Seabear1500
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It was supposed to be here yesterday however I had to wait till today, which was fine since today was our usual pratice evening for Steel Challenge. Unfortunately I had no holster yet, but EVERYBODY played with it. LOL My mentor on revolvers arrived with his new 627 and we all had to compare. My R8 got at least 300 rounds put through it with me only getting to run about 50 of them. These guys were like teenagers at a brothel.
I like both weapons very much. The stainless 627 is gorgeous, however most of the crowd liked the looks of the R8 better. I'm torn, I tend to like a stainless weapon, although I will admit the R8 looks mean.
As far as accuracy, they were both SPOT ON out of the box.
I was a little dissapointed with the trigger pull since these are PC guns. The intial pull at the beginning is suprisingly hard although once you get it rolling it seems pretty slick. I did feel like I could double stage the trigger/hammer. In other words one stage half way though and then "staged" ready to drop. Single action was INCREDIBLY sweet on the R8 alhtough I did not check the 627, I would assume it was equally smooth. The R8 seemed to be a tad more nose heavy, but once loaded up and running, I didn't notice it.
We fired WWbox 130 target ammo, Precision Delta 148 gr wadcutters, and Precision Delta RN reloads. All worked well and there really wasn't much difference between them.
The moon clips S&W sent (3) are cheap pices of ...well you know. One already broke. After arriving from the range, my order from Midway showed up on the big brown Christmas sleigh. In it I had several packs of moon clips from Ranch Products. They seem a little better, however compared to the full moons I am used to for my 625 they seem flimsy. Time will tell. And yes, I understand the R8 clips have to hold a toltally different case. It's all good.
Another thing I noticed was that the description says "chamfered charge holes" well, not really. the extractor (star) is chamfered, but not the outer ring of the chambers. I will not be using any of the wadcutters, it was like trying to load empty brass.
Final note...I ordered a Safariland "Cup Challenge" holster for it, and yes, I can "force" it in, however even after loosening the screws, it is still soooo tight I could never even begin to draw it . Total dissapointment. So uch for the 20 minutes on the phone with Safariland.
Overall, if you like shooting speed games with revolvers, THIS IS THE BOMB (as the kids say) LOL My biggest problem now is going to be getting used to counting higher than 6. LOL
I like both weapons very much. The stainless 627 is gorgeous, however most of the crowd liked the looks of the R8 better. I'm torn, I tend to like a stainless weapon, although I will admit the R8 looks mean.
As far as accuracy, they were both SPOT ON out of the box.
I was a little dissapointed with the trigger pull since these are PC guns. The intial pull at the beginning is suprisingly hard although once you get it rolling it seems pretty slick. I did feel like I could double stage the trigger/hammer. In other words one stage half way though and then "staged" ready to drop. Single action was INCREDIBLY sweet on the R8 alhtough I did not check the 627, I would assume it was equally smooth. The R8 seemed to be a tad more nose heavy, but once loaded up and running, I didn't notice it.
We fired WWbox 130 target ammo, Precision Delta 148 gr wadcutters, and Precision Delta RN reloads. All worked well and there really wasn't much difference between them.
The moon clips S&W sent (3) are cheap pices of ...well you know. One already broke. After arriving from the range, my order from Midway showed up on the big brown Christmas sleigh. In it I had several packs of moon clips from Ranch Products. They seem a little better, however compared to the full moons I am used to for my 625 they seem flimsy. Time will tell. And yes, I understand the R8 clips have to hold a toltally different case. It's all good.
Another thing I noticed was that the description says "chamfered charge holes" well, not really. the extractor (star) is chamfered, but not the outer ring of the chambers. I will not be using any of the wadcutters, it was like trying to load empty brass.
Final note...I ordered a Safariland "Cup Challenge" holster for it, and yes, I can "force" it in, however even after loosening the screws, it is still soooo tight I could never even begin to draw it . Total dissapointment. So uch for the 20 minutes on the phone with Safariland.
Overall, if you like shooting speed games with revolvers, THIS IS THE BOMB (as the kids say) LOL My biggest problem now is going to be getting used to counting higher than 6. LOL
