Secrets and Keys to Snub accuracy?

[David E]

Your "points," then, Craig, are (as I said) irrelevant to my post, and irrelevant to "Secrets and Keys to Snub accuracy"

No, they weren't. His point was/is there for everyone else to see: a defensive situation can be well beyond what the snub detractors think a snub can be shot effectively. It behooves the serious gun toter to maximize his skill with any chosen gun and not accept "max distances" imposed by the ignorant. Those that only practice at 15-25 feet may be in for a rude awakening.

I started a thread about Defensive Drills with a snub, so further discussions of tactics, etc, are best suited to that thread.

 

[Loosedhorse]

the snub detractors

Ah. The vicious snub detractors, who must be defeated!

Only I haven't seen any around here. So, irrelevant.

It behooves the serious gun toter to maximize his skill with any chosen gun...

Hmmm. An interesting philosophy, but very imprecise. Is my skill "maximized" with a snub when I can--as you suggest--hit a basketball in slow-fire at 50 yards? Any reason it shouldn't be 100 yards, or longer? Or is "maximizing" hitting the basketball 5 out of 5 in 1 second flat at 7 yards? Or reloading in under 4 seconds? What is this "maximum" we should achieve, if we are "serious"?

Of course, it might also behoove this "serious gun toter", if he anticipates needing to make shots at 50 yards and more (quickly?), to choose and get to know a gun that makes those long shots a little bit easier than a .38 snubbie does. Unless you are saying that there are no such guns, and anyone who suggests otherwise is just another vicious snub detractor (cue the torches and pitchforks).

 

[David E]

Ah. The vicious snub detractors, who must be defeated!

Defeated? No, I'd rather educate them.

 

[Loosedhorse]

Defeated? No, I'd rather educate them.

Great! But what are you doing here, then? Go find them and educate them!

 

[David E]

It begins with enlightenment.

Stating that a snub is capable of accuracy past 5-10 yds begins that enlightenment.

That's what I'm doing here. Your purpose here remains a mystery.

 

[Loosedhorse]

It begins with enlightenment.

Stating that a snub is capable of accuracy past 5-10 yds begins that enlightenment.

That's what I'm doing here.

Actually, it starts with an assumption: that your statement "a snub is capable of accuracy past 5-10 yds" represents any sort of "enlightenment" for anyone. Especially when neither "accuracy" nor the limits of "past 5-10 yds" (you mean 10.5 yards, perhaps? ) is defined by your wondrous statement.

Your purpose here remains a mystery.

I thought bringers of enlightenment like yourself are in the business of providing answers to mysteries.

Well, as my purpose doesn't involve either building and then knocking down my own strawman arguments, nor being a self-declared bringer of "enlightenment", I guess it might be hard for you to see.

But, please, continue with your "enlightenment". If only philosophers and gurus had known it begins with your statement about snubs.

Common experience suggests that those claiming they offer "enlightenment" generally have purposes other than that.

 

[David E]

Actually, it starts with an assumption: that your statement "a snub is capable of accuracy past 5-10 yds" represents any sort of "enlightenment" for anyone.

My statement was backed up by multiple people who have discovered the same thing, some even posting pictures. Perhaps rereading this thread with an open mind, absent antagonistic quibbling, would benefit you.

I thought bringers of enlightenment like yourself are in the business of providing answers to mysteries.

Actually, I do know why you're here....and I've fed you too long already.

 

[Loosedhorse]

My statement was backed up by multiple people who have discovered the same thing

You mean those "multiple people" have also "discovered" that most snub shooters don't know "a snub is capable of accuracy past 5-10 yds" and require your enlightenment, or they've discovered your credentials as a bringer of enlightenment?

Perhaps rereading this thread with an open mind, absent antagonistic quibbling, would benefit you.

Perhaps not assuming that others have a closed mind, and dispensing with your stawmen and antagonistic quibbling would enhance your claims of bringing enlightenment and knowing what would benefit others?

I've fed you too long already.

JMHO, but what you've been feeding is your ego. Enlightenment yet. Enjoy your time at the mountaintop, guru.

 

[CraigC]

Actually, I do know why you're here....and I've fed you too long already.

That's it in a nutshell. I see no other purpose, nor do I understand the animosity displayed here. All I see is arguing for the sake of arguing.

 

[Loosedhorse]

^^I know you think, Craig, that attacks toward me are the topic of this thread, but they are not. You're off topic, again. Surprise.

 

[Tony_the_tiger]

1. Hold high on the backstrap.

2. Maintain a firm grip, but not too tight.

3. Pull the trigger in one fluid motion, without staging.

4. Avoid flinching

5. Practice dry-firing with an unloaded firearm to learn if your technique is causing the barrel to shift, and to strengthen your grip and trigger finger.

6. Practice and rise and repeat.

 

[ghitch75]

 

[David E]

1. Hold high on the backstrap.
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This is one reason I like open back grips on the high humped 442/642; they allow a high grip. I've found that allows better accuracy when shooting at speed.

You can argue bigger grips can do the same thing, but they are bigger, thereby defeating one of the major attributes of a snub.

 

[9mmepiphany]

I think we're done here