Question is: can anyone actually shoot the damn things? Revolvers are pretty freakin accurate, I'd like to hear from the best off hand pistol shot on 360.
Question is: can anyone actually shoot the damn things? Revolvers are pretty freakin accurate, I'd like to hear from the best off hand pistol shot on 360.
Steve
If you can't shoot a .44 that means you got the flinch
Question is: can anyone actually shoot the damn things? Revolvers are pretty freakin accurate, I'd like to hear from the best off hand pistol shot on 360.
Steve
Are you shooting single action single handed, or double action with two hands?
Load 5 empties and 1 live round, spin the wheel, stare a hole through the front sight and squeeze one off. If it kicks but doesn't go boom, you definitely have the flinchies!
Are you shooting single action single handed, or double action with two hands?
d-a
Single action angle handed. Double action is good for hitting the general area, but I enjoy (or used to at least) precision shooting. Here's my standard pistol from the late 80's days.
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I did know about the 686 but not about the large frame on the R8 but hadnt compared. Interesting after you mentioned it. The large frame 8 shot is a good bit lighter then the 7 shot smaller framed 686.
Model 686 Plus $849.00 Weight Empty: 43.9 oz
Material: Stainless Steel Frame
Stainless Steel Cylinder
Model M&P R8 $1,289.00 Weight Empty: 36.3 oz
Material: Scandium Alloy Frame
Stainless Steel Cylinder
You do know that's on the larger 44mag frame. Ruger does make a 686 7 shot on the smaller frame.d-a
Single action angle handed. Double action is good for hitting the general area, but I enjoy (or used to at least) precision shooting. Here's my standard pistol from the late 80's days.
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Steve
Assuming your right handed, do you tend to push the shots to the left?
I did know about the 686 but not about the large frame on the R8 but hadnt compared. Interesting after you mentioned it. The large frame 8 shot is a good bit lighter then the 7 shot smaller framed 686.
Model 686 Plus $849.00 Weight Empty: 43.9 oz
Material: Stainless Steel Frame
Stainless Steel Cylinder
Model M&P R8 $1,289.00 Weight Empty: 36.3 oz
Material: Scandium Alloy Frame
Stainless Steel Cylinder
That's due to it being built on the air weight N frame. I think I would still want a magnum on a SS frame, I would worry about frame stretch as much as I shoot, and considering I've stretched one already.
That's due to it being built on the air weight N frame. I think I would still want a magnum on a SS frame, I would worry about frame stretch as much as I shoot, and considering I've stretched one already.
I might pull it out of the safe and look at it. Or maybe practice my quick draw in front of the mirror with my cowboy hat on. And then back in the safe.
I would worry about frame stretch as much as I shoot, and considering I've stretched one already
I might pull it out of the safe and look at it. Or maybe practice my quick draw in front of the mirror with my cowboy hat on. And then back in the safe.
Question is: can anyone actually shoot the damn things? Revolvers are pretty freakin accurate, I'd like to hear from the best off hand pistol shot on 360.
Steve
If you shoot pistols a lot and practice proper skills, you'll have days when you make good and even great shots. About 25 years ago, when I could still see iron sights, I was a hell of a sighted pistol shot. Not fast like the current shooting, but given a second or two to align the sights, I could hit what I was shooting at.
This was a time when revolvers were still the kings of handguns and a true pistolero knew how to use the mass of the cylinder to shoot a double action accurately. However for hunting, the old single actions were still the best. ****ing the hammer allowed you to squeeze a perfect (with some work) single action trigger. I wanted to shoot the most powerful handguns well and that meant 44 magnum for the most part. Freedom Arms was making the .454 Casull which was twice as powerful as the 44 mag but the guns were few and far between and damned expensive. I was in the largest gun shop in Austin and saw my first one, a field grade 6". The owner of the shop told me that it was a trade in, that he had sold it new with a box of ammunition. It came back in less than a month with 3 rounds fired out of the box. The buyer said it was too much gun and traded it back cheap. I handled it and was amazed by the strength and precision built into the gun. The early Freedom Arms guns were built to be perfect, everything machined square and consistently. When you ****ed the hammer back, it locked into a single piece of steel, there was NO movement in the cylinder. It remains that way still after firing many full power loads. I've owned or handled every type of revolver and nothing was as close to right as those guns. A Python felt cheap by comparison.
They had tight chambers and were capable of the best accuracy. The problem with the .454 was that the recoil was intense. It was and still is loaded to the highest pressure of any handgun cartridge.
I shot mine enough to ignore the recoil. I reloaded all my pistol ammo and I was shooting a 260g Speer bullet at around 1900 fps. No light loads for me.
The 100 yard rifle targets at my local range had a 2' square target with concentric rings and a red 4" bull area. I was able to put 5 out of 5 shots into the red bull at 100 yards.
My best shot (and the luckiest) were both shot on the same day. On weekends, I'd go to the range early because I didn't like crowds handling their guns. When I got there, there were only 3 other shooters, two shooting one rifle and past them on the handgun area was one shooter. I went to the handgun area and began shooting a Ruger 22 at 25 yards. The other guy next to me was some sort of exchange student from Germany and was shooting a cool old Hi Standard 22. He saw the Freedom Arms gun sticking out of my gun case and asked if it was a .44. I told him that it was a Freedom Arms and was twice as powerful as a .44. He asked if it was accurate and I told him it was and told him that I could hit the red bull on the 100 yard targets. It must be okay to call someone a liar in Germany because he told with an accent "I don't think so".
I had no other choice. I told him to watch a certain rifle target (the one closest to us) and aimed and fired the Casull. As soon as I did I heard him making exclamations in German and then in English. He was loud enough that the rifle shooters looked downrange and then over at me and what I was shooting. The look they were giving me was strange and I had to see what I'd hit. I got a spotting scope and looked at the target. In the center of the 4" bull was a white 1" center and perfectly centered in it was a .45 caliber hole. The hole looked like the target maker had put it there. The German started yelling, "They don't think you did it, do it again". I did what anybody who had made the shot once would do, I slid the gun back in the case.
I always imagined that the German returned home and one day when watching a western (I envisioned Quigley Down Under) he would tell his friends that they do shoot those old revolvers that well, and that he had seen a Texan do it.
And he had.
Thread resurrection to show my new purchase. Smith & Wesson Performance Center 637 V8. Went in for a .44 but the sex appeal of this one was more than I could resist. .357 mag 8 shot cylinder.
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