jtcarm
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As I mentioned in my previous post, this is my first factory new gun in 32 years and my second PC gun. I had a 325 PD briefly before trading it off.
I ran 200 rounds through it, 100 each of Monarch Brass and Federal Champion.
I shoot Monarch brass .38 158 JHP a lot since it's inexpensive and loaded in PRVI brass. Pretty good stuff. However the .45 ACP didn't look like PRVI brass and had about 15% FTFs (about one per cylinder). They also wouldn't fire in my 25-2. Most went bang when cycled again, but I ended up with 6 duds. Fortunately that 100 rounds was all I bought.
The DA trigger is a disappointment. Not what I would've expected on a PC gun and not nearly as good as the 325 I had. IDK if the Ti cylinder turns that much easier, but that gun had a lot better DA trigger.
The candy cane stocks positively suck. It's like gripping a skinny 2x4. They're as non-functional as they are ugly. 50 rounds in I borrowed an old wood Hogue from my Model 24:
An interesting "feature" of the candy canes was that instead of being properly inlet to the grip frame, there's s couple of alignment pins. I assume this is a cost-saving measure, but a CNC router should be able to make precise enough cuts to inlet the wood correctly, so I'm confused as to what value the pins add. I would expect the gun to rock back & forth in them.
To get a feel for shootability, I shot several HiTs tactical revolver Super Test drills (https://www.luckygunner.com/lounge/start-shooting-better-episode-4-super-test/) and averaged around 92%, slightly better than I normally do with my 3" M-64 carry gun, which has a much better trigger and I shoot a lot. I credit the better sights and the .45 slugs cutting bigger holes that turned a lot of 9s in to 10s.
Between the crappy grips and unimpressive trigger, if doing over again, I'd buy the 625 JM and spend the difference in a rice on an action job.
I ran 200 rounds through it, 100 each of Monarch Brass and Federal Champion.
I shoot Monarch brass .38 158 JHP a lot since it's inexpensive and loaded in PRVI brass. Pretty good stuff. However the .45 ACP didn't look like PRVI brass and had about 15% FTFs (about one per cylinder). They also wouldn't fire in my 25-2. Most went bang when cycled again, but I ended up with 6 duds. Fortunately that 100 rounds was all I bought.
The DA trigger is a disappointment. Not what I would've expected on a PC gun and not nearly as good as the 325 I had. IDK if the Ti cylinder turns that much easier, but that gun had a lot better DA trigger.
The candy cane stocks positively suck. It's like gripping a skinny 2x4. They're as non-functional as they are ugly. 50 rounds in I borrowed an old wood Hogue from my Model 24:
An interesting "feature" of the candy canes was that instead of being properly inlet to the grip frame, there's s couple of alignment pins. I assume this is a cost-saving measure, but a CNC router should be able to make precise enough cuts to inlet the wood correctly, so I'm confused as to what value the pins add. I would expect the gun to rock back & forth in them.
To get a feel for shootability, I shot several HiTs tactical revolver Super Test drills (https://www.luckygunner.com/lounge/start-shooting-better-episode-4-super-test/) and averaged around 92%, slightly better than I normally do with my 3" M-64 carry gun, which has a much better trigger and I shoot a lot. I credit the better sights and the .45 slugs cutting bigger holes that turned a lot of 9s in to 10s.
Between the crappy grips and unimpressive trigger, if doing over again, I'd buy the 625 JM and spend the difference in a rice on an action job.
D) the assemblers may have left inside the mechanism. Is the sideplate properly fitted? That on my above-mentioned Model 22 sat higher than the side of the frame and required a gunsmith to fit it correctly.
