You Like J-frame Smiths? Well....

[UncleEd]

.... you might like to check out TheRevolverGuy.com.
The site's latest posting deals with bore/axis
for revolvers and particularly the small frame
revolvers.

 

[Pat Riot]

.... you might like to check out TheRevolverGuy.com.
The site's latest posting deals with bore/axis
for revolvers and particularly the small frame
revolvers.

This article?
https://revolverguy.com/pointing-and-bore-axis/#more-9282

I read it. It makes sense. Thank you for recommending it @UncleEd
I never really considered “bore axis” regarding my J frames vs my K and N frames. I do believe the factory (Uncle Mike’s) boot grip on my 442 may help with lowering the bore axis.

Here is a photo of my 442 and my 36. The 442 has the factory boot grip while the 36 wears a Hogue Monogrip. As you can see the Monogrip would set the gun higher in one’s hand.


While I was posting this I decided to take a couple of photos just to see the difference in bore axis between the two revolvers pictured above. Now, these photos aren’t scientifically done with all dimensions being equally perfect and the photos on the left were taken “gun in right hand, smartphone in left” but you get the gist of things with the photos on the right.


Great!…now I am thinking I need a boot grip for my model 36…

EDIT: Yeah, I know the images on the left don’t truly reflect images on the right. Kind of awkward trying to take those photos. Apologies.

 

[UncleEd]

Just a side note but Ayoob made mention in
an earlier video that he prefers the
Centennial because of the higher hold.

Interesting that the hammer shrouded
Bodyguard also gets some high marks
especially if the hammer spur is
cut off.

 

[buck460XVR]

Just a side note but Ayoob made mention in
an earlier video that he prefers the
Centennial because of the higher hold.

Yep, and half a century ago when I first started to shoot handguns, I was told to always grip the revolver as high as possible for best accuracy. 30 years ago, when I started to carry a J-Frame, I was told that the hammerless guns allowed you to have a higher grip, giving you more accuracy and better control. So, while the linked article is very good and informative, it's pretty much old news. What was news to me was the part about the Kimber revolvers.

 

[earplug]

Why wrists hurt after 50 years of shooting J frames

 

[RevolvingGarbage]

You can certainly choke way up on the grip of a concealed hammer snub, and in most ways it improves the handling. You just have to remember you are drastically changing the way the finger muscles are moving to work the double action trigger. With practice, it’s no problem as long as your fingers are not very short.

With my Iver Johnson .38S&W the combination of a high grip and the naturally very minimal recoil of the gun/cartridge makes it easy to put 5 rounds right where you want them very quickly.

 

[UncleEd]

So, while the linked article is very good and informative, it's pretty much old news.

What's "old news" to many of us, especially
veteran revolver shooters, is new news to
the many shooters joining the handgun
ranks today.

As for me, I've never cared for the J-frames
so it is "new news" to me after decades of
being a dedicated DA revolver shooter.

 

[bassjam]

Good info. I believe the ability to "choke up" is why my 442 has more felt recoil than my much lighter 337ti, because I had to hold the da/sa 337 lower so it "rolled" in my hand more than the DAO 442 pushes directly back into my hand.

I disagree with his assessment on the K6s though. I hold mine pretty high.

 

[JFrame]

Wow... I remember ages ago (as in decades), an article in a gun rag about the difference in bore axis between the standard and Centennial J-frame models.

As my screen name might suggest, I love pretty much all J-frames... But the stated premise certainly makes sense.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I may have fired 20,000 rounds from snub J Frames and never gave bore axis a thought. I just practiced and became proficient. It was the gun I had so I became good with it.

 

[edwardware]

My ability to snuggle up behind by 642 is limited to my trigger finger's attack angle on the trigger. Too far up, and I'm pulling up instead of back.

In contrast, with all of the larger frames, grip selection makes a significant difference in grip height, and it's limited by the web of my hand getting off the hump and into the hammer.

 

[dickydalton]

The day after I first shot my K6s, I ordered a Hogue grip for it and never looked back.

 

[UncleEd]

The day after I first shot my K6s, I ordered a Hogue grip for it and never looked back.

Then get another. It doesn't hurt to have a
backup in case of breakage. etc. As has been
said in the Air Force, one engine equals none
and two engines equal one.

 

[sparkyv]

I can't shoot 'em worth a flip. My clubs are just too meaty. The only ones I own, M63, M34.

 

[dickydalton]

Then get another. It doesn't hurt to have a
backup in case of breakage. etc. As has been
said in the Air Force, one engine equals none
and two engines equal one.

I have a few backups...