To be clear, I'm pretty inexperienced shooting paper. Here's a typical 12 round session, in double action.
So, I start off at 7 yards. I'm getting 3 to 4 inch groups shooting single action, with the occasional flyer.
For some odd reason, my groups are as good or better in double action.
In all cases, I think these groups are pretty so-so. In my defense, the lighting is poor. And the sights are a black patridge front and a target rear sight, which means very little room for light on the sides and no real contrast.
Things just get worse further out.
By the way, Smith, for reasons they did not share, replaced both the barrel and the cylinder during its trip back to Springfield. But even prior to that work, I was still getting similar groupings. One thing I have wondered is if this gun is just not optimized (for lack of a better word) for cast bullets. Just wondering...
I'm not happy with the grips. The Hogue is too small for my hands. My Ahrends are better but they too, are not big enough. What I want are some true target style grips but nobody seems to make them for round butt Smiths. Might have to pay big bucks for some custom grips from Culina or some other.
I will say that with my 45 New Vaquero, I can get tighter groups that this at twice as far. I can do nearly as well with my N frame, a gun that I've shot far less. But I just can't get much better than this with my 686. What gives?
Help me improve my groups!
1Hell is where:
The British are the chefs
The Swiss are the lovers
The French are the mechanics
The Italians make everything run on time
And the Germans are the police
The British are the chefs
The Swiss are the lovers
The French are the mechanics
The Italians make everything run on time
And the Germans are the police