There has already been some fairly well detailed threads about this exact same subject over the last few years on in this target section of the BBS.
If you take a look and read them you can take advantage of some very helpful contributions that have already been made.
As a short summary - in most peoples opinion it makes very little difference to anyone unless you plan to enter some of the live open competitions that specify "in date" cylinders as being a compulsory requirement.
It is not even that useful when trying to age date a used pistol as cylinders are so easily exchanged or swapped between pistols (or rifles).
Last edited by zooma; 25-11-2015 at 05:12 PM.
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