MCB, egads what have I done!!!!!

[UncleEd]

MCB: Excellent write up on your use of moonclips.

Thank you.

The method you described for checking clips
and ammo for high primers, burrs, etc. is a time
tested one which I first read about by revolver
guru Bill Jordan. I have regularly used that
"spin test." Folks: Just DON'T put finger on trigger
and pull hammer back ONLY SLIGHTLY.

 

[StrawHat]

My edc is a 4” ACP revolver. Therefore, I carry a full moon of 45 ACP ammunition. Most of the time it straddles my belt but it has ridden in a coat pocket on many occasions especially in winter. I don’t remember bending any but like mob, I have hundreds of them.


Kevin

 

[silicosys4]

I still have 80 moon clips still in package and 250 empties still clipped into moon clips from my one and only foray into moon clips. Never again. I thought i'd be a fan. Turns out I have better things to do with my time than loading and unloading moon clips after each range session.
I had a 627 pro, nice gun, you'll like yours. It doesn't require moon clips to work correctly, my favorite part about the 627

 

[UncleEd]

I still have 80 moon clips still in package and 250 empties still clipped into moon clips from my one and only foray into moon clips. Never again. I thought i'd be a fan. Turns out I have better things to do with my time than loading and unloading moon clips after each range session.

Over the years, my experience and feelings about moon clips echo yours. That's why I
wrote that other than a few for home defense backup, I won't bother.

 

[mcb]

I still have 80 moon clips still in package and 250 empties still clipped into moon clips from my one and only foray into moon clips. Never again. I thought i'd be a fan. Turns out I have better things to do with my time than loading and unloading moon clips after each range session.
I had a 627 pro, nice gun, you'll like yours. It doesn't require moon clips to work correctly, my favorite part about the 627

I think had I not been drawn to the fast reload capability that the moonclip enables I probably wouldn't be quite the fan boy of them I am. I knew of moonclips before I got into USPSA, the moonclips, partial and full, for the 1917/M625 was familiarly to me. It was late my second summer shooting USPSA in 2006 that I shot a match with a revolver shooter in my squad for the first time. This was the first time I really saw moonclips used practically and watching my squad mate keep up with and even beat several of us on the squad despite shooting magazine fed semi-autos; I was hooked and knew I had to give it a try. I had my S&W 610 bought and setup for competition by the start of the 2007 season.

I would say that the 627 is probably the deep end of moonclip feed revolvers. 38/357 magnum is by far one of the most finicky cartridges to put on moonclips and doing it with 8-shots only compounds those problems. The long skinny aspect ration of 357 Magnum just adds to the problem. Hence most competitive shooter using the 627 use 38 Short Colt cases (it has fallen a distance second place to the 9mm 929). The shallow (easy) end of moonclip feed revolvers is by far the 625 (45 ACP) with the 610 (40/10) bring up a close second. A good moonclip tool makes moonclips no more onerous than box magazines.

I have had a lot of fun beating the filthy bottom feeders with the noble round gun at USPSA matches and the moonclip is a big part of that.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I have a 45 Colt/45 ACP RedHawk. It came with a few moonclips for the ACP and a box of 45 ACP ammo.

I have shot several hundred rounds through it with 45 Colt and none with ACP.
So yes. I am in the dark side too But just barely.

 

[UncleEd]

MCB, again I must laud your honesty and forthrightness, i.e. Post #30.

Oh crap! I can't help but saying it: "Moonclips rule.!"

 

[Rock185]

Many of us here share your pain. Who, in their right mind, would want to deal with moon clips???

 

[cfullgraf]

I need to get into modern revolvers!

I think that’s this years goal

TK Custom will machine cylinders of most S&W revolvers and makes moon clips for them. Turn around time is about 2 weeks or so.

They have done two J-frames for me. The 10mm, 9mm, and 45 ACP revolvers I have were machined for moon clips at the factory.

I like BMT Equipped moon clip tools but they are pricey. There are less expensive tools on the market. TK Custom has a line of tools. A de-mooning tool can be made from a golf club shaft.

Folks have used channel locks for mooning. I would not recommend that.

 

[shoebox1.1]

And if you may require a handy and comfy way to carry said moonclips concealed, may I recommend the Moon Pocket from Jeffrey Custom Gunleather. I used them with moons for a 625 Mountain Gun in .45 ACP a few years back and they worked quite well for me.

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moon clip holsters and magazine pouchs

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I wonder if he makes one for 8 shot clips..

 

[TheFrontRange]

I wonder if he makes one for 8 shot clips..

Man, if he did, a 627 Pro might be back up on my list o’ wants in short-order.

 

[shoebox1.1]

I’ll ask him

 

[MrBorland]

Hence most competitive shooter using the 627 use 38 Short Colt cases (it has fallen a distance second place to the 9mm 929)

Which are you using? IIRC, when I bought my 627, complaints on the BE forum about accuracy of the 9mm version seemed too common to me, so I .357mag version and a bunch of SC cases. AFAIK, those issues have been resolved.

 

[mcb]

Which are you using? IIRC, when I bought my 627, complaints on the BE forum about accuracy of the 9mm version seemed too common to me, so I .357mag version and a bunch of SC cases. AFAIK, those issues have been resolved.

When I heard about the pending rule change in 2013 I started looking for a 627 (the 929 was not releases until middle of 2014). I managed to find a nice condition used 627 PC 5-inch and scooped it up. I shot 38 special loaded with SWC for that first match and what a night mare that was after coming from a 625. By the second match I had my Starline brass and some 160gr RN polymer coated bullets and thing got much better. I though about upgrading to a 929 because I like the 6.5 -inch barrel but I decided against it and stuck with my 627.


For several club level matches in 2013 I would shoot Revolver division with my 625 and (being common to reshoot club matches in my area) I would shoot it again using my 627 in Production division. I alternated which gun I shot first over several matches. I put the scores all together like a two man match pitting an "equally skilled" Major Revolver shooter vs Minor Revolver shooter. I would have to look up the specific but Minor won by a slim margin, IIRC there was a just over a 2% match point advantage to the Minor Revolver. The time saved do to less reloads with the 8-shot more than made up for the Major revolver raw scoring advantage. It was a fun experiment.

 

[MrBorland]

I put the scores all together like a two man match pitting an "equally skilled" Major Revolver shooter vs Minor Revolver shooter. I would have to look up the specific but Minor won by a slim margin, IIRC there was a just over a 2% match point advantage to the Minor Revolver. The time saved do to less reloads with the 8-shot more than made up for the Major revolver raw scoring advantage. It was a fun experiment

Thanks. That's a great experiment, and I'm glad someone actually put it to the test. Scoring aside, I'm guessing the .45acp reloads were a smidge faster as well. Still, I had a 6-shot 625 .45acp, and I'd opt for the 8-shot if it were me.

BTW - I sold my 627 to local guy, and threw in the SC brass. I've still got 4 unopened bags of LC brass, though (and a few pieces of SC) - they're yours if you want them.

 

[shoebox1.1]

I’ll ask him

I called that fella and he’s super nice. He does make an 8 shot moon holder

 

[Riomouse911]

I have, so far, resisted the gravitational pull of the moonclip.

I will not ever say never, though. The tide may just catch me napping, and I will come home with a wheelgun cut for them.

Very cool revolver @UncleEd!

Stay dafe.