Texas Star
US Veteran
Remington .357 Magnum JHP and JSP, 158 grain. I tried a few boxes of their savage 125 grain load, but decided it was best shot sparingly in the M-27 and in a M-28, and not at all in my M-19. I fired only a box or so before discontinuing use in the M-19. Factory reps later told me that this was a wise decision.
Keep in mind that the holes were jagged and wide enough to allow five or six holes to show in the same bigger hole. I didn't mean in a hole the size of a .357 bullet!
I got about identical groups in a six-inch barrelled Colt Python. I had a couple of those, and they shot every bit as well as the M-27's. Colt is supposedly more accurate, but I don't see how! I guess I'm not a good enough shooter to notice. These guns were firing groups well within the head of a squirrel or rabbit.
A Colt Gold Cup Natl. Match .45 bought in 1966 was astoundingly accurate with Federal's 230 grain Match ammo. And my M-29 (6.5 inch bbl.) and a Colt New Service in .45 Colt, made 1935-36 would also punch a cylinder full into a group with the holes touching. The NS tended to string shots vertically, but all in the same ragged hole. They could sometimes have all fit into the eye socket of most burglars, not that I'd aim there.
I see shooters struggling to get decent 25 yard shots while sitting and using two hands, firing from off a bench. I think many are afraid of recoil and some probably never learned proper breath control or sight alignment. The guns will usually shoot much better than their owners realize.
In those days, I was hitting the range about weekly. Practice helps.
Last edited:
