DO NOT use extended case shotshells in moonclipped revolvers!
It is NOT a good idea.
Yes they will fit quite well in the moonclips.
Yes they will chamber easily.
And yes you can make then a lot longer for a revolver than you can for an auto.
And yes you can load much more shot in them
And yes they will blast a pretty decent pattern with that shallow rifling.
And prehaps three will fire before the cylinder rotation gets rather tight.
And then you'll need a mallet to whack the extractor rod with SEVERAL times to eject them.
If you manage to shoot all six and happen to be using full moon clips you'll really have a dilemma.
I learned this the hard way using cylinder length shotshells loaded into half-moon clips over 25 years ago.
My buddy Major George had told me this wasn't gonna work but did I listen?
I should have asked why. But I didn't so he didn't tell.
In fact I had to remove the cylinder from the frame and used a dowel and a mallet to tap each one out a tiny bit at a time.
It seems the when the cases expand, the sharp shoulder combined with the really long length of the case allows the cylinder to really get a death grip on them. That makes extraction dang near impossible.
Major George did have some success with moonclipped shotshells in one of his early 1917 Colts. But then it was one of the early ones that had the chambers bored straight through.
Even today, CCI warns against using their .45acp shotshells in revolvers.
I have used them in
one-third moon clips and ejection is stiffer than normal. But I have only loaded two rounds of shot.
Any more than two
and you'll need the mallet.
What did I do with the remaining three of my original six years ago?
I fired them in a Ruger Blackhawk convertable. :banghead:
At least it was much easier to dismount the Ruger cylinder and since there were no clips involved I could mallet each round out one at a time.
Did I mention it's just not a good idea?
