When it rains, it pours! *Update: Range Report in post #34*

[LPD256]

Thank you for posting that photo. I, too, have not seen them. Heard good things about them but I have several hundred of the Ranch Products moonclips so no real need for more.

So, they appear thicker than metal but the rim fits in the recess so the thickness adds to the strength. Interesting. I can see why folks like them. Went to the website and there is a newer version that holds the rounds better.

Thanks again for the photograph.

Kevin

Hey Kevin-I have arthritic hands. Small motor moves are a little difficult. Those clips are easy to load for me. There are two strengths. I have both. Not much different in function. I also have 929 clips from RIMZ. I shoot my 625 and 929 more since I found an easier (for me) way to load clips. PM me and I will send you a short video of loading them. Enjoy

 

[Sistema1927]

Dale,

I believe you are referring to the Model 22-4. It came in two flavors, the one you mentioned with a 5 1/2” barrel and lanyard ring to resemble the Commercial 1917. Another version sported the 4” barrel with the reinforced shroud. Both had improved fixed sights and good triggers.

I enjoy shooting any of my ACP revolvers but these two can handle loads above hardball.

Kevin

What are MY grips doing on your 4" 22-4? Take them off immediately and send them to me.

Those are gorgeous, and look great with the grip adapter.

 

[Redlegvzv]

No one ever shows a picture of what the Rimz moon clips look like. Are they different than the metal ones, or just a plastic copy?

I'll get you some pics shortly. But to answer your question they look very similar to the metal ones but are made of a high-tech plastic that holds the rounds firmly but which does not break and which always returns to its proper shape.

 

[StrawHat]

What are MY grips doing on your 4" 22-4? Take them off immediately and send them to me.

Those are gorgeous, and look great with the grip adapter.

Thank you and I really appreciate that you took them off and left them on the bench at the range.

Those are smooth elk antler or what I call American Ivory. That pair was made by Pat Grashorn but I have also made my own.

Kevin

 

[tenntex32]

But I have to wait for the weekend. I’m all mooned up and itching to try it out along with my newly acquired M1917. The college kids are back in town from Tally until Monday, so we’re going to go have some fun. Range report to follow...stay tuned.

That pic of all the mooned ammo made me grin. I've been thinking about making a wooden moonclip stand setup that would fit into a GI ammo can. Say dowel rods sticking up from a piece of 2x block of wood as the bottom, with a simple rope handle so you could pull the whole thing out of the ammo can.

Seems easy enough to make and handy to pre-load while at home, and then pull out to use while at the range.

I found the plastic "squeeze" tool you have in your pic at a local shop for pennies on the dollar as it came from an estate sale. I have a few simple mooning/demooning tools but nothing pricey or too serious. One could probably make what they need easy enough.

Dale

 

[tlawler]

That pic of all the mooned ammo made me grin. I've been thinking about making a wooden moonclip stand setup that would fit into a GI ammo can. Say dowel rods sticking up from a piece of 2x block of wood as the bottom, with a simple rope handle so you could pull the whole thing out of the ammo can.

Seems easy enough to make and handy to pre-load while at home, and then pull out to use while at the range.

I found the plastic "squeeze" tool you have in your pic at a local shop for pennies on the dollar as it came from an estate sale. I have a few simple mooning/demooning tools but nothing pricey or too serious. One could probably make what they need easy enough.

Dale

I remember seeing a thread here on the forum where one of the members did exactly that. I looked it up and found it:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-re...version-2-0-a.html?highlight=Moonclip+storage

What a great idea! I also like your idea of a rope handle. I’m going to have to build something like that.

 

[tenntex32]

I remember seeing a thread here on the forum where one of the members did exactly that. I looked it up and found it:

http://smith-wessonforum.com/s-w-re...version-2-0-a.html?highlight=Moonclip+storage

What a great idea! I also like your idea of a rope handle. I’m going to have to build something like that.

Figures somebody would have beat me to it already. Now I'm gonna have to do something different just to be different!

That was a nice ammo holder/ammo box setup in the thread link you provided.

