M&P R8 327, Maxpedition Lunada, ESEE H.E.S.T. knife.

Taken with iPhone 3GS.

very nice. i've wanted one for a while.

What's with the moon clips on these models? Do you have to use them? Why'd S&W make them so that you could use them?

SgtSam
Take care, God Bless, and Watch your back!

You don't have to use em. I shot a whole box of 357 without them.

Very nice!

Looking good. Here's mine with its little brother:



Regarding the moon clips, I have a hard time getting them to work just right, it's difficult to line up the 8 holes and if the clip gets bent and some of the rounds don't fit flush they won't fire. Short, fat rounds like the .45 probably work a lot better. Luckily you don't have to use moon clips with this revolver, you can load them up by dropping them in if you want.

I keep the three clips that came with it loaded up next to it on the bedside table but, when out just plinking or whatever I load the rounds in single. Though I have gotten quite good at reloading with the moonclips, they are a tremendous pain in the *** to unclip. Bout gotta pay 30 bucks for a tool or make one yourself.