westernrover
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I recently asked a question, "do short barrels draw faster?" I had read advice from the past that suggested the snub-nosed revolver was "quicker to get into action" from concealment than guns with a longer barrel (like 4" automatics or 6" revolvers). This is drawing from IWB concealment, not a duty holster or a race gun holster. And this advice came from before shot timers existed. The discussion is in that thread, but my next related question, the answer to which is probably more subjective than what shot timers can tell us, is:
What's more important to making good, fast hits on your target with the first shot: a good trigger or a long barrel?
Let me define what I mean by "good trigger" vs. "demanding trigger." Let's not bother discussing crap triggers. A good trigger would be a short, crisp single-action trigger on a fine 1911, a CZ Shadow 2, or a hand-tuned revolver with an action job. A demanding trigger would be double-action trigger on a factory S&W, a Beretta 92FS or SIG P226. I imagine a good trigger on a polymer striker would be somewhere in-between.
But what about longer sight radius and longer barrels? A longer barrel is easier to point accurately even if you don't acquire sight picture, and a long sight radius is easier to be precise with than a very short one.
So what's easier to learn to shoot accurately? A snub-nose revolver with a crisp single-action trigger or a 6"-barrelled revolver shot in double-action? A single-action Kimber micro, Mustang, P238, or a 92FS from decock?
I can't answer the question from my limited experience. I have a steel DAO snubby and a long-barreled SA. I'm not incompetent with either, but I find shooting the big gun accurately much easier. Whether I'm point-shooting a milk jug at 4 yards or a soda can at 20 yards, it's far easier to make fast hits every single time with the bigger gun. That shouldn't be surprising. But how much of it is the trigger and how much is the long barrel and sight radius? I suppose to find out for myself, I'll have to get a snubby that can be cocked or a long-barreled DA or both. What do you suppose?
What's more important to making good, fast hits on your target with the first shot: a good trigger or a long barrel?
Let me define what I mean by "good trigger" vs. "demanding trigger." Let's not bother discussing crap triggers. A good trigger would be a short, crisp single-action trigger on a fine 1911, a CZ Shadow 2, or a hand-tuned revolver with an action job. A demanding trigger would be double-action trigger on a factory S&W, a Beretta 92FS or SIG P226. I imagine a good trigger on a polymer striker would be somewhere in-between.
But what about longer sight radius and longer barrels? A longer barrel is easier to point accurately even if you don't acquire sight picture, and a long sight radius is easier to be precise with than a very short one.
So what's easier to learn to shoot accurately? A snub-nose revolver with a crisp single-action trigger or a 6"-barrelled revolver shot in double-action? A single-action Kimber micro, Mustang, P238, or a 92FS from decock?
I can't answer the question from my limited experience. I have a steel DAO snubby and a long-barreled SA. I'm not incompetent with either, but I find shooting the big gun accurately much easier. Whether I'm point-shooting a milk jug at 4 yards or a soda can at 20 yards, it's far easier to make fast hits every single time with the bigger gun. That shouldn't be surprising. But how much of it is the trigger and how much is the long barrel and sight radius? I suppose to find out for myself, I'll have to get a snubby that can be cocked or a long-barreled DA or both. What do you suppose?