16-4 Tack Driver

[glenncal1]

I went to the range yesterday mostly to shoot a couple Anschutz .22 rifles. But I always bring a Smith with me to send a few revolver rounds down range. Yesterday I took this one:



I had a rifle target out at 50 yards and I put a shotgun wad at 25 yards and popped it with the first shot from the 16-4. This gun loves Fiocci .32 wadcutters.

With the Anschutz rifles and the 16-4 when I missed yesterday I could not blame the gun

[DCWilson]

Any M16 has a reputation for accuracy, but that 16-4 with the four inch barrel deserves high marks for style as well. Nice gun!

[Green Frog]

ARRGGH! You're making me impatient for my Project 616 to be finished. Visualize that exact gun (grips and all) in stainless with a pinned barrel and recessed chambers. BTW, do you know the twist rate S&W used on the 16-4? Were you shooting Fiocci Longs or do they make a wadcutter load for the H&R Mag as well? Curious minds...

Froggie

[M29since14]

Originally Posted by glenncal1

...and I put a shotgun wad at 25 yards and popped it with the first shot from the 16-4. This gun loves Fiocci .32 wadcutters.

Some very fine shooting. I doubt I could see a shotgun wad at 25-yards.

I have to agree on the little .32 wadcutters. I shot my own handloads using Hornady and Speer swaged WC bullets and 700-X powder through a couple winters at the local indoor range. Very nice combination in the Model 16-4. Had a lot of fun with it and probably couldn't have improved on it with a .22, but I am no champion marksman, either. I don't believe I was ever inclined to blame anything other than the shooter for a poor target.

[glenncal1]

Froggie-they were .32 longs. They are very accurate in this gun. I don't know the barrel twist, the 616 should be fun when you get done with it. I don't know why Smith doesn't make a K frame in .327, take a 617 and drill all the holes a little bigger. Oh and leave the freakin' lock off...