OldMarksman
Staff
This is not really an appropriate place for sarcasm that does not provide some value to the discussion at hand.
I shoot my lightweight snubs as accurately as any of my other semi's. But with the snubs and DA only, I use very different trigger techniques and hold.
For the longer double action pull get a deep hook on the trigger instead of the finger pad press. This will give more strength on the pull. For accuracy, learn how to stage the trigger.
This means feeling when the cylinder locksup right before the trigger break. So you are taking up half the pull before the final break. Sometimes the final break will have a clean wall, others might be more a rolling break. Just pull through the break and concentrate on a steady hold accepting your amount of wobble. The worst thing that you can do with a DA only revolver is to jerk the trigger. Yes you can do a smooth pull through trigger break as well, but that is more like a condensed surprise shot.
Get a very high hold on the gun. With some of the hump back and LCR's you can get much higher hold than semi's. With no hammer to worry about hammer bite, you can use the thumb over the back technique to help with recoil on the super light guns. A rubber grips that covers the backstrap will help with heavier loads.
I carried a J frame 36 for 20 years as an off duty gun before we transitioned to Glocks. The qual course was modified to a max distance of 15 yards vs. the 25 for a service revolver. Sights and trigger pull work against practical accuracy. Practice and patience can offset that. Staging the trigger is great for range accuracy. I would caution against that approach (apologies to High Valley Ranch) for self defense use. The break point between staged and discharged can be razor thin. At typical SD range, a smooth pull with the first finger joint on the trigger always worked for me. Snap caps and practice will get you where you want to be.
I like the gun and plan to keep practicing. I'm not looking to make modifications to the gun, but was curious to know how long it took other new small-frame revolver shooters to develop accuracy at 15-25 yards.
Staging the trigger is great for range accuracy.
If you are talking about the Newhall incident as one where brass was pocketed, that seems to be a myth:
I read that one also. I wonder how well the story was vetted. With no offense to the writers, I've heard gun trainers sometimes embellish to make a point. One told a story as if it happened to him. I then read it in a gun rag article from another author who it happened to.
So who knows?