes? So that the rounds go in easier? I never had bevelled charge holes so I have no idea. I do know that without bevelled, the rounds have to line up in the charge holes, then it just drops in. The charge holes are not self guiding if you know what i mean. Did I tell you guys my 14 yo son may shoot revolver with me? That would be awesome! And I want to shoot air rifle with him. He's on the high school riflery team. He got top shooter for his school at the MIL tournament, and he's just a freshman. He likes to talk air rifle so I may as well shoot to so I can better relate to all the things he tells me. Precision rifle is like golf to me. I really don't like golf but since it's still a shooting sport, I think I can grow to like it. Every little thing counts in precision rifle unlike ipsc or the like, it's prett much run and gun, most of the time anyways. I'm really looking forward to doing a side by side comparison with both my 625s. I think that is the only way to get good info. later out;)

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If everything goes as planned, my gun comes home with me tomorrow! Yahooo! I'll finally be able to do a side by side review. Hope to include video of guns being shot(but not by me;( ) and a short interview by the shooter if he's not too shy. He's never shy when he's shooting though. stop end cyas later. Ken

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Ok. Sorry for the delay. A minor setback in my health but I'm rebounding nicely now. The Fletcher gun has a tighter, smoother, trigger pull. And both pull about the same pounds. Both guys said around 9 pounds. I can't argue with that. Both guns feel good when dry firing. Further comparison will be on the merits of the gun itself and not a comparison of Fletcher vs Wessinger. The fletcher gun with the bevelled charge holes does make it easier to reload and therefore just a fraction of second faster. The fletcher gun is tighter and smoother all the way around but the Wessinger has so much character in it's finish and overall impression. The fletcher gun looks pimped with it's raised flourescent green front sight and it's silvery finish. The wessinger has a tarnished silvery finish which shows it's age but in a good way like aged fine wine. The fletcher has a four inch barrel which give it a feel of a young whipper snapper. The wessinger has a five inch barrel which says, you may be a little faster than me but I can shoot a flea off of a mouse. lol. Before it starts getting too deep, I'll end the comparison here.

I just taught my son how to do a reload on revo tonight and he has it down about 75 percent. The rest is just fine tuning. He thinks he can really beat me. He's got some nerve. I would be pleasantly surprised if he does though. Maybe my wish will come true. It's looking good;) Live fire comparison this Sunday if all goes well. Still not allowed to shoot yet.

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Well tomorrow's the big day. I get to see how both my new 625s shoot. Hope I'm not disappointed I'm taking some winchester factory rounds and some reloads. I'm only going to let Ray shoot it and no one else. I don't care how much they beg me. If I can't shoot my 625s, then they can't either. I really just want to make sure they shoot good. Function fire. oh yea, if my son wants to shoot, I will let him. I hate that I can't shoot yet;(

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Update: Wrong day and too late. It wasn't an open day at the range. They had a steel match and were just finishing putting everything away when I got there. The guys got to check my 625s out and Ray said the timing on both guns were good. The trigger pulls on both guns were more than his 625 but I think maybe that is good. He said a lighter trigger pull would mean a lighter hammer strike on the primer and federals are hard to find right now. He said my rounds need to be loaded hotter because of all the gas that leaks from the cylinder to barrel connection. That was something I didn't know but it makes sense. It will be shoot and chrono time again. Found out there is at least one other guy shooting 38 specials but he's usning speed loaders. He may want to convert to moon clips when he sees how much easier the reloads are. Soon my rig will be complete. I'm counting on my two cr speed holsters to come in tomorrow. Are you guys having a hard time getting federal primers?

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If you want an excellent double action trigger pull under 7.5 lbs send your 625 to Mike Carmoney and have it "Carmonized". All of my 625s and 627s have been done by Mike and nobody else comes close to his work not to mention the turnaround time. I do have other 625s done by the other top pistolsmiths and all my work goes to Mike now.

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  • 2 months later...

Sorry for the long lay off. We had a loss in our family and had to attend to that. I shot both guns and they both shoot 100 percent factory or reloads. I finally shot my first match today with the fletcher revolver. I was a little rusty on the first stage but it was still fun. Practicing my reloads really paid off. I watched all the semis go before me and then I thought I had forgotten how to do a revo reload but when the buzzer went off, it all came back to me. Here's the link to my first revo stage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulxGYtPGcOQ

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