I have cross posted this. I'm looking for any answers.
A little history;
I picked up this SBH from a friend in financial trouble a little over a year ago. Its a low round count, less than 20 when I got it, and had a Burris 2x w/Leupold base. I gave a whopping $375 for it! It was a good deal and I helped a friend out in a bad way in the spur of the moment when he needed it. I have owned three of these revolvers over the years. My two previous ones were the blued versions. Lost my last one in a divorce :-(
When I got this gun I took the scope off of it and stuck the scope in a drawer. I prefer iron sights as most of the deer shots I take are less than 50yds. I checked the gun for accuracy shortly after I bought it from a bench and it grouped good at 50yds off a rest and shot at a paper plate at 75yds free hand and hit 6 for 6. Plenty good enough for deer.
I didn't get to hunt last year as I worked all the time recouping from my recent divorce.
So this year things are looking up and I decided to get the SBH ready. I changed the rear sight to a peep made by Warren. My eyes work better with ghost rings now.
As I sighted in the ghost ring I noticed the gun would not group. I blamed a ammo change(I don't reload) as I had switched to Hornady 240g JHP from Winchester 240g JSP. I blamed that and switched back.
I also had the gun gone over by a reputable local smith, no issues were found. He measured things and said it should shoot just fine.
A trip to the range assured me its the gun.
At 25yds on a rest;
I could free hand shoot this gun at 75yds last year better than that.
No leading or copper fouling in the barrel either.
I want to get it right, I don't want to sell it off, it has meaning to me since it was my first firearm purchase after the divorce. Help me fix it!
A little history;
I picked up this SBH from a friend in financial trouble a little over a year ago. Its a low round count, less than 20 when I got it, and had a Burris 2x w/Leupold base. I gave a whopping $375 for it! It was a good deal and I helped a friend out in a bad way in the spur of the moment when he needed it. I have owned three of these revolvers over the years. My two previous ones were the blued versions. Lost my last one in a divorce :-(
When I got this gun I took the scope off of it and stuck the scope in a drawer. I prefer iron sights as most of the deer shots I take are less than 50yds. I checked the gun for accuracy shortly after I bought it from a bench and it grouped good at 50yds off a rest and shot at a paper plate at 75yds free hand and hit 6 for 6. Plenty good enough for deer.
I didn't get to hunt last year as I worked all the time recouping from my recent divorce.
So this year things are looking up and I decided to get the SBH ready. I changed the rear sight to a peep made by Warren. My eyes work better with ghost rings now.
As I sighted in the ghost ring I noticed the gun would not group. I blamed a ammo change(I don't reload) as I had switched to Hornady 240g JHP from Winchester 240g JSP. I blamed that and switched back.
I also had the gun gone over by a reputable local smith, no issues were found. He measured things and said it should shoot just fine.
A trip to the range assured me its the gun.
At 25yds on a rest;
I could free hand shoot this gun at 75yds last year better than that.
No leading or copper fouling in the barrel either.
I want to get it right, I don't want to sell it off, it has meaning to me since it was my first firearm purchase after the divorce. Help me fix it!
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