IPSC Revolver choices?
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Hmm wanna stay away from the 45 for cost and just pain of gathering harder and harder to find brass. Is the 625 popular because of ease of loading the big ole 45? Can I load 40 in the 610 of is there a 40 option out there for revolver guys?
One advantage of the .40cal round is it is shorter and with moon clips reloads should be easier with the stubby cartridge.
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Bob
There is also a shorter cartridge of the same .45 caliber. But in practice, it isn't any faster on reload. A 230gr bullet makes clip heavy enough to fall down to cylinder freely, especially with
chamfered chambers.
45 ACP Brass and the 625
While the cost of the 45 ACP brass will be higher initially I do not lose any as I pick up my clips/empty casings as they are considered the same as magazines at matches. I bought new Starline and have not cracked one in three years. Remember the 45 ACP is a low pressure cartridge and even loaded for major is not hard on the casingsv fully supported in the cylinder. If you really do not want to shoot 45 ACP some guys shoot 45 GAP here. Again I have not bought a 45 ACP casing in some time.
Enjoy and good luck.
While the cost of the 45 ACP brass will be higher initially I do not lose any as I pick up my clips/empty casings as they are considered the same as magazines at matches. I bought new Starline and have not cracked one in three years. Remember the 45 ACP is a low pressure cartridge and even loaded for major is not hard on the casingsv fully supported in the cylinder. If you really do not want to shoot 45 ACP some guys shoot 45 GAP here. Again I have not bought a 45 ACP casing in some time.
Enjoy and good luck.
One disadvantage to the shorter rounds in the longer cylinder is they can sometimes tip on the ejection stroke and bind things up.
45 brass will last a long time in a 625, since it is fully supported and not subjected to the cyclying of an auto.
Beleive it or not, i still have most of the original brass I got with my 625 in "
'91 and that is all it has been fired in.
45 brass will last a long time in a 625, since it is fully supported and not subjected to the cyclying of an auto.
Beleive it or not, i still have most of the original brass I got with my 625 in "
'91 and that is all it has been fired in.
I totally agree with bdegagne and mrclean. You won't lose many cases, if any. I shot almost 10,000 rounds in one year (2006) and I think I lost maybe 6 cases to splitting during reloading.
You will get all of your cases back during matches, so once you invest in the brass, it will last a LONG time.
If/when you choose to shoot a revolver, I suggest you commit exclusively to either small or large primer brass. From my experience, small primer brass does not need as much force to set off, ie, lighter trigger, but large primer brass is easier to come by. Also reloading is alot simplier with only one size primers.
You will get all of your cases back during matches, so once you invest in the brass, it will last a LONG time.
If/when you choose to shoot a revolver, I suggest you commit exclusively to either small or large primer brass. From my experience, small primer brass does not need as much force to set off, ie, lighter trigger, but large primer brass is easier to come by. Also reloading is alot simplier with only one size primers.
The Dan Wesson's I've seen (only a couple) has the cylinder release at the front of the cylinder which makes hasty reloads problematic (slow).
Unless they have some other model I haven't seen that unlatchs the cylinder in the ussual manner...
Unless they have some other model I haven't seen that unlatchs the cylinder in the ussual manner...
Actually, I think the Dan Wesson's are pretty quick to reload. The cylinder latch being right next to the ejector rod makes it all one motion to unlatch and eject the empties.
