chp
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I put about 165 rounds through my new to me 940-1 today. I shot 115 FMJ factory practice ammo, some om my reloads, some Gold Dot 124 +p and Corbon DPX 115 +P.
I did not shoot off a rest, but could consistently put rounds into the "head" portion of an IPSC target at 15 yards off hand. The sights were well regulated and shot to poa.
I fired most of the rounds at speed from the draw on three steel targets (mini-ipsc targets). These are awesome targets BTW and I always have people coming over from other pits asking about them and where to buy them. No association with these guys but here they are: Products
The 9mm has more pressure than the 38 spl, but the weight of the 940 soaked up the recoil and it was very pleasant to shoot, even with the +p ammo. It felt similar to shooting an Airweight with std pressure ammo to me.
The 940's are a bit infamous for extraction issues. When I first started shooting - and the gun was clean and not too hot - I had no troubles extracting the moon clips by hand with the extractor rod.
After about 50 rounds or so, I could not eject the moonclips by hand. Having read of the 940 extraction issues, I brought a small plastic mallet. With a rap from the mallet on the extractor rod, the moonclips came out easily.
I think the extraction is a non-issue for carry with a clean gun that has only fired 5 rounds.
After reading some of the threads on this board, I also shot many cylinders full without moonclips. This worked very well. Interestingly, even after the gun was dirty and hot, I had no problem getting the brass out without moonclips. In fact, most of them would would fall out if I just hit the side of the cylinder. The ones that did not fall out would come out easily with my fingernail - which seems strange since it then required the mallet to get the moonclips out. I was using the 4 moonclips that came with the 940 and some Ranch clips - they all looked the same and were the same thickness.
I really like the 940, despite the extraction issue with moon clips when dirty. An accurate, fun to shoot J Frame in a caliber that I reload for and for which factory ammo is significantly cheaper that 38 spl. It also has superior ballistics to the 38 spl +p out of the snubby platform. It's a fun J Frame range gun that shares a caliber with many of my semi-autos.
The J Frame is, at its core, a carry gun. My question with the 940 is where does it fit for me as a carry gun? It's too heavy for pocket carry - so that leaves belt carry.
On the belt, my Glock 26 is just as easy to conceal, weighs approximately the same as the 940 - and holds 2x the rounds. So where does the 940 fit in my carry rotation - to be determined. I may put the universal clipdraw on it for minimalist belt carry. We'll see . . .
Questions for 940 veterans:
1. Any problems with shooting a lot of rounds without moonclips?
2. I read somewhere that a forum member lends out a Brownells tool to smooth the cylinder walls and help with extraction. I can find that thread. Does anyone know who that is and what the tool is?
Thanks.
I did not shoot off a rest, but could consistently put rounds into the "head" portion of an IPSC target at 15 yards off hand. The sights were well regulated and shot to poa.
I fired most of the rounds at speed from the draw on three steel targets (mini-ipsc targets). These are awesome targets BTW and I always have people coming over from other pits asking about them and where to buy them. No association with these guys but here they are: Products
The 9mm has more pressure than the 38 spl, but the weight of the 940 soaked up the recoil and it was very pleasant to shoot, even with the +p ammo. It felt similar to shooting an Airweight with std pressure ammo to me.
The 940's are a bit infamous for extraction issues. When I first started shooting - and the gun was clean and not too hot - I had no troubles extracting the moon clips by hand with the extractor rod.
After about 50 rounds or so, I could not eject the moonclips by hand. Having read of the 940 extraction issues, I brought a small plastic mallet. With a rap from the mallet on the extractor rod, the moonclips came out easily.
I think the extraction is a non-issue for carry with a clean gun that has only fired 5 rounds.
After reading some of the threads on this board, I also shot many cylinders full without moonclips. This worked very well. Interestingly, even after the gun was dirty and hot, I had no problem getting the brass out without moonclips. In fact, most of them would would fall out if I just hit the side of the cylinder. The ones that did not fall out would come out easily with my fingernail - which seems strange since it then required the mallet to get the moonclips out. I was using the 4 moonclips that came with the 940 and some Ranch clips - they all looked the same and were the same thickness.
I really like the 940, despite the extraction issue with moon clips when dirty. An accurate, fun to shoot J Frame in a caliber that I reload for and for which factory ammo is significantly cheaper that 38 spl. It also has superior ballistics to the 38 spl +p out of the snubby platform. It's a fun J Frame range gun that shares a caliber with many of my semi-autos.
The J Frame is, at its core, a carry gun. My question with the 940 is where does it fit for me as a carry gun? It's too heavy for pocket carry - so that leaves belt carry.
On the belt, my Glock 26 is just as easy to conceal, weighs approximately the same as the 940 - and holds 2x the rounds. So where does the 940 fit in my carry rotation - to be determined. I may put the universal clipdraw on it for minimalist belt carry. We'll see . . .
Questions for 940 veterans:
1. Any problems with shooting a lot of rounds without moonclips?
2. I read somewhere that a forum member lends out a Brownells tool to smooth the cylinder walls and help with extraction. I can find that thread. Does anyone know who that is and what the tool is?
Thanks.
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I put the Taurus grips on all my J Frames because I have long fingers and I want a covered backstrap with a short, two fingered grip.
