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Old 01-16-2012, 09:34 AM
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Frikkie-

Sounds like you need both better basic handgun instruction AND better ammo.

I avoid cheap ammo and reloads from other people.

If you know someone who is a really good pistol shot, let him try the Astra with fresh factory ammo of good brand. I suspect that it's just a matter of learning how to aim and squeeze well, with the proper sight pcture, and getting better cartridges.

A good quality revolver should keep a cylinderful of ammo in about a two-inch span at 25 yards. I've shot groups offhand that were all in one jagged hole at that distance. Don't know if Astra will do that, but Colt, Ruger, and S&W guns have.

Thanks for getting back to us and good luck with getting better results. Practice will surely help, but if that ammo in .38 Special recoils that badly and looks that bad, don't shoot it.

Last edited by Texas Star; 01-16-2012 at 07:05 PM.
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