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Moonduck · 10-03-2003, 03:03 PM

Actually, no, not reliably at least. As most of the designs were intended for wartime conditions, the moon clips also provided needed headspace assistance. The .45 Auto Rim cartridge corrected this issue by belting the case, but it ultimately failed due to poor commercial sales of the type of revolver.

I should have said "would not work well". As I've said, I own one of these guns (S&W M-37) and it does NOT space reliably without the moon clips. Insofar as I am concerned, an unreliable gun is a non-working gun.

10-03-2003, 03:03 PM	#19 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	Actually, no, not reliably at least. As most of the designs were intended for wartime conditions, the moon clips also provided needed headspace assistance. The .45 Auto Rim cartridge corrected this issue by belting the case, but it ultimately failed due to poor commercial sales of the type of revolver. I should have said "would not work well". As I've said, I own one of these guns (S&W M-37) and it does NOT space reliably without the moon clips. Insofar as I am concerned, an unreliable gun is a non-working gun.