How to operate a Revolver for complete beginner

Attitude: Once you do get your revolver home, learn it as if it was the only one on earth. How it works, how it feels, how it shoots. It is a fine tool and you are the craftsman. Also, get a copy of Kuhnhausen if it's a Smith. But know that weapon better than you think you need to. It pays.
 
2 well known firearm Youtube instructors....

I've seen 2 well known(so called highly trained) tactics instructor either knock DA/DAO revolvers or use improper terms related to revolvers.
As pistols become more prevelant in the US shooting sports community & with CCW holders, more shooters & cadre will be less familiar with revolvers.

Clyde
 
Please direct yourself to local classes, and do it before you injure somebody.
If you're the same poster on two other forums asking essentially the same things, you need IN PERSON HELP.
Denis
 
I would suggest following this link: http://www.nrainstructors.org/SearchCourse.aspx.

Select the boxes next to these courses:

NRA FIRST Steps Pistol Orientation
NRA Basic Pistol Shooting Course

then enter your zip code and a search radius. This will bring up a list of NRA training courses near you that would be appropriate for a brand new shooter. These courses are about a day long, and include classroom and range instruction. I've been shooting for many years and recently took the Basic Pistol Course as a refresher, and it was time well spent. For a new shooter, these courses would be invaluable.
 
The double action trigger is going to be your number one impediment to shooting. Look in Grant Cunningham's The Gun Digest Book of the Revolver for how to manage it. There are two components to be aware of: trigger pull and trigger reset. You need to know both because your second shot's accuracy depends upon it.

Reloading the gun quickly is very important. I use Ayoob's "Stressfire" method because it is fast and reliable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXUwI_d8JlA

The difficult part is training. There are fewer and fewer revolver instructors every year. It is essential that you attend training if you want to improve. A regular lesson at the local gun range would help you immensely. I waited three years and went to a trainer out of desperation; I should have done it that first year.
 
Lotta lotta good stuff there.
I didn't read it.
Let me try.
1. Load gun.
2. Pull trigger.
Oh, and I guess like someone else said, read and follow the directions written by lawyers. A. Do not point gun at head. B. Do not point gun at crotch. C. Etc., etc., etc., ad infinitum.
dc
 
1. Load gun.
2. Pull trigger.
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That's kinda like telling someone how to drive by saying:
1. Turn key.

2. Put in gear and mash gas pedal.



Results would be just as predictably dismal.

re: Mas' "stressfire" reload

I'm nowhere near the revolver expert Mas Ayoob is, but I never understood why he insists on the gun changing hands, just so the speed loader could be manipulated with the "dextrous" hand ..... if the "fight or flight" shakes are going to be that bad, moving the gun to the "non-dextrous hand (and back) and risk dropping it would be a non starter.

I'm all for keeping the gun in my firing hand, and the hand of the grip.
 
"Results would be just as predictably dismal."

Somewhat of an overstatement, isn't it?

What percent of gun owners never had any formal training whatsoever?
Other than a relative or someone giving them a brief rundown?
Probably far more than half?
And isn't that their right?
Or should there be extensive governmental regulation, requiring "training" like the police all get?
Or is it true that even many of law enforcement get no particular formal training?
dc
 
Since Charles has dropped out, much like a poster elsewhere asking identical questions about revolvers, it might be possible that he's either messing with us or too embarrassed to return.

Either way, it appears this thread's passed the point of anything else useful to say.
Denis
 
Results would be just as predictably dismal."

Somewhat of an overstatement, isn't it?

What percent of gun owners never had any formal training whatsoever?
Other than a relative or someone giving them a brief rundown?
Probably far more than half?
And isn't that their right?
Or should there be extensive governmental regulation, requiring "training" like the police all get?
Or is it true that even many of law enforcement get no particular formal training?
dc
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I did not say that training should be required.

I do believe that people that assume that all they have to do is pull the trigger are setting themselves up for failure at crunch time.

Having a gun is better than not having one..... having a gun and the skills and mindset to use it effectively would be better, don't you think?
 
The OP sent med a pm that he did seek out training. I think he will be posting an update.
I wasnt implying that everyone should have a professional trainer. A mentor of some sort is much better than watching videos of "Professional Russian" on youtube. How can anyone recommend someone other than a certified trainer over the internet?
 
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