I had the opportunity to sight in my 4 inch 617 today with a Bushnell First Strike 2.0 red dot sight. I've been shooting my 6 inch for Steel Challenge matches for a while with a 12 MOA C-More Railway and wanted to see the difference between 6 and 4.
The four inch with the dot is more accurate for me. I set up a Bianchi D1 target at 25 yards and fired 150 rounds of mixed ammo freestyle. I only had three shots outside the 10 ring. With the 6 inch I do not hold such nice groups, chasing the bullseye.
The shooter barrel was even more easy to track from target to target and was a pleasure to handle.
Both guns are set up with double action triggers weighing 8 pounds. Both are super smooth but I'm just starting to like the 4 better and will be shooting it next month in RFPO division.
The four inch with the dot is more accurate for me. I set up a Bianchi D1 target at 25 yards and fired 150 rounds of mixed ammo freestyle. I only had three shots outside the 10 ring. With the 6 inch I do not hold such nice groups, chasing the bullseye.
The shooter barrel was even more easy to track from target to target and was a pleasure to handle.
Both guns are set up with double action triggers weighing 8 pounds. Both are super smooth but I'm just starting to like the 4 better and will be shooting it next month in RFPO division.