New revolver shooter

[muleskinner]

Howdy boys er men, New revo shooter here with a few questions. o by the way i am a lefty. i am shooting a S & W 625 model of 1989, Have been practicing the Matt Griffin reload technique and have heard i willprobalby bend the yoke on my gun ? Is this a possibility. Also what would you recommend for a holster for use in USPSA and ICOR. I am not new to shooting just switched over to rev got tired of the bottom feeder. Thanks fellas for any and all help.

[No.343]

I'm a lefty too. After four years of shooting a 625-8. I havent bent anything.

[Matt Griffin]

I don't know who this Matt Griffin guy is, but I've done a few tens of thousands of reloads and so far not a bent yoke in the stable.

[Matt Griffin]

Seriously though, it's a concern but not a major one. The technique that counters it is catching the cylinder on your trigger finger when you whack it out of the frame with your right hand. Theoretically if you don't do that then it will eventually cause an issue but I had many, many thousands of reps on my gun before I formally figured that out, and I've had no issues with yoke bending. For comparison, I've worn two yokes down by .004 and .006 just from dryfire, so that should give you an idea of how many reps have gone through the guns.