Sherminator
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Now that's a great concept, I love the 3 inchers, just wish there were more of them
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As promised here's a range report and some additional pictures.
Got out late this morning to the outdoor range I prefer and decided to use what has been my carry load for a while now, which about duplicates the old 38/44 which I hand load for practice. The factory round are the Buffalo Bore Heavy 38 Special +P.
Although I had intended to use full power 357 Magnums, specifically the 140g solid copper offerings from either Barnes or Cor-Bon, you can't buy them right now. Seems there's an (expletive deleted) ammo crunch.
I'm not much concerned about how small a group the gun can shoot. Almost every gun I've ever owned can shoot better than me so I've always been more interested in practical accuracy rather than intrinsic accuracy. Anyway, I set the target at 20 for my first test which would be 6 rounds slow fire. This was off hand standing DAO by the way.
I used to be able to shoot better than that but age and diminishing eye sight have ruined my ability to shoot a group. At least the 6 shots were reasonably well centered and just above the point of aim, which was at about the top of the tape cluster.
Next I tried some rapid fire at 10 yards. This target was two shots to the body and one to the head, which I repeated once.
Like group shooting I'm not as good at this as I used to be, or at least not as fast. At least I hit the "A" zone with most of them. (smile)
Finally I tried fast doubles, again at 10 yards. Did this for a total of 12 rounds, or 6 pairs.
Didn't like the low one or the high left one out of the "A" zone but for an old phart I guess it was OK. The gun sure performed it's job perfectly. Control of the recoil was just not a problem because of the L-frames weight, still the over all balance and feel of the 3" RB is a delight. And the Novak front sight shows up surprisingly well, even against the diminutive stainless rear notch.
Here's a picture of that front sight, along with ones showing the front cylinder bevel and the muzzle treatment.
As I said in my first post, this gun came out exactly the way I wanted it to, probably even better. And, I sure think S&W missed the boat in not bringing out a 3", fixed sighted, RB M681.
Dave
Got out late this morning to the outdoor range I prefer and decided to use what has been my carry load for a while now, which about duplicates the old 38/44 which I hand load for practice. The factory round are the Buffalo Bore Heavy 38 Special +P.
Although I had intended to use full power 357 Magnums, specifically the 140g solid copper offerings from either Barnes or Cor-Bon, you can't buy them right now. Seems there's an (expletive deleted) ammo crunch.
I'm not much concerned about how small a group the gun can shoot. Almost every gun I've ever owned can shoot better than me so I've always been more interested in practical accuracy rather than intrinsic accuracy. Anyway, I set the target at 20 for my first test which would be 6 rounds slow fire. This was off hand standing DAO by the way.
I used to be able to shoot better than that but age and diminishing eye sight have ruined my ability to shoot a group. At least the 6 shots were reasonably well centered and just above the point of aim, which was at about the top of the tape cluster.
Next I tried some rapid fire at 10 yards. This target was two shots to the body and one to the head, which I repeated once.
Like group shooting I'm not as good at this as I used to be, or at least not as fast. At least I hit the "A" zone with most of them. (smile)
Finally I tried fast doubles, again at 10 yards. Did this for a total of 12 rounds, or 6 pairs.
Didn't like the low one or the high left one out of the "A" zone but for an old phart I guess it was OK. The gun sure performed it's job perfectly. Control of the recoil was just not a problem because of the L-frames weight, still the over all balance and feel of the 3" RB is a delight. And the Novak front sight shows up surprisingly well, even against the diminutive stainless rear notch.
Here's a picture of that front sight, along with ones showing the front cylinder bevel and the muzzle treatment.
As I said in my first post, this gun came out exactly the way I wanted it to, probably even better. And, I sure think S&W missed the boat in not bringing out a 3", fixed sighted, RB M681.
Dave
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That piece really turned out nice. I never gave much thought to having that type of work performed on an L-frame, but my vision has been expanded. Again, great gun!
bronco45
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Again, great revolver done right. Love that Novak front night sight, adjustable for windage and elevation built in through sight height.
Nice to see such a nice "packin" revolver! Smith should take a cue I'd buy two.
Nice to see such a nice "packin" revolver! Smith should take a cue I'd buy two.
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