+1Nothing can beat a good mechanical rest for testing the accuracy of a pistol, but a simple sandbag rest and two-hand hold will do quite well. The trick is to hold the gun in the hands and rest the wrists on the sandbags. Letting the butt or the barrel of the pistol touch the sandbags or the bench will be detrimental to accuracy and give inconsistent results.
It works better to rest the revolver at the frame/barrel junction than have it float.
But that's apples to oranges isn't it? If you are strictly testing how small a group a gun will shoot, use whatever method will give you the smallest group, even if further from zero. Once you know how a particular gun and load shoots, you can adjust the sights or your aim accordingly.It is better to not rest any part of the gun on anything but your hands. You might shoot a decent group to POA when rested, but then shoot that same load unsupported and that POI will change. Using a rest is fine for load development, but I always check my zero in the same manner that I intend to employ the gun.
Once you know how a particular gun and load shoots, you can adjust the sights or your aim accordingly.
Exactly!But that's apples to oranges isn't it? If you are strictly testing how small a group a gun will shoot, use whatever method will give you the smallest group, even if further from zero. Once you know how a particular gun and load shoots, you can adjust the sights or your aim accordingly.
Letting the butt or the barrel of the pistol touch the sandbags or the bench will be detrimental to accuracy and give inconsistent results.