Help a Ladd with Moon Clip question

[boatboy]

Hey I posted that I found a nice 625 and nobody told me to run (go figure) so I am going to pick up today or tommorrow

It comes with a few steel moon clips so I thought I would order a few more and get the Brownelles tool that looks like a screw driver and be done

I was at Williams Gun Site yesterday and Steve told me about plastic ones sounded like that would be very easy and even cheaper. What do you use?
Also what the best source?

Thanks Hank

 

[Smith357]

The problem with the plastic ones is the do not hold the cartridges as well as the steel ones so every once in a while you will have a live round hitting the dirt. I much prefer the steel clips, and they are really not that hard to load and strip with the Deluxe Moon Clip Tool You can get moonclips in bulk at a good price from Ranch Products While their web page may not be the best, OK it stinks on ice, their products, prices, and service is second to none.

 

[Maximumbob54]

I have never had a loaded cartridge fall out from a Rimz moon clip. I had to throw the thing against the wall with dummy loads to get one to pop out.

 

[DGT]

I prefer the steel ones too. There are several tools that make loading and unloading the clips a lot easier.
Depending on how much you shoot, some of the more expensive ones may not be cost effective. I use a BMT Mooner. You can Google it. It is kind of pricey but it loads and strips the clips very quickly.

 

[gdogs]

I'm also a big fan of the deluxe loader that Smith357 linked to. Makes unloading and loading a piece of cake. Plus it can be used for multiple calibers. A very well made tool.

 

[ronnie gore]

clips

i use the half moon and the full moon clips, all steel, but most of the time for plinking i just use the 45 acp without clips, most of the time the emptys just fall out and the ones that don't a flick of the finger nail gets them out, but i also like the 45 auto rim so you don't need any clips.

 

[KLNC]

I agree with the previous poster about Ranch Products moon clips--they are the best. Also a thumbs up for both the BMT and the Deluxe Moon Clip tool. The former if you do a whole lot of loading/unloading the clips, the latter if you do a bit less. Both work great.

 

[TAROMAN]

What Guy-Harold said. Get the Ranch Clips and Deluxe Moon Clip Tool and you'll be good to go.
Got lucky when I picked up my 625 as the tool and 100 clips were all included.

 

[Pisgah]

I like the steel best. For a loading/unloading tool, go to a Goodwill store, buy an old golf club for $2, cut off the handle leaving an inch or two of shank. A bit of file work, and you have a perfect mooner/de-mooner.

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

I like the steel best. For a loading/unloading tool, go to a Goodwill store, buy an old golf club for $2, cut off the handle leaving an inch or two of shank. A bit of file work, and you have a perfect mooner/de-mooner.

Who says we ain't politically correct? See... we know how to recycle!

Hog

 

[kimberst245]

Sarge's outta New York offers reasonably priced moon clips in lots of 100. Haven't had any complaints from the ones I got from them yet. Save the money on a moon clip tool. I use a multi tool to good effect for removing empties.

 

[jerryv]

b b. i just bought a 625jm and ordered both the rimz 25 and 625 clips. the 625s are too loose but the 25s are perfect and very easy to use. no tool needed.

 

[michael thornton]

I bought 100 from old sargs drop zone they work fine and the price is good too

 

[roundgunner]

The cure for those who dont like demooning clips,

Teach your wife how to do it!

 

[Stainz]

The nutdriver-style demooner, a la the Brownell's unit, is fine - will hold six empties in the tube so you can dump them at once. It looks better than a hunk of water pipe with tape on it - or a broken golf club handle - and they are, what, $16? Years ago, I had the big buck scissors style demooner - it broke within it's first week. I also like Ranch Products clips - in both 6-hole .45 ACP and 8-hole .357M. Ranch Products did sell direct - 100 blued .45 ACP 'clips were $35 delivered. Great product. Loads by hand easiest if the cases are Starline. Rem's next - then Winnies. As you push the round into the clip, rotate the round slightly.

Stainz

 

[boatboy]

The cure for those who dont like demooning clips,

Teach your wife how to do it!

Who says romance is dead

If she does that I am sure she takes good care of you
Its nice to have a good relationship!
You are Blessed
Hank

PS I just texted The Lovely Miss Peggy and told her she needs to step it up!

 

[nn]

I get my steel moonclips at the Sportsmansguide and use a 6" piece of 5/8" copper tubing, pluged at one end, for a de-mooning tool.

 

[TSQUARED]

I only use the Ranch Products steel moonclips which cost $25 per 100. The Rimz plastic moonclips hold the cartridge with a much looser fit but are satisfactory for informal target practise.

 

[Dale53]

I have a pair of 625's and have shot in excess of ten thousand rounds through mine. I use both Auto Rim and ACP cases. My steel clips are Ranch Products. They hold VERY securely. I have the Deluxe moon clip tool and it is fine for loading the clips (best out there for that) but I MUCH prefer the Brownell's screwdriver style tool for de-mooning clips.

RIMZ has two styles of full moon clips for the .45 ACP. One style is a rather soft polymer. It works fine for range use but does not secure the cases real well.

The model 25 Rimz clips are made of a carbon/polymer alloy that work just as well as steel full moon clips but allow you to load and unload with your fingers (no tools needed). They are now my new "standard" for .45 ACP cases. They really secure the cases, too.

Starline Auto Rim cases are the answer if you don't need or want a speedy reload. I load all of my heavy bullet hunting loads in Auto Rim cases. I don't want to batter my highly tuned 1911's with those heavy bullets and heavy loads - putting them up in the Auto Rim cases prevents them from being used (by accident) in the 1911's.

FWIW
Dale53

 

[Deacon KC]

HKS still has their speedloaders for .45 Autorim. And yup, I like the Ranch clips best.