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July 27, 2022, 10:36 PM | #1 |
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Setting Up My 617 Revolvers
Today I took my 6 inch and 4 inch 617s to the range. I wanted to test ammo to what my guns like, especially the 4 inch because that's what I intend to shoot the next Steel Challenge with. I started out with Eley Force. Surprisingly everything went bang and shot pretty well. After 50 rounds I had to clean the cylinder because extraction stated to get very hard. I cleaned the gun with a brass brush in my portable hand drill. I then shot Federal BYOB 40 grainers. All shots went off and grouped well at 15 and 20 yards. I like practicing at 20 because it simulates Pendulum. I kept all shot inside a 8 inch circle, most in a 4 inch groups but I had a few fliers. Remington Golden Bullets went the best, good groups and I fired 140 rounds without having sticky ejection. I didn't shoot them today but last week I shot Mini Mags and they worked well except I needed to clean the gun after 50 rounds. Federal 800 pack worked o.k. with good groups but still had to clean after 100 rouns. So, Federal BYOB and Reminton Bucket O Bullets are working the best. BYOBs are getting difficult to find but I still have a few. Remingtons are getting easy to find. |
July 27, 2022, 11:31 PM | #2 |
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Join Date: February 12, 2001
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Interesting on the hard extraction with the Eley. I wouldn't have expected you to have trouble with only a box through it...
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