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Old 04-18-2018, 10:23 PM
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The S&W 327PC is a revolver with fixed sights.
OMG, I WAS UNAWARE OF THAT. THE REMARKS THAT I MADE ABOUT SIGHT ADJUSTMENTS HAVE NO BEARING IN THIS INSTANCE......

I HAVE NO INTEREST IN FIXED SIGHT REVOLVERS. EVEN MY 642-1, WEARS FULLY ADJUSTABLE CRIMSON TRACE, LG-405, LASER GRIPS. PERHAPS THIS COULD BE A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM.....

IIRC, THERE IS SOME AXIOM AFLOAT THAT S&W REVOLVERS SHOOT POI TO POA, WITH A CERTAIN WEIGHT BULLET, AT A CERTAIN, PREDETERMINED RANGE. HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WITH MORE KNOWLEDGE THAN MYSELF, ABOUT SUCH MATTERS, WILL ADVISE.....

NO DISRESPECT INTENDED, BUT I'M GLAD THAT ITS NOT MY GUN. TO SPEND A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY, AND EXPOSE MYSELF TO FRUSTRATION AND DISAPPOINTMENT, IS NOT MY IDEA OF FUN, AND NOT WHY I GOT INTO THE SHOOTING GAME.....

BY WAY OF SHOWING EMPATHY, IN MY 60 YEARS OF SHOOTING, I MADE A SIMILAR BLUNDER. I PURCHASED A WALTHER PPK/S, IN STAINLESS STEEL, IMPORTED BY INTERARMS. IT WAS NOT CHEAP, BUT IT WAS BEAUTIFUL. IT CAME WITH A TEST TARGET, SHOWING A 3 ROUND GROUP, LOW AND RIGHT. THAT GROUP MUST HAVE BEEN SHOT AT VERY CLOSE RANGE, JUST FAR ENOUGH AWAY TO PREVENT POWDER BURNS ON THE PAPER. I COULD NOT HIT THE SIDE OF A BARN, FROM INSIDE THE BARN......

AT THE TIME, I WAS MAINTAINING A RESPECTABLE AVERAGE IN THE 280s IN A .45ACP, BULLSEYE LEAGUE. ON TOP OF IT ALL. IT BIT THE WEB OF MY HAND WITH ITS SHARP EDGES, TO THE POINT OF BLEEDING, AFTER A FEW MAGS OF AMMO. I SOLD THE GUN, AFTER ABOUT A MONTH, AT A LOSS, AND NEVER PURCHASED ANOTHER GUN WITH FIXED SIGHTS. NONE OF MY SHOOTING, WAS EVER DONE, AT A HUMAN TORSO, ACROSS A CARD TABLE......
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