Match Champion and Primers

[Smitty79]

I've been thinking of picking up a Match Champion and diving into IDPA SSR. The reviews on the gun are all pretty good so I think I am on to a winner.

Does anyone shoot one of these with hand loads? Can I just continue to use the CCI SPP's that I use for my semiautomatics or do I need to track down some Federal SPP's to get reliable ignitions?

[chirpy]

Unless/until your revo has had an action job which lightens the trigger pull to super light you should be ok.

Richard

[8ring]

My Match Champion with a stock main spring shoots my reloads with CCI and Win SP primers without problem. We will see how it does after I install the lighter main spring that Ruger sent me out of the blue a few weeks ago.

Chris

[mknpwr]

My Match Champion with a stock main spring shoots my reloads with CCI and Win SP primers without problem. We will see how it does after I install the lighter main spring that Ruger sent me out of the blue a few weeks ago.

Chris

Well? What's the word on the lighter spring and action?

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[8ring]

With the "lighter" mainspring installed, the Match Champion still digests Win and CCI primers without problems. However, in truth the lighter mainspring hasn't affected the trigger pull very much. I suspect that it might be at most one or two lbs. lighter than the original spring.

I also added some hammer shims because the hammer was dragging against the left side. I still use Fed Small Pistol primers for my match loads, but haven't had a misfire with any primers yet.

Chris