Peter M. Eick
Member
I went to the range today to start trying to get back into my handgun shooting skills. A long term medical issue has knocked me from shooting around 20,000 rounds a year down to only around 5000 last year so my skills went to pot. This morning when I was thinking about it, I decided I wanted to assess how bad off I was. So I was thinking what handgun do I personally have the hardest time to shoot well.
After some thought I came up with this one:
My Cimarron single action in 45 Colt. Mine as is a Pietta with some nice inlaid grips and some great case hardening colors that frankly I was a sucker for. The picture above was shot now 3 years ago and you can see for 50 shots I had a fair amount of spread. Today I decided to just blast steel and just worked on the overall routine of loading, focusing on the front sight and squeezing off the shot. After 400 rounds of 45 Colt and 400 rounds of 22LR (Dan Wesson 722, my favorite 22lr) I called it quits.
I have trouble with the 45 Colt because of the poor sights, and the single action really requires a consistent grip for best accuracy. Right now I need to work on that grip to get the best accuracy.
So, think for a bit. What handgun do you consider your hardest to shoot well and master and then why is it a challenge for you?
After some thought I came up with this one:
My Cimarron single action in 45 Colt. Mine as is a Pietta with some nice inlaid grips and some great case hardening colors that frankly I was a sucker for. The picture above was shot now 3 years ago and you can see for 50 shots I had a fair amount of spread. Today I decided to just blast steel and just worked on the overall routine of loading, focusing on the front sight and squeezing off the shot. After 400 rounds of 45 Colt and 400 rounds of 22LR (Dan Wesson 722, my favorite 22lr) I called it quits.
I have trouble with the 45 Colt because of the poor sights, and the single action really requires a consistent grip for best accuracy. Right now I need to work on that grip to get the best accuracy.
So, think for a bit. What handgun do you consider your hardest to shoot well and master and then why is it a challenge for you?