Recent content by Mastiff37

Thanks for the lead on Cabela's. Here's the stuff they sell, even cheaper. Almost down to 50c a round: HSM 41 Magnum 210gr SWC-H Ammo for Sale | Ventura Munitions Hopefully it's safe at that price... :/

I love my 41 mag, but am getting out of reloading (don't ask why). The prices for factory loads is blowing my mind ($2 a shot?). Does anyone have a recommendation for affordable 41's for plinking/range use? I'm not interested in full power loads.

Thanks for the great info. Looks like I have the .146 rear blade. So it seems a little mysterious still why I'm out of range. Do you happen to know typical heights of the front sights? Maybe that's extra short for some reason, though it doesn't look short. I'll need to get back to the range...

I've got a model 657 (41 mag N-frame) that I've been shooting off and on for a while. It's pretty close to point of aim at the close ranges I've been at (15 yards or less, light loads), but was hitting a little low, so I went to adjust it up and come to find that the rear sight is maxed out. I...

I tried it in a Glock and it's on target, but another Smith revolver is also low. Very strange. I fired live ammo yesterday and the hits were right on target. My only guess is that the the muzzle of these revolvers is not perfectly "square" and symmetric the way an auto barrel is. The laser...

This is the one that fits nearly flush into the barrel. It could be awesome for use in my revolver since it blinks the laser with every dry fire (no having to rack a slide or anything), but I find that the point of impact of the laser is 4-5" low. I got some of the "reaction time" targets and...

Anyone have experience with Nelson Ford (http://www.thegunsmith.com/thegunsmith.html)? An old thread on this forum mentioned him. Frank Glenn looks great but I see the downtime is 2-3 months at best. That's with an appointment!

Thanks for all the replies. I have to say that I'm still skeptical. I've got a few nice 1911's for example with very light triggers. Would anyone in their right mind claim they could shoot better if the triggers were modified to 15 pounds with 3/4" of pull? Likewise with quality rifles, or...

Sounds like a lot of guys shoot DA all the time "on principle" or because they are in a self defense frame of mind. As a purely practical matter though, everyone surely has a range (combined with target size) where they would be better off to thumb the hammer and make the shot SA. After...

I checked a few others in my collection and all the large frame revolvers have what I find to be harder trigger pull in DA than the L frames. Even the performance center gun is harder. The 657 is the worst in my opinion because it breaks almost immediately after the hardest part of the pull...

I noticed that the DA pull on my 686 is very light compared to my 657. To me the 657 has quite a heavy pull and I have a hard time shooting accurately in DA because by the time I pull hard enough to move it it's hard to stop. The 686 I can keep under control and do better. What determines how...

Fair enough. All I need at the moment is to have a new front sight installed, but if I dropped it off someplace good I'd have to have some other stuff done too... :D What are the best bang for the buck things I should consider for my factory gun? This is for a model 57 (N-frame 41, stainless)...

Yeah, I didn't mean to imply that 30 feet was a common SD distance, just trying to get a sense of the conditions under which people use DA vs. SA. A man sized target at 30 feet leaves plenty of room for slop, but not the small target. I'd choose SA under the conditions I suggested.

Not sure if this is the right area to post this, but I was curious to get peoples' philosophy on single vs. double with S&W revolvers. I've primarily used my guns for range/backwoods plinking, and almost always go single action. I find it hard to be accurate in double action. I always figured...

Anyone have a recommendation? I saw some suggestions for Phoenix, but that's a 2.5 hour drive...