LCR 9mm

DannyB1954

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I am interested in the Ruger LCR in 8mm. I have the Taurus 405 in 40S&W, so I am familiar with moon clips. One video I seen though has me concerned. The shooter shot 4 rounds, the 5th round did not fire as the bullet came out of it's case due to recoil. The crimp on 9mm is not usually as tight as most revolver rounds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QuCdTa-SowM

Any thoughts?
 
I shoot a S&W 986 in 9mm and have put about 800 rounds through it to date. I have never had any 9mm case separate, even with crappy aluminum case. I am pretty sure you do not need to worry about this at all. The recoil on 9mm is not strong enough (I'm pretty sure) to do this with any regularity. I am sure other 9mm revolver shooters can chime in as well.

The video seems a little suspect as when he removes the moon clip from the revolver, all 5 rounds have been fired. So, I am not sure he is demonstrating this. If so, I wouldn't be worried about it.

With Federal Gold Match? That seems especially strange (not that it couldn't happen), because I've fired about 200 rounds of AL-case Federal which is probably much worse quality-control wise and has an inherently weaker case. I think people like to bash 9mm out of revolvers, and oddly moon clips. Some people on TFL have even claimed such weird things as moon clips being slower to reload or "weak" somehow as if that is a point of failure. I've experienced MANY failures with my 986, but none of them were inherent to the moon clips or 9mm (screws backing out... see multiple threads posted by me regarding this).
 
I have a custom 9mm S&W 360J, it has a scandium frame and weighs only 13oz, I've never had a problem with bullets jumping crimp in any load I've shot in it up to and including +P+. Never heard of it being an issue in the past, either.
 
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