Hello Hoof, as others have posted, 'Good to see ya posting again''! Understand what you posted about if the parts are fitted right things should come apart and go back together with no hassle and no wear to speak of. But-we're talking about Italian guns for the most part that aren't made of the hard, quality steels of a Ruger, Smith, or Colt and even if the parts are fitted to a better tolerance than you get out of the factory, I'd suspect that the softer steels of the 'Eye-talian' offerings may take a toll. I'm careful and fussy with my guns, but I've seen some cap and balls, esp Colts that look like they were used for horseshoe games from being taken apart and reassembled so much, ie hammered on.
What ever the case, I still think the R&D is a slow way to enjoy poppin' off five primers and making smoke. May be all right if someone is loading two revolvers with five shots each and shooting a stage, then has a lot of time to burn before they shoot again, but the R&D IMO is a slow method to shoot a cylinder full of brass cartridge rounds. A lot of my shooting takes place walking along local rivers and wooded areas, having to stop and take the cylinder out/off of either a Colt or Remington, then disassembling the cylinder, loading, then putting it all back together before I shot is as I posted before, would be a PITA. The Krist system gets my vote 100% over the R&D. I'll steal part of Col Jeff Coopers quote in my thoughts about the R&D, "It's an ingenious solution to a" problem that is rectified better by another product, Krist Konvertors!
Of course I don't have much of dog is this fight I guess, not selling Krists, not planning to get one (at least no present plans), and don't have any, but I do study and read about various methods to customize, convert, and dress up firearms. Just shoot my three conversion types, ROA, and battery of cap and balls and having fun at it. Take care all!!! CC