Peter M. Eick
Member
I have set it as my goal to solve my lack of skill to shoot with Service Grips in 2009 along with moving back from the 15 yrd line to the 25 yrd line. 15 is finally getting too easy so to speak so now is time to move back.
Some will recognize these 38/44's as they came from the forum and to those who sold them to me I can only say Thank you! I know you will recognize them but I figured you may or may not want it known.
So this one is a low serial number 38/44 HD that was shipped in early April 1930. It is one of my shooter service grip HD's. Very tight lock up and easy to aim but the grips flop in my hands. As per my usual, 50 shots, 15 yrds offhand.
I was piddleing with my sight picture and with hot loads of Unique (nearly 38/44 levels, but just below at +P+ 38 special levels) I was getting a decent group. I then switched my grip to try and bring the group down to the center and I found that I was scattering more.
After about 350 rnds out of the 5" I switched to the 6.5" shooter HD I use. This one is from the mid-30's (I have it lettered but did not look it up) and has a very tight cylinder. The reamer must have been worn because every round that would just drop into the 5" was tight in the 6.5". The trigger has a very slight take up and then breaks cleanly. It is much easier to shoot this one double action then the other.
I have a bit more of the gun swimming in my grip so that will be the goal in 2009 to sort that out. I shot about 400 rnds of hot unique loads and then I was starting to get bored so I just plinked on the berm at 75 yrds. Once you figure the trajectory it is fairly easy to blast away on rocks and dirt clods.
Again, let me say thanks to those of you that have contributed to my 38/44 collection and yes I am using the shooter guns as they were planned for. I did also shoot my pre-war shooter OD but for some reason I did not put pictures up on the ftp site so sorry about that. I did much better as I have magna's on that gun.
Some will recognize these 38/44's as they came from the forum and to those who sold them to me I can only say Thank you! I know you will recognize them but I figured you may or may not want it known.
So this one is a low serial number 38/44 HD that was shipped in early April 1930. It is one of my shooter service grip HD's. Very tight lock up and easy to aim but the grips flop in my hands. As per my usual, 50 shots, 15 yrds offhand.
I was piddleing with my sight picture and with hot loads of Unique (nearly 38/44 levels, but just below at +P+ 38 special levels) I was getting a decent group. I then switched my grip to try and bring the group down to the center and I found that I was scattering more.
After about 350 rnds out of the 5" I switched to the 6.5" shooter HD I use. This one is from the mid-30's (I have it lettered but did not look it up) and has a very tight cylinder. The reamer must have been worn because every round that would just drop into the 5" was tight in the 6.5". The trigger has a very slight take up and then breaks cleanly. It is much easier to shoot this one double action then the other.
I have a bit more of the gun swimming in my grip so that will be the goal in 2009 to sort that out. I shot about 400 rnds of hot unique loads and then I was starting to get bored so I just plinked on the berm at 75 yrds. Once you figure the trajectory it is fairly easy to blast away on rocks and dirt clods.
Again, let me say thanks to those of you that have contributed to my 38/44 collection and yes I am using the shooter guns as they were planned for. I did also shoot my pre-war shooter OD but for some reason I did not put pictures up on the ftp site so sorry about that. I did much better as I have magna's on that gun.
