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Old 02-11-2022, 02:27 PM
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No Im not from Seattle! I'm new to guns, I got decently accurate with the 38 my Dad got for my Mom but I had to use a light load, mean little bullet but light with low kick. My hubby got me a S&W Airweight 642-2 38 special. ("The box calls it a Lady Smith" cool little piece of worthless info) any way it shoots the S+P (the big mean bullets) Good news is the handle is bigger and wrapped with rubber, Which means I have a better grip on it and doesnt rattle around in my hand, my point is even thou its got a bigger kick it doesnt hurt to fire it. BUT the bigger kick took my accuracy and threw it in the garbage, Im still hitting the target but I'm not placing the bullet in the center circle (not the tiny orange one, but the circle around the tiny orange one) any way Im here to learn and get to get trustworthy with my accuracy. Practice practice and more practice and reading this forum may help.
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Old 02-11-2022, 02:43 PM
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Welcome to the campfire! Lots of good information here.

Personally, I am not a fan of Airweight handguns, they're very difficult to handle, so I carry an all steel M649. Some famous gunwriter, I think it was Massad Ayoob, said those lightweight revolvers are designed to be shot a little and carried a lot. Eminently sensible.

Sidebar - they are not target pistols. If you're hitting "center mass" at gunfighting distances you're doing fine. If you're hitting anything past ten yards you're doing great.

The practice required to hit bullseyes at distance with a tiny, lightweight revolver, is not worth the time. What's the expression? The juice ain't worth the squeeze. I think that's it.

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We all have our opinions on snub nose revolvers. To me, they're strictly 7 yards or less point-shoot guns, or at most line up the front post with the torso and press. Most poor shooting I have seen with small handguns is when they try and shoot them like big handguns. Line up a snub with the center line of torso and squeeze the trigger (twice is better!). Worrying about tiny groups is for the big handguns IMO.
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Good advice above. Snubs are not target pistols, and I am very content carrying a Mod. 649 on a daily basis. Choose a load for it that you can easily control (and get a rapid on-target second shot). You will be adequately equipped to get yourself out of trouble if you ever get into it.
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Looks like you're up Mt. Baker way. Hope that idiot that shot at the WCSO deputies recently isn't someone you know
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Hi from North Dakota. I agree with above posts regarding snubbies. If I ( or anyone else IMO) can put 5 shots in a paper plate at 7 yards, off hand, rapid fire, that's the goal.
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Looks like you're up Mt. Baker way. Hope that idiot that shot at the WCSO deputies recently isn't someone you know
Yep, about half way between Seattle and the Canadian border. I saw Mt. Baker today looking like a gem on a very blue horizon. Not a usual sight in the winter.
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Welcome aboard from coastal North Carolina.

Your accuracy drop may be due to developing a "flinch". There has been a lot written on the subject and quite a few YouTube videos.
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Ronda welcome from a transplanted Washingtonion. I moved away for my mental health and have not regrated it. If you are up Arlington way you're in my country. I've friends and relatives all over the Great Pacific Northwet.
You have already heard from the most knowledgable of our group concerning the carrying of a snubby, now go out there and do it. And remember just having the gun in your hand is often the only thing you need to protect yourself. But if you have to shoot don't delay, put the bad guy or gal down and make'm stay.
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