Today I finally finished polishing the internals of my 4 inch 617. I took care of the hammer, trigger and rebound slide and replaced the rebound spring with an 11 pounder. Trigger pull is now a very nice 8 pounds measured with my Lyman Digital Scale.
I kept the pull at this weight and tested my normal ammo, Remington Bucket Of Bullets. I shoot these because they are very clean and I can run at least 300 rounds through the gun before I have to clean the cylinders. They've been reamed and honed and drop the ammo with the slight flick of my thumb.
One thing I don't like about the BOB is that I can hear the difference in power on many of my shots. I'm going to see how many rounds of Federal 40 grain LRN bullets from the 800 round package I can shoot and if it's better in this gun that will become my Go-To Ammo.
Along with my 4 inch I brought my 6 inch that I set up with a RevUp Action Hammer Kit. I really like this setup. The gun is set to ignite CCI Mini Mags and Clean's so the trigger pull is a little higher, measureing just over 10 pounds with my Lyman scale.
Trigger is soft and smooth and feels just as good as the 4 inch counterpart.
I was able to keep all rounds inside the 10 ring of my Bianchi Target at 25 yards which made me happy. I used my DS-10 speed loaders to empty my loading blocks and feed both of my guns, allowing me to spend more time shooting than reloading. DS-10s are the best speed loaders out there.
I went through a combination of 260 rounds in about 40 minutes and the only thing that slowed me down was checking and adjusting the sights on both guns.
My 6 inch is fitted with Thai grips that I'm starting to like. I ordered another set so that both guns will fell as close to the same as possible.
I kept the pull at this weight and tested my normal ammo, Remington Bucket Of Bullets. I shoot these because they are very clean and I can run at least 300 rounds through the gun before I have to clean the cylinders. They've been reamed and honed and drop the ammo with the slight flick of my thumb.
One thing I don't like about the BOB is that I can hear the difference in power on many of my shots. I'm going to see how many rounds of Federal 40 grain LRN bullets from the 800 round package I can shoot and if it's better in this gun that will become my Go-To Ammo.
Along with my 4 inch I brought my 6 inch that I set up with a RevUp Action Hammer Kit. I really like this setup. The gun is set to ignite CCI Mini Mags and Clean's so the trigger pull is a little higher, measureing just over 10 pounds with my Lyman scale.
Trigger is soft and smooth and feels just as good as the 4 inch counterpart.
I was able to keep all rounds inside the 10 ring of my Bianchi Target at 25 yards which made me happy. I used my DS-10 speed loaders to empty my loading blocks and feed both of my guns, allowing me to spend more time shooting than reloading. DS-10s are the best speed loaders out there.
I went through a combination of 260 rounds in about 40 minutes and the only thing that slowed me down was checking and adjusting the sights on both guns.
My 6 inch is fitted with Thai grips that I'm starting to like. I ordered another set so that both guns will fell as close to the same as possible.
