While you are waiting have the cylinder chamfered along with an action job. Use only round nose bullets to aid in reloads, the round shape helps to keep the bullet from hanging on the cylinder.
Buy the best moon clips and accessories you can find. By accessories I mean demooner, loaders, and moon checker. I use TK Custom. All of this will keep your reloads as smooth as possible.
https://www.tkcustom.com
Last tip, revolver is more accuracy intensive than any other division, because every miss leads to a possible standing reload which will kill your time.
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Actually, no. Reloading while standing still hurts your score in any sort of sport where you are shooting against the clock and moving between target arrays.
Moving between target arrays is a thing that has to happen. Reloads are also a thing that has to happen. Both of them take time. Ideally you want to reload while moving, so you are getting two things done at once.
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IDPA SSP classification: Sharpshooter
F.A.S.T. classification: Intermediate
I'll second TK Custom for your moonclips. Revolver Supply Co. too. However the .45 clips aren't as critical as the 8 shot clips, so you can still be fast with clips that don't cost $6.00 apiece. When you get to Master class then Hearthco clips will make a small difference over the course of a match. Definitely chamfer the cylinder and also take a dremel with a felt or cotton fob and jeweler's rouge and polish the chamfers. Load 230 grain RN bullets, not the 200 with the step. You can literally throw them into the cylinder. As a matter of fact it's almost always faster to do so than guide them in, the 8 shot guns aren't as easy to reload fast. The BMT Mooner tool is worth it's weight in gold, get one.
I gave it up when USPSA allowed 8 shot minor. It just felt like beating your head against a wall to do a standing reload at every array and dropping a moon with 4 live rounds on the way to the next one. I have a nice 5" 625 that I had a custom fibre front sight made, triple ball crane locks, trigger, etc. It just sits in the safe now because I just can't bear selling it. I'll maybe convert it to .460 Roland some day. And beware, after you've shot it for some time and gotten past the frustration you will learn to like the DA pull. So much so that you may even contemplate DAO autos.
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I'm well aware of all of that; I've been shooting Production division in USPSA for 5+ years. My point was that being forced into a non-moving reload by the rules when shooting an autoloader was only likely to happen in IDPA, due to their (IMO very silly) rule which penalizes you for dropping a partial mag on the ground. If you were to reload every time you moved in IDPA, you'd most likely rack up a lot of penalties, thus negating the time advantage gained by reloading while moving, and probably even ending up with a worse score.
Thanks for the replies.
When I said game. I was really talking about equipment and how to squeeze the little advantages.
I am attracted to it for the same reason I shoot Single Stack. Everything counts. So to me it is much more of a challenge and thoughtful actions. Two things that are never bad in any pistol craft.
I did think about shooting it in USPSA but decided I would not have much fun. At the local match I am typically right at the top with the open and limited folks. Once I reach my goals with what I currently have I thing I will still shoot some flavor of a “full semi-auto”. It would be nice to be at the top.
Thanks for the gear reference. I will look into all of that.
Maybe the biggest thing is that your revolver must go bang every time. If this means you have a 7# trigger rather than a 5# trigger, so be it. This will probably mean you need Federal primers seated deep. Maybe sort your brass by brand.
Use a clean burning powder. I use Bullseye, but there are several.
Keep your chambers and under the ejector star clean. I have a toothbrush, a rod with a brush and another rod with a patch. With my loads I usually don't have to clean between stages. I run the brush through each chamber once, then the patch and finish up by brushing under the ejector star with the toothbrush.
Lots of holsters and moon clip holders out there. I use either Blade-Tech, Comp-Tac or Ready Tactical holsters and California Competition moon clip carriers.
Make sure your moon clips are straight. Place them on a mirror to check. Throw away any bent ones. Don't step on your moon clips.
IDPA has some nuances that you can use to game your stage plan. Plan your reloads carefully and do as many while you are moving as possible. Just moving from one side of a barricade will give you an advantage over the auto loaders sometimes.
Always remember that your goal is to humiliate and humble the auto loader shooters. High overall while shooting revolver is the ultimate high.
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