DA accuracy is terrible!

You can use all the recommendations provided by experienced members, and they all will help for sure. But in the end there is only one solution -practice! I am fairly new to revolvers, although I had some pretty good experience shooting something else years and years ago. When I first took a revolver the best I could do from 25FT is to stay in black on A4 target. And that was in single action. Double action I could hardly hit the paper altogether.

After about 6 months going to the range weekly and practicing dry fire almost daily I could make five shots with holes touching each other in single action. In double action I could make a group stay within three inches. Nothing to be bragging about, but a huge difference. As time goes by I can do even better now and my next goal is to have same results at 50FT.

Thus, techniques are important and should be learned, but it all comes down to practice. Going to the range once a month will not do you much good, going weekly and practicing dry firing in between will. Good luck.
 
The most common issues I see that need work are trigger control and grip. As to the former, most want to really yank that trigger hard and fast, all herkyjerky, as though the pull itself is something to get past as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, this isn't a controlled trigger pull, so the shots are certain to be poor. As Kraigwy mentioned, the trigger should be pulled smoothly, without starting & stopping once the pull is started. Think of it like pushing a coin with your finger across a table to a specific spot - quick hard jabs are much less likely to get you to that exact spot than a smooth, continuous and controlled push.

As far as grip, grip it high with your strong hand. You shouldn't see backstrap or grip peeking out above your strong hand. Many grip a DA revolver too low. Gripping high gives the grip itself more control, but helps your finger control the trigger better too.

BTW, there is another accuracy killer worth mentioning: Peeking at the target between shots. Keep your eyes locked on the front sight, and while maintaining a good sight picture, pull the trigger smoothly to the rear, through the trigger break. Keep your mind here, not on the target. Do these things well, and the target takes care of itself.
 
BTW, there is another accuracy killer worth mentioning: Peeking at the target between shots. Keep your eyes locked on the front sight, and while maintaining a good sight picture, pull the trigger smoothly to the rear, through the trigger break. Keep your mind here, not on the target. Do these things well, and the target takes care of itself.
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Yep if you see the sights lined up when the hammer falls you wont need to look to see where the bullet went, It'll be right where you meant for it to go.
 
This may or may not apply but, in the early seventies, I purchased a Ruger Security Six for le duties. Before carrying it and prior to qualification shooting, I took the revolver to the range to get a "feel" for it and to sight it in. I don't know how representative (if at all) my particular Security Six was with other Ruger da revolvers of the era but I simply could not fire this gun with any accuracy in the da mode. The revolver I had stacked so badly that the shot was thrown far from the bull at the final let-off, no matter what I did to correct the shot.
I'm a pretty decent shot. For thirty years before retiring, I always qualified in the high 90's, with the occasional perfect score. I know how to shoot a revolver accurately in the da mode and never had a problem using many other different revolvers, including Smiths, Colts and relatively recent Rugers. But if the op's Security Six is anything like the one I had (past tense in the imperative!), he has a long learning curve ahead of him.
 
When that gun first came out, I was asked by a couple of users to work on the DA trigger pull. I did what I could, but never did get a DA pull that even approached an S&W or Colt. I got it better, and could shoot a fairly decent group, but the whole system was simply not amenable to real improvement.

Jim
 
I had to learn DA shooting on my sister's Python before I could do the same on a Ruger SS. :o. The Python's smooth trigger helped immensely.
 
It has been my experience with Rugers that they're often a bit rough when new. If your revolver hasn't been shot much, that may be part of the problem. Usually, dry firing the living heck out of a Ruger will do quite a bit towards smoothing up the action.
 
Usually, dry firing the living heck out of a Ruger will do quite a bit towards smoothing up the action.
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No amount of dry-firing will help with the extreme "stacking" I experienced. The only thing that saved me was a new gun.
 
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I got my GP-100 new, dry fired the heck out of it, and only fire it now in DA. I have improved a lot in the 8 months I have owned it, my first revolver btw. I still dry fire a lot at home, and at the range I out two or three rounds in random chambers and spin it so that I wont know when they are coming, it helps me see where I flinch and how much I anticipate the shot. I can keep it on a standard bullseye target at 25 yards now, even get some good shots.
 
I agree with all the above and would add what type of trigger does it have? My Smith 686 has the smoothest DA trigger on any revolver I've ever owned and its a smooth trigger not one of the wide or grooved type they are fine for single action but not so good for DA.
 
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Usually, dry firing the living heck out of a Ruger will do quite a bit towards smoothing up the action.

No amount of dry-firing will help with the extreme "stacking" I experienced. Then only thing that saved me was a new gun.
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I wonder if your gun was something of an anomaly. I've fired several Ruger DA revolvers including Security Sixes, Police Service Sixes, GP 100's, SP101's, Redhawks, Super Redhawks, and an LCR and while they all stacked more than a S&W, none were as noticeable as a Charter Arms, vintage Colt, or my Webley.
 
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Usually, dry firing the living heck out of a Ruger will do quite a bit towards smoothing up the action.

No amount of dry-firing will help with the extreme "stacking" I experienced. Then only thing that saved me was a new gun.

I wonder if your gun was something of an anomaly.
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Could have been, Webleymkv. It was a long time ago.
 
I did some of the dry fire exercises, changed my grip, hopefully getting to the range today for at least a bit to test for progress. I'll let you know!
 
Let us know what works for you, and I'll try it myself. I'm very accurate shooting SA but my groups usually open up at least two-fold when I switch from SA to DA. I just almost always shoot SA for that reason

I think my problem is that I have alot more experience with bolt-action rifles with good triggers so when I squeeze the trigger on any gun just the slightest bit I'm wanting it to go boom.
 
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