mcb
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I only had the BMT tool till it came unscrewed while at LoCap Nats, then I realized how dependent I was on it, so I got the TK mooner and de-mooner. Now I use the TK to break out the first case, or just to remove the live rounds and the BMT to finish the rest of the de-mooning.
I have a BMT mooner but for my 627 using rimmed cartridges. There is nothing to come unscrewed on their rimmed version. For all my revolver I use a golf club handled for most of my demooning as it lets me quickly and easily separate spent cases from live rounds on partially used moonclips. For mooning rimless cartridges I use a moonclip tool very similar to the TK Custom version from Mooncliptool.com, that appears to be out of business now. When I first started shooting USPSA Revolver division I use an old pair of channel lock pliers to moon and a modified 7/16" nut driver to demoon all my moonclips.
When I went to the Revolver Nationals (2014) I had enough ammo on moonclips to shoot the match three times. I did not touch a moonclip tool that entire weekend.