I bought a pretty nice S&W 15-3 a couple of weeks ago and on Monday I finally got it out of the regulatory 10-day penalty box (For the children!) and brought it home.
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There were a few small freckles in the finish and a touch of muzzle-wear, but other than these very minor cosmetic things it locks up tight and has a good trigger pull. The original grips that came on it and I do not get along, so I went back to the aftermarket finger groove grip well and ordered another set. These came out of the box sort of red-pinkish, a color of which I’m not a fan of, which is too bad because these really fit my hands very nicely. I may swap them out again at some point for some walnut Altamont Ropers... or I may just leave it as-is if they grow on me.
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The very first set of shots I fired was a two-hand DA group at 10 yards with 148 gr WC bullets over 2.8 gr Bullseye. I didn’t touch the sights when I bought it but I could hardly have set the sights for myself any better. The 24 rounds landed right at POA just a hair to the right.
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After shooting a couple of other guns, I moved my B-27Q to 12 yards and fired a 24-shot DA string using 158 gr coated SWC over 4.5 gr Unique. Again, a pretty good group right about where they should go.
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This is the fourth or fifth .38 or .357 K frame I’ve brought home in the past few years that has been in great mechanical shape and a perfect fit for my hands and eyes from the first shot fired. I haven’t had the same good luck with a couple of rimfire revolvers I’ve bought in the past couple of years, I’m hoping to change that streak of poor rimfire luck soon.
Stay safe.