Maybe I'll make mine out of multiple PVC tubes with a cap glued on one end, stacked neatly in an ammo can with the open ends of the tubes facing up, where you can remove just one tube at a time if you wanted with multiple moonclips of ammo in each.

Sounds very simple and easy to do. I'm gonna need more moonclips, and to be honest I rather like the nostalgia of halfmoonclips. I guess I could come up with a different arrangement for them as well!

Heck I've seen times when I would be lazy and simply not use moonclips at all as standard power .45acp fired cases usually just fall out of the chambers. Occasionally you may have to flick one out with a fingernail or poke one out with a dowel.

Dale

 

[quickdraw03]

Nice revolver you have there, I have a 625-2 that I really enjoy, great shooter.

Old Chief,

Who made those awesome grips? Great looking gun.

—QD

 

[jtcarm]

I love my .45 ACP revos (own 3) but found Iiked the concept of moon clips more than the moons themselves.

 

[OldChief]

Old Chief,

Who made those awesome grips? Great looking gun.

—QD

JOHN CULINA

 

[quickdraw03]

JOHN CULINA

Thank you. I came across his name just the other day. Looks great!

 

[tlawler]

Thank you. I came across his name just the other day. Looks great!

Those are John’s grips on my 625-3 in the original post too. Mine are the service grade and i think OldChief’s are the presentation grade.

 

[quickdraw03]

They are also very nice.

I pulled up his gallery of grips. Very impressive.


Sold Grips - Culina Grips

 

[tlawler]

Range report

I got to the range today with my son. He and my daughter are heading back to Tallahassee in the morning, so we had to make the best of the time along with getting a bunch of yard work done that my wife insisted he help with. What’s not to like about a 625? Most of my experience with a moonclipped revolver is my 610, so I was in for a treat. Very mild recoil, accurate as a laser even in DA. A little finicky with some of the clips, like they were dragging. I marked the ones I had issues with and will check the thickness against the ones that worked well with a caliper. I shot 120 rounds total, probably 72 rounds at 21 ft. and the remainder at 35 ft. Mostly DA, with a few SA mixed in. All factory Federal FMJ...I got it as part of the deal on the M1917 I bought. First time I’ve fired factory ammo in a couple of years!

 

[Erocksmash]

I got to the range today with my son. He and my daughter are heading back to Tallahassee in the morning, so we had to make the best of the time along with getting a bunch of yard work done that my wife insisted he help with. What’s not to like about a 625? Most of my experience with a moonclipped revolver is my 610, so I was in for a treat. Very mild recoil, accurate as a laser even in DA. A little finicky with some of the clips, like they were dragging. I marked the ones I had issues with and will check the thickness against the ones that worked well with a caliper. I shot 120 rounds total, probably 72 rounds at 21 ft. and the remainder at 35 ft. Mostly DA, with a few SA mixed in. All factory Federal FMJ...I got it as part of the deal on the M1917 I bought. First time I’ve fired factory ammo in a couple of years!

Fantastic report Tom I've always been curious about shooting an auto loading cartridge in a revolver, pretty neat. Which range did you hit? JnJs? The web? I just ran my CHP4006TSW for about 200rds, what a sweet shooter.

Hey I accidentally bought some 255gr berrys .45cal projectiles and have been reading they work great in the .45 acp revolvers, if you have any interest holler at me!

 

[tlawler]

Fantastic report Tom I've always been curious about shooting an auto loading cartridge in a revolver, pretty neat. Which range did you hit? JnJs? The web? I just ran my CHP4006TSW for about 200rds, what a sweet shooter.

Hey I accidentally bought some 255gr berrys .45cal projectiles and have been reading they work great in the .45 acp revolvers, if you have any interest holler at me!

Hey Erik. I went to Point Blank just across the street. Yeah, I’d definitely be interested in those Berry’s.

 

[OldChief]

Nice shooting tlawler. I really enjoy my 625-2. Just for the record, here are a few loads I've had great results with.
4.8 grains of Bullseye or 700X pushing a 200 grain Xtreme PRN
4.5 grains of Bullseye pushing a 200 grain Xtreme PSWC.