I'm Switching My Carry Ammo...

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....in my 642. Below is the result of 80 or so shots of the re-released Fed Nyclad round. Yeah, its been a couple weeks since I was out, and it was my first time out with this round, so hold the laughter til I leave the room.

But the round is VERY controllable and accurate with application. Doesn't bang your hand too badly unlike BB.

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...so hold the laughter til I leave the room.
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How can anybody laugh, seeing as you have withheld the information that would permit us to evaluate your skill - namely, DISTANCE? At 100 yds., that is some darn good shooting. At 10 yds., some improvement would be needed.

By the way, given your abbreviation of "BB", I presume your former carry load was Buffalo Bore? If so, what load - the Gold Dot or the lead hollow point?
 
Sorry - about that - range was 7 yds - so yeah - I gotta come out more often than once every couple of weeks. I was doing it a couple of times a week before in June the avg temp hit a 100 day in and day out.

BB = Buffalo Bore - using the "standard pressure" 158 SWCHP .38 load. It smarted noticeably more than the Nyclads. Heck - it stung more than the box of .357 Monarch rounds I ran through my 686 shortly after the above!
 
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(Gee, I hope he left the room..............:D )
 
Seriously, you don't have to shoot a gun daily to maintain a modest amount of proficiency.

DRYFIRE at home and you'll improve your skill quickly and cheaply.

With sufficient and proper dryfiring practice, you should be able to keep all of those shots inside the 9 ring, if not the 10 ring, slowfire at 7 yds.

(take all safety precautions, of course, before dryfire)
 
I am just asking and not making fun but did the S&W 642 group better with the round you had been using? On my 642 the trick to shooting paper with it was getting the feel of the trigger to where you could make it stack & squeeze and then it was pretty much like shooting a M36 or a M60 in SA. From your target you are pulling off to the left with a high percent and that's common as I do the same with some handguns. It only gets better with practice and I am still in that mode!
 
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I think the BB round grouped better - but that might be subjective as I had been practicing with that round for almost a year. This was my first outing with the Nyclad and I was rusty as well. I'm just going with my gut here, but I figure the Nyclad will group better with more practice.

The 642 trigger sure is smoothing out though.
 
In Richmond, the humidity is pretty much equal to the heat. The fish and ducks fly in the same gaggle.

Nyclad is in my bride's Cobra and its Speed Strips. I doubt that it'd travel a foot in a rabid, attacking mass of jello though.

Gotta rent 'The Blob'.

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You fired 80 rounds of the newly released Nyclad ammo? OUCH, that must have hurt ............................. your pocket. That stuff is expensive and also, where did you find some in stock?

If I were you I would listed to the above advice. Buy some snap-caps and do a lot of dry firing. The heavy trigger on a J frame is hard to get used to. Also, buy some cheaper practice ammo for when you practice at the range. It will help your pocket and allow you to shoot more for the money you do spend. (or you can reload like I do and build a box of .38's for ~$4.00)

Just keep practicing you you will improve.
 
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still though all but around 8-10 shots would have put a hurtin' on a man sized target.
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Shootist-

It will come with practice, muscle memory and the proper grip. I suspect that with quality ammo that influence is minimal.

Exactly and practice for Center of Mass (COM) is the key.

When things get ugly you don't have the time or the luxury to worry about the heart or head shot. You are not going to be poised in a frozen stance squeezing toward release?

No doubt shot placement is "king" but anywhere in COM is acceptable for PD in my book.
 
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Don't get discouraged about your groups at 7 Yds. After shooting autos and full sized 1911 pistols ,I was really humbled at how bad I was with my 2" snub. But just practice good sight alignment and trigger squeeze , and you will be amazed at how well the small J -sized guns will shoot! Most guys make a mistake of trying to hit the target at too great a distance at first and then blaming the gun. You did right at starting at 2o ft. or so. After some practice I can keep all in the black at 50ft. off a rest.
 
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With enough practice you will be able to shoot much better groups. Below is a target I shot with a S&W M638 from 15 yards out using .38 Special +P ammo 2 handed unsupported slow fire. Don't let anyone tell you a snub nose revolver isn't capable of good accuracy and is only a "belly gun."

Here is a shot of the full target:

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Here is a closeup of the same target:

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And here's the M638:

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