Where a S&W nails it

[Jessie]

I think this goes here because it’s not about other brands, a particular S&W era or particular self defense talk.
It’s about sights on target immediately. I’ve shot many brands and types of guns but have found none that inherently line up the sights immediately more so than a standard stocked S&W revolver.
Even without T grips or any addition to the standard grips.
S&W got it right.
I note that whenever I present any of their wheel guns, the sights are aligned naturally when I raise the gun to shoot.
Others are ok, but need some practice to make it happen every time.
Not so with a Smith. It just works every time for me naturally.
But, I’m probably preaching to the choir here.

 

[Bajadoc]

I feel the same way. I'm not sure if it is their design or the fact that I am so familiar with them. Regardless, they work for me.

 

[Peak53]

Everybody’s hand to grip to sight experience is different. My SW:Ruger:Other ownership is 40:1:0. YMMV

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

But, I’m probably preaching to the choir here.

This is the only choir that I would enjoy singing in!

I do have 15 S&W revolvers from 125 to 1 year old, they have been getting it right a long time. My 2 Number 3 Russians are modern reproes. They do look a little strange, but when you grasp them, you then know what a large frame revolver is suppose to feel like!

Ivan

 

[joe44va]

I find the standard, rubber S&W grips fit my hands the best. Maybe they did some research or something. I still think wood makes a prettier arrangement.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Smiths have fit in my hands just fine. For about 65 years now. I don't see any reason to change.

 

[Lady Smith]

I can’t explain but, when I shoot my model 60 at 27 yards I almost always hit the bullseye, even though it has a very short barrel.
Same with the model 64 4inches owned by my club.

But when I shoot my Manurhin MR88 it’s not the same... Lately, I tried with Trausch grips, it’s a little bit better but I can’t shoot tighter group like I do with a S&W although the Manurhin is well known to be accurate.

 

[Farmer17]

I love older Smith revolvers but the factory grips are either too small or too big for my M-L hands. I don't care for the service grips and the target grips are better but they flare out too much at the bottom but I have learned to live with them. The factory combat grips are better still and the best feeling aftermarket grips to me are Jordan Troopers.

 

[Jessie]

I didn’t like the standard service grips either, at first. They felt too small.
Then I noticed that every time I raised the revolver to aim, the sights were aligned with each other as they should be. There was no searching or fine tuning to do. It really is a plus with point shooting, also,
It made me realize that for me the grips were just right and I was wrong about them being too small.
They still give the impression of being small but darn it, they work.

 

[brucev]

Smith and Wesson - First place winner! Everything else is ... everything else ... second place looser. :-) Sincerely. bruce.

 

[Faulkner]

In my opinion, it's what you train with and how often you train that makes a firearm feel most natural. I carried a S&W 586 when I was a rookie deputy sheriff and loved it. Still do. But, after training with and carrying another brand of semi-auto daily for nearly 19 years and after thousands of rounds it is like an appendage of my hand and nothing could feel more natural to me.

 

[Jessie]

Faulkner, is a S&W revolver still a natural pointer as far as sight alignment after shooting the others as much, or do you have to work it a little now?
I agree with what you said but the S&W never required the range time to be a natural for me. It just came that way.

 

[Faulkner]

Faulkner, is a S&W revolver still a natural pointer as far as sight alignment after shooting the others as much, or do you have to work it a little now?
I agree with what you said but the S&W never required the range time to be a natural for me. It just came that way.

No, I don't feel I have to work at it. I can shoot several magazines through my Glock 23 and pick up my 3 inch S&W model 65 and be right on target with the first round.

About the only handgun I struggle with is a double action semi auto, but it's more about the trigger than how it points. After carrying Beretta 92 for a couple of years I absolutely hate them, probably because I never felt like I could master the double action to single action transition. At least with a double action revolver, a striker fired semi- auto, or a 1911 style single action, the trigger pull is the same with each round.