D.B. Cooper
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I'm shooting a Ruger Redhwk with 44 special handloads in a handgun steel target league at my local club. I just finished my third season, about to start my fourth. The autoloader guys are killing me. (I finished 63rd out of 65 this time around.) While I get some compliments on how well and how fast I reload (I'm using HKS 29M speedloaders), I'm looking for ways to improve.
I'm losing about 10 seconds every time I reload. The more I miss, the more I have to reload. The only other revolver guy shoots a S&W in 40SW using moon clips. We've all seen Miculek's amazing performance with moon clips. I'm wondering if I should move in that direction.
I know I'd have to have my cylinder machined to take moon clips. If I go down that route, will I retain the ability to load, shoot, and eject normally, without moon clips? (Or does it become something like an M1917 revolver where you almost HAVE to have the clips?)
As I see it, the two places with the greatest room for improvement are miss less (= reload less) and cut my reload time. I'm already shooting about 100 rounds per week in practice, but I'm not seeing any improvement in accuracy.) Second to that would be quicker draw times, but I'm afraid to start doing "quick draw" for safety's sake. - I'm drawing from an OWB kydex holster.) I thought about porting the barrel, but, with my reloads, I'm not seeing that much recoil, so I skipped it.
Ultimately, this gun's primary function is bear defense up here in Alaska, so I don't want to do anything that would inhibit reliability or reduce options in the field.
I'm losing about 10 seconds every time I reload. The more I miss, the more I have to reload. The only other revolver guy shoots a S&W in 40SW using moon clips. We've all seen Miculek's amazing performance with moon clips. I'm wondering if I should move in that direction.
I know I'd have to have my cylinder machined to take moon clips. If I go down that route, will I retain the ability to load, shoot, and eject normally, without moon clips? (Or does it become something like an M1917 revolver where you almost HAVE to have the clips?)
As I see it, the two places with the greatest room for improvement are miss less (= reload less) and cut my reload time. I'm already shooting about 100 rounds per week in practice, but I'm not seeing any improvement in accuracy.) Second to that would be quicker draw times, but I'm afraid to start doing "quick draw" for safety's sake. - I'm drawing from an OWB kydex holster.) I thought about porting the barrel, but, with my reloads, I'm not seeing that much recoil, so I skipped it.
Ultimately, this gun's primary function is bear defense up here in Alaska, so I don't want to do anything that would inhibit reliability or reduce options in the field.