115grfmj
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I came to a realization yesterday and I thought I'd share it. I was shooting
my 686+ with my brother (with 38's not .357), he couldn't hit the
broad side of a barn with it, his immediate reaction was to hand it back to
me with a smile and say " I think you might want to send that back
to S&W, there's obviously something wrong with it", I took it from him
and put all 7 shots through a clover leaf group at 20 yds, his reaction
was, priceless . BTW my brother is an experienced
shooter. Had that happen to me before, one of my buddies, was trying
out my 1894c at 100 yds, he (an experience rifleman, who does quite well
with his own) could manage better than 10" groups, I promptly shot several
2" groups, he was amazed and told me he had initially though my rifle
horribly inaccurate. This got me thinking. Now granted these are my guns,
and I'm better aquainted with them then they are, but it seems like
lots of folks are prepared to instantly blame the weapon rather than
admit that they are not perfect. How many statements of fault with
guns, on these pages are for the same reason.
The way I see it there are two kinds of folks, those that realize that they need more practice, and those who blame the equipment .
Which are you
my 686+ with my brother (with 38's not .357), he couldn't hit the
broad side of a barn with it, his immediate reaction was to hand it back to
me with a smile and say " I think you might want to send that back
to S&W, there's obviously something wrong with it", I took it from him
and put all 7 shots through a clover leaf group at 20 yds, his reaction
was, priceless . BTW my brother is an experienced
shooter. Had that happen to me before, one of my buddies, was trying
out my 1894c at 100 yds, he (an experience rifleman, who does quite well
with his own) could manage better than 10" groups, I promptly shot several
2" groups, he was amazed and told me he had initially though my rifle
horribly inaccurate. This got me thinking. Now granted these are my guns,
and I'm better aquainted with them then they are, but it seems like
lots of folks are prepared to instantly blame the weapon rather than
admit that they are not perfect. How many statements of fault with
guns, on these pages are for the same reason.
The way I see it there are two kinds of folks, those that realize that they need more practice, and those who blame the equipment .
Which are you