danez71
Member
I think it depends on the clip. The moon clips for the S&W 929 are very strong. You'd have to put them in a vice and take pliers or a hammer to bend them. The Taurus moon clips for the 905 on the other hand, are not that robust or sturdy. The third-party clips for the 905 are much better than the factory clips.
I haven't tried to bend the clips for the Alfa-Proj revolver because they are super expensive - $8.50 a pop IIRC, but they don't look nearly as strong as the S&W 929 clips.
I'm waiting to hear about the LCR's clips. They're much easier to put cartridges into than the 929's but I'm wondering if they could bend easier.
Its good to know that the SP101 comes with strong clips.
I haven't really seen any reports of the LCR 9mm clips bending. Ive played with them and they appear to be made out od a spring steel that would take abuse to bend and even then it seems the round would come out before it actually bent.
Looking at the manual, The SP101 appears to be like the LCR in that the moon clips arent needed to fire but aid in extraction. The LCR head spaces the round on the rim if the brass.... I suspect the SP101 is the same after looking at the manual.