Mythbusters: less than 3" at 25 yrds w/ snubnose
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2ndamd
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Elvishead?
You said I could have a witness?
Hunt and Fish called me out to prove it and I did. You told me to put up or shut-up. Well, I put it up pard.
I spend too much $$$ on ammo to buy a video camera.
I guess I will have to look you up the next time I am in sin city. Some people just won't believe.
All of this is in fun.
But, the "UFO" is real. I can do this again when asked to prove it is real.
I am still planning on going to Vegas in the spring for work. I might have a free night to go shooting with you. You bring the video camera and I'll buy the tacos. Ammo is dutch
You said I could have a witness?
Hunt and Fish called me out to prove it and I did. You told me to put up or shut-up. Well, I put it up pard.
I spend too much $$$ on ammo to buy a video camera.
I guess I will have to look you up the next time I am in sin city. Some people just won't believe.
All of this is in fun.
But, the "UFO" is real. I can do this again when asked to prove it is real.
I am still planning on going to Vegas in the spring for work. I might have a free night to go shooting with you. You bring the video camera and I'll buy the tacos. Ammo is dutch
HuntAndFish
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I can verifiy this. He shot it double action with no rest.
1KPerDay
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I can shoot pretty well with my 2" model 10. I'll have to shoot one group for the books and measure it.
I would think my Model 37 with its much thinner and ostensibly more precise sights would be at least as accurate, but I can't make it group well at anything over fighting distance. Maybe I'm flinching.
Haven't shot my 2" model 15 yet... still trying to decide whether I should. (engraved, inherited from my dad, never fired... yet).
I would think my Model 37 with its much thinner and ostensibly more precise sights would be at least as accurate, but I can't make it group well at anything over fighting distance. Maybe I'm flinching.
Haven't shot my 2" model 15 yet... still trying to decide whether I should. (engraved, inherited from my dad, never fired... yet).
Congratulations.
3" 5-shot groups is about all I can hope for with my S&W 2" barreled 640 at 15 meters (approx. 50 feet ?). I never even tried at longer distance Maybe now I see it CAN be done I will give it a try..
Great shooting !
3" 5-shot groups is about all I can hope for with my S&W 2" barreled 640 at 15 meters (approx. 50 feet ?). I never even tried at longer distance Maybe now I see it CAN be done I will give it a try..
Great shooting !
BHP FAN
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Rondawg,I can get about 4'' groups on a paper plate at 25 yards with my little stainless .38 Taurus snubbie....by shooting it single action.I confess I can't hit well useing the double action mode,either.
docmagnum357
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I used to carry a Detective Special, 2". It would do 3" groups at twenty five yards. I could occasionally do that, with two hands, but if I were to bet you on it, I would be lucky to win as many as i lost. I could be done, but not every time. I have a target with fifty bullt hole in it from a measured twenty five yards that I shot off hand, one handed last Saturday with my K38, 6". It is about four and a half inches, with three flyers. Not bad, but a real bullseye shooter would get them all in the black. Matches are won by the number of "x" scores. Its all the basics. The guys who are really good just do the basics better, and more consistantly.
2ndamd
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In all of this jabbering I have to say the the real honor goes to meeting another forum member to go shooting.
What better way to spend an evening?
Elvishead: I have not tried a modified spring before.
I do not have money for laser grips. Just a .99 cent bottle of bright orange nail polish from wal-mart. Painted on the front sight.
I did buy some wood grip inserts from a guy named .41 magnum over at the Rugerforum. He has some nice stuff.
What better way to spend an evening?
Elvishead: I have not tried a modified spring before.
I do not have money for laser grips. Just a .99 cent bottle of bright orange nail polish from wal-mart. Painted on the front sight.
I did buy some wood grip inserts from a guy named .41 magnum over at the Rugerforum. He has some nice stuff.
my first carry was a Detective special, in nickle. Sure wish I had that one now, it was taken during a robery of my residense, but I shot that gun better than most, until my uncle pulled out a Combat Masterpiece, lights out. 25 yards 1 hole, I signed the target he was shooting good that day. taken about a year ago, great man fine Marine.
-Standing/unsupported @ 25 yards (two targets with the larger, 2 1/2" squares) . . . plus a 10 yard standing/unsupported group @ ten yards.
-Done the same day with a "new" (for me) 1964 Model 36 1 7/8" snubbie last year. The center target not only grouped about 2 1/2 inches for the five rounds, but pretty much shot to point-of-aim. I was trying different loads to see what the gun "liked." The load in the right target was the Hornady 140XTP. The center target was 148gn. Wadcutter.
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The best target of the session? The FIRST ONE I fired with the gun, using 148 grain wadcutters directly into a 1" square I was aiming at @ 10 yards.
The only thing hard about shooting the little J-frame snubbie is the tiny sights. You really have to pay close attention to make sure they are PERFECTLY lined up when the gun goes off.
PS: Needless to say, that little J-frame is a KEEPER!
BTW, it gets much easier to hit with the bigger sights on the larger revolvers. Here's the typical single ragged hole at ten yards from my 3 1/2" chopped-barrel Model 25-2 (.45ACP), standing/unsupported at ten yards, with the M36 for size comparison. The tiny holes were from a .22 handgun (not shown):
-Done the same day with a "new" (for me) 1964 Model 36 1 7/8" snubbie last year. The center target not only grouped about 2 1/2 inches for the five rounds, but pretty much shot to point-of-aim. I was trying different loads to see what the gun "liked." The load in the right target was the Hornady 140XTP. The center target was 148gn. Wadcutter.
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The best target of the session? The FIRST ONE I fired with the gun, using 148 grain wadcutters directly into a 1" square I was aiming at @ 10 yards.
The only thing hard about shooting the little J-frame snubbie is the tiny sights. You really have to pay close attention to make sure they are PERFECTLY lined up when the gun goes off.
PS: Needless to say, that little J-frame is a KEEPER!
BTW, it gets much easier to hit with the bigger sights on the larger revolvers. Here's the typical single ragged hole at ten yards from my 3 1/2" chopped-barrel Model 25-2 (.45ACP), standing/unsupported at ten yards, with the M36 for size comparison. The tiny holes were from a .22 handgun (not shown):
1KPerDay
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That's dang good shooting by any standard. Well done.
Jeff F
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I have found most every snub nose revolver I have shot to be pretty accurate. They just take a lot of practice to master.
safd
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Great shooting.
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