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Anyone want to sell some half moon or full moon/star clips? I just bought a Pre 26 Smith and Wesson 45 Auto.

It can be fired wo clips, but you know.
 
Posts: 10570 | Location: Somewhere above Tennessee and below Kentucky  | Registered: 31 July 2016Reply With Quote
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I wish I had some extras for you friend. But most, if not all of mine are sitting ready and loaded with standard ball. Might need them one day. I picked them up a few years ago from Midway USA and Dillon Precision. I made up a short '37 Brazilian. Good luck and Be Well, Packy.
 
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I bought mine from Dillon. Also, have bought them at Army Surplus stores, good luck.
 
Posts: 5689 | Location: Ohio | Registered: 02 April 2003Reply With Quote
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On my way to Dillon. Thank you guys.
 
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I was going to recommend Dillon but I was beaten to it. It is more classic with the clips but you can also use the 45 Auto Rim. Good luck finding brass these days though.


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Posts: 17357 | Location: Austin, Texas | Registered: 11 March 2013Reply With Quote
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I guess I'm lazy but I like to use the ACPs in moonclips. You can reload quite fast. You can keep differing loads in separate clips, ..... I'm nothing like JM but I was pretty fast at the reload at one time. I keep JHPs and flat point ball on different clips. For the woods I can keep one shot load to come up next. Vary it for your own use. YMMV Be Well, Packy.
 
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LHeym500: If you are a handloader, and can find some .45 Auto Rim brass, you might enjoy using it. I have a S&W Model 625 and found with the same loads, the AR brass cut my group size in half from .45 ACP and full-moon clips. A friend who has an early Model 25 thought I was crazy. He has a Ransom Rest so he tried both kinds of brass in his gun, and also found the AR brass shot considerably smaller groups. I don't know why. My guess is that there is some spring in the clips and results in a less consistent hammer strike but I don't know how to test my theory. I use my 625 mainly for shooting jackrabbits so I don't need a quick reload.
 
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I have no issue using 45 Auto Rim. I also have no issue for the range using 45 ACP single loaded and extracting by means of a wood dowel. The 45ACP Smiths have a rebated cylinder that allows the cartridge to headspace in the cylinder correctly. The star just can’t grab the rimless, well rim.

I have seen a few very early M1917s SW that did not have that feature. However, the modification was introduced early in M1917 SW production.

Of course, 99 percent of us know that.

I just want to have some clips with it.
 
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Understandable as it is classic.


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Posts: 17357 | Location: Austin, Texas | Registered: 11 March 2013Reply With Quote
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I got the full-moon clips I use from Dillon also. They also sell a handy little tool for removing fired brass from the clips that is easy to use.
 
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True. That is a handy little tool. I don't think mine is the Dillon but mine does each shell at a time + I think that Dillon has one that offers one that removes all six in one operation. I think.


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Posts: 17357 | Location: Austin, Texas | Registered: 11 March 2013Reply With Quote
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You can find a large assortment of moon clips for sale on Ebay


My biggest fear is when I die my wife will sell my guns for what I told her they cost.
 
Posts: 6589 | Location: Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee | Registered: 22 February 2005Reply With Quote
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I have a few that I don't need. I got them from Wilson I think. They won't work with my 4 screw model 25. The told me some of the early guns did not have enough room between the rear of the cylinder and the recoil shield ( i think that's what it is called). But that was not the problem on my gun. The outside diameter when the clip is loaded is just a tiny bit too big, in other words the OD of the loaded rounds is larger than the OD of the charge holes in the cylinder. I can load 2 or 3 rounds next to each other and they will chamber and fire fine. I don't know if you will have the same issue or not. I recently got some AR brass and that's what I'm using now. I'll be happy to send you these to try.
 
Posts: 206 | Location: North Alabama | Registered: 13 January 2006Reply With Quote
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for easy range shooting, these work fine. No need for extra tools, demooners, etc. They're made of nylon and are hand-friendly.

https://www.ezmoonclip.com


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Posts: 2308 | Location: Greater Nashville, TN | Registered: 23 June 2006Reply With Quote
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Dillon was short of short on moon clips, but I found some here:

Revolver Supply Company

Waiting for them to arrive and will see how they work in the M1917 S&W.


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Posts: 759 | Location: Kansas | Registered: 18 December 2003Reply With Quote
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Try TK custom, they make them for about anything. I just ordered some for my 642. They were having a 2 for 1 sale but I am not sure if it is still on.
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Did you two get your clips and are they working? Just wondering? Be Well, Packy.
 
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