What Revolvers do people use in competition

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Thanks for the explanation of PAR. It might be common usage, but i have not competition experiance. I plan to start soon though. I'll most likely start with PPC.

I've heard that only LEO's can participate though.
 
Officially, and according to the NRA, that's true. Realistially though, there are a lot of PPC shoots open to anyone who signs up. It's not like there's a law against it; it's just a holdover from the days when PPC was cutting-edge police training and we couldn't have mere civilians learning the mysterious ways of policework.
 
NRA does not approve of American Commoners shooting at humanoid targets.
I used to shoot on the county team with my "honorary deputy" card, though.

PPC is an accuracy intensive sport. Not as much as bullseye, but far more than IDPA or IPSC. 4x6" ten ring, 7-50 yards.
 
IMO, PPC and Bianchi style shooting are the most enjoyable of the handgun sports. Most of the action shooting is a little too "spray and pray" for my tastes, and Bullseye and Free Pistol are real snoozers. (Yeah, I quit Bianchi shooting to concentrate on Bullseye and Free Pistol. I'm nothing if not inconsistent!)

PPC and Bianchi shooting do the best job at balancing accuracy requirements with speed requirements, as far as I am concerned.
 
"The angle to which the forcing cone is cut and the size of the cylinder gap can be a point of many debates.Different manufactures have promoted the merits of different angles on different firearms over the years. We can find 5, 11 and 18 degrees among the most common.Ruger has touted the merits of the 5 degree while 18 degrees is the most popular. 11 degrees is generally considered to be gentler on the bullet and causing it less distortion. After the cone has been cut and polished to the right depth and the end of the barrel cut square to the cylinder, I recommend just breaking the edge of the cone with an 82 deg. cutter."

http://www.burnt-mill.com/SAA-Barrels.htm
 
I shoot a 3-inch S&W 66 in IDPA SSR. I frequently use SWC lead bullets and have won plenty of matches in my division. Never had a bullet hang up on the cylinder edge during a reload and my chambers are not chamfered. It just is not an issue. I prefer the cleaner holes made by SWC bullets, especially on IDPA targets that are all taped up to he**. Sometimes RN bullets slip through the tape and you can't be sure of how many shots actually struck the target!
 
I shoot a 3-inch S&W 66 in IDPA SSR. I frequently use SWC lead bullets and have won plenty of matches in my division. Never had a bullet hang up on the cylinder edge during a reload and my chambers are not chamfered. It just is not an issue. I prefer the cleaner holes made by SWC bullets, especially on IDPA targets that are all taped up to he**. Sometimes RN bullets slip through the tape and you can't be sure of how many shots actually struck the target!
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I shot my Model 19 a couple times at the local IPSC match. I use Safariland comp speedloaders. The first time I was using lead SWC and they were a PITA to load quickly - they got hung up all the time. The next time I shot some FMJ round nose - they loaded a whole lot faster.

Perhaps I don't have enough practice time.

Jeff
 
I used to shoot wadcutters and semiwadcutters in PPC with little difficulty, but the time allowances there are longer than IPSC or IDPA. When speed counts, I get out the roundnose. I have made good use of SWCs on hand by loading the gun to start and reloading with roundnose.
 
I used a Smith M657 .41 Magnum with an eight and three eighths inch barrel in a steel plate match last weekend. It worked real well.

I shot an IDPA match with a Colt Cobra once. Had to start taping my middle finger after a while due to recoil smacking the trigger guard into me.

Years ago, I shot a Ruger Blackhawk .357 in NRA Hunter's Pistol Silhouette.
 
I used a Ruger Blackhawk Convertible, .45 ACP, in USPSA Revolver division, one time. It didn't work out as badly as most people thought it would, since I was thumb-feeding it from 1911 mags.

I've seen a Webley used to great effect with moonclips.

But, in the realm of sanity, I can't in good conscience recommend anything but a 625. Load it with moons for USPSA-RD and IDPA ESR, and speedloaders with .45 Auto Rim for SSR.
 
i've seen some really cool ICORE wheelguns with awesome action work... i thought a PPC K-frame had a nice trigger until i handled a Randy Lee gun with an approx. 5lb DA trigger. i didn't think it had enough power to bust primers, but i was very wrong.

his favorite gun to start with in Open class is the 8-shot S&W M-627. he replaces the hammer and cylinder, ports the barrel and mounts an optic. i've seen them chambered for .357mag, 9mm and 38 Super...all using moonclips

you can see his work at www.ApexTactical.com
 
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