Anybody ever use this (S&W - Moonclip Saver Tool)
Does it work well ????
http://www.moonclips.com/mcsinfo.htm
Roger
Does it work well ????
http://www.moonclips.com/mcsinfo.htm
Roger
S&W - Moonclip Saver Tool
- Thread starter tweetyj
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something i found on Brian Enos.com
Problems Reloading For The 625 In 45acp
I too ran into this problem awhile ago.... this is what I did to isolate the problem
At first I thought it was the moon clips... so
1 When you find a moon clip that will not drop in fully... remove it, de-moon and try each round one at a time in each of the charge holes... If they all drop in it is probably the moon clip... (I had a batch that were out of spec )
2. More probable is you will find that 1 or more of the individual rounds will not fully drop into the charge hole. And here is what I found
a. When using mixed brass fired from semi autos especially those with non-fully supported barrels or slightly over sized chambers can leave a slight bulge at the base... a full length sizing die cannot reach far enough to the rim to prevent the seating problem from occurring in a revolver.(they worked fine in my bottom feeders also)
b. Using a Lee sizing die further exacerbates the problem especially if you do not lube the cases before running them through the die.
c. I had much better luck using a Dillon sizing die with well lubed cases. YMMV
d. 100% of this problem was eliminated by running all my mixed brass through a Case Pro roll sizer and then reloading.... (after roll sizing, either die worked with or without resizing lube)
I used that brass exclusively in my revo's and never had the problem return. Hope this helps.
just my $.02
Problems Reloading For The 625 In 45acp
I too ran into this problem awhile ago.... this is what I did to isolate the problem
At first I thought it was the moon clips... so
1 When you find a moon clip that will not drop in fully... remove it, de-moon and try each round one at a time in each of the charge holes... If they all drop in it is probably the moon clip... (I had a batch that were out of spec )
2. More probable is you will find that 1 or more of the individual rounds will not fully drop into the charge hole. And here is what I found
a. When using mixed brass fired from semi autos especially those with non-fully supported barrels or slightly over sized chambers can leave a slight bulge at the base... a full length sizing die cannot reach far enough to the rim to prevent the seating problem from occurring in a revolver.(they worked fine in my bottom feeders also)
b. Using a Lee sizing die further exacerbates the problem especially if you do not lube the cases before running them through the die.
c. I had much better luck using a Dillon sizing die with well lubed cases. YMMV
d. 100% of this problem was eliminated by running all my mixed brass through a Case Pro roll sizer and then reloading.... (after roll sizing, either die worked with or without resizing lube)
I used that brass exclusively in my revo's and never had the problem return. Hope this helps.
just my $.02
