So, the weather's crappy. It wants to rain. It wants to snow. But we've had a pretty precipitous La Nina here in NW Montana this year.
Couple that with my recent roto rooter job (still peeing a flimsy rose wine color) I am still convalescing from and my groups were more like a pattern. OK I'll stop the excuses.
I took out my new S&W Model 57 for its first trial run today, accompanied by my Blackhawk .41 magnum.
I was using my own recipe of 16.9 g A#9 behind a 210 gr copper plated flat point.
The double action felt pretty heavy on the S&W so I backed the strain screw about 1 full turn. That made the DA pull much more tolerable. Single action felt pretty crisp at maybe 4-5 lbs.
I didn't feel like staying long, just long enough to put 24 rounds down range. But I didn't want to wait until Spring either. Sometimes I almost envy you guys in Arizona when you post picks of your range days in the desert or where ever it is you shoot.
In the Spring I will give the M57 a better trial.
The obligatory pic.
Couple that with my recent roto rooter job (still peeing a flimsy rose wine color) I am still convalescing from and my groups were more like a pattern. OK I'll stop the excuses.
I took out my new S&W Model 57 for its first trial run today, accompanied by my Blackhawk .41 magnum.
I was using my own recipe of 16.9 g A#9 behind a 210 gr copper plated flat point.
The double action felt pretty heavy on the S&W so I backed the strain screw about 1 full turn. That made the DA pull much more tolerable. Single action felt pretty crisp at maybe 4-5 lbs.
I didn't feel like staying long, just long enough to put 24 rounds down range. But I didn't want to wait until Spring either. Sometimes I almost envy you guys in Arizona when you post picks of your range days in the desert or where ever it is you shoot.
In the Spring I will give the M57 a better trial.
The obligatory pic.