.357 snubbie
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Brian Williams
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shot 2 handed at about 22 yds.
While not a snubby at 3", it is accurate.
I am not near as good with my 642 yet but, this is what a J frame will do.
While not a snubby at 3", it is accurate.
When I was doing some range teaching there would always seem to be the one clown in the class who knew more about guns than anyone who ever lived, and he'd pop off about how inaccurate snubbies were. These clowns would usually say something like "I'd let anyone shoot at me all day long at 50 yds if they had a 2" barrell." So when we'd hit the range I'd set up silhouette, fire 5 rds at it with my 2" S&W 49 at 100 yds and keep all rds in the torso. Most of the time it would shut up the know-it-all but sometimes I'd have to repeat it just to show it wasn't a fluke.
Snubbies aren't inaccurate, they're just more difficult to shoot because of the shorter sighting radius. Get the basics down, practice, and concentrate and it's not that difficult.
Snubbies aren't inaccurate, they're just more difficult to shoot because of the shorter sighting radius. Get the basics down, practice, and concentrate and it's not that difficult.
Very possibly the most accurate snub I've got is an older 2" S&W 64. I was amazed. But, thats with good .38's. If I try for the same range with my SP-101 with full house loads, I can't do it. A snubby .357, for me anyway, is close up, dump as much horsepower as possible into the bad guy gun for me. A short .357 just makes my hand tingle a little too much to keep the concentration going.
Garand Illusion
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Been thinking about this ... I know my snubby is more more accurate than I shoot it, because I rarely just take aim and fire single action (normally am practicing point shooting and flash aiming). When I do, I do quite well with it, but I don't think I've ever even tried shooting at farther than 7 yards.
But I think there's a difference in accuracy that goes beyond just the sight length, though maybe it's not very great.
Anyway ...
Suppose I take a 2" .38 (or .357) snubby, put it in a vice, and then shoot 5 shots with it exactly in the same position. I can't imagine all my rounds are going to hit in the same hole, so there will be some deviation. Correct? A group of "x" inches.
Now I take my 6" .38 and put it in the same vice, shoot at a target. My guess is I'm going to get a tighter pattern (if the guns are of similar brand and quality, of course).
Then I take my .38 rifle (lever action, of course) and put it in a clamp. I'd think I'd get a better pattern yet. Right?
Can't really test this, but if I'm wrong it shakes up my belief system. I thought that longer barrels put a little more spin on a bullet and stabilized it a bit more by forcing it down a longer barrel and giving it more velocity.
But I think there's a difference in accuracy that goes beyond just the sight length, though maybe it's not very great.
Anyway ...
Suppose I take a 2" .38 (or .357) snubby, put it in a vice, and then shoot 5 shots with it exactly in the same position. I can't imagine all my rounds are going to hit in the same hole, so there will be some deviation. Correct? A group of "x" inches.
Now I take my 6" .38 and put it in the same vice, shoot at a target. My guess is I'm going to get a tighter pattern (if the guns are of similar brand and quality, of course).
Then I take my .38 rifle (lever action, of course) and put it in a clamp. I'd think I'd get a better pattern yet. Right?
Can't really test this, but if I'm wrong it shakes up my belief system. I thought that longer barrels put a little more spin on a bullet and stabilized it a bit more by forcing it down a longer barrel and giving it more velocity.