Hello All,
I recently aquired a 625 JM (I am not the original owner) and I have found my new favorite firearm.
I do have a question for you all. Where can I get .039 thick moon clips?
It came with the rimz plastic moon clips which worked great and flawlessly at the range. But I wanted to try some of the metal moon clips. So, I bought some Ranch moon clips. Unfortunately just after a couple of rounds the cylinder stops revolving as the case heads are rubbing up against the face.
It's not powder under the star and the chambers are clean. And the rimz still worked like a charm.
I measured all of the ranch moon clips and they were all between 0.041 - 0.045" thick.
I called S&W and they said that the JM was built with a little smaller gaps and to use the moon clips that came with the firearm. I explained that I didn't have any and they said I could order more.
Interestingly, they told me that there are two different moon clips...at least with two different sku's...on sku is for the moon clips that come with the JM and the Governor and another sku for the moon clips that come with regular 625s.
I did some google searching and also found a few references to the Governer also using thinner moon clips.
Anyway, long story short...besides S&W where can I get these thinner moon clips for my JM?
What have you guys been using? Or is my JM outta wack an need a trip to customer service?
Thanks in advance!