Trying too hard?

[Ed C.]

I took my Remington to the range with high expectations. Concentrated on stance, sight picture, grip, and trigger pull and the first cylinder landed every shot all over outside the circle. Not fun. Disappointed, I decided to just throw lead, pull back the hammer, point and shoot as quick as I could acquire the target and not worry where the bullets were going. That worked. Go figure.

 

[Sam squanch]

People take way too much time in sighting a handgun. You get the wobbles, and run out of oxygen holding your breath for over 3 or 4 seconds. If you do t get your shot off in 3 seconds, lower the gun , breathe, and sight again. Trust first aim!

 

[45D]

Took "Beauty and the Beast" for a "shakedown" run with the new "Screwless Frame" pins and new 11° forcing cone!!
This was 5 shots @ 10 yards off hand.

The circled one is from a Dragoon . . .

Mike

 

[Salt River Johnny]

What was your powder load?
You Point and shoot. You do not screw sound aiming at the target.

 

[45D]

What was your powder load?
You Point and shoot. You do not screw sound aiming at the target.

Well, "B&B" is an 1860 Army (Uberti) that is converted to 45acp ( the very 1st one) to allow "uper end" testing of the open-top platform. The load was Hornady Critical Duty 45acp+p.

Mike

 

[Ed C.]

Well, "B&B" is an 1860 Army (Uberti) that is converted to 45acp ( the very 1st one) to allow "uper end" testing of the open-top platform. The load was Hornady Critical Duty 45acp+p.

Mike

Interesting. Nice work on the gun and nice shooting but .45acp+p? I think you made your point that open tops can handle heavy loads.

 

[French Colonial]

Ed, try dry firing every night for about a week before your next outing. Your goal is to keep the sights from moving when the hammer falls.
Muscle memory will then improve your shooting at the range.

 

[Dave Dworshak]

Sundance--"Can I move?" "I shoot better when I move."

 

[Ed C.]

Ed, try dry firing every night for about a week before your next outing. Your goal is to keep the sights from moving when the hammer falls.
Muscle memory will then improve your shooting at the range.

I do have a wooden gun I made in the form of an unmentionable with adjustable spring tension on the trigger and a long pull. I'll do just what you say, keeping the sights on target throughout the pull. It does help and builds strength in the trigger finger so that hard pulls (especially on the unmentionables) are not much of a factor. Dry firing the BP revolvers can be a PITA to do without damaging the nipples over time.

 

[French Colonial]

I do have a wooden gun I made in the form of an unmentionable with adjustable spring tension on the trigger and a long pull. I'll do just what you say, keeping the sights on target throughout the pull. It does help and builds strength in the trigger finger so that hard pulls (especially on the unmentionables) are not much of a factor. Dry firing the BP revolvers can be a PITA to do without damaging the nipples over time.

Cut a foam earplug in half and stick half of it in the hammer slot, down further than the nipple, the foam will cushion the hammer fall and protect the nipples.
Best to dry fire with the one you're going to actually shoot.

The foam earplug will stay in place for quite a number of shots and when it does move, just put it back in place.

 

[Tenring]

Just for fun I benched the 58 Remington at fifty yards With 30 grains of 3 F and was shooting at a Steel twelve inch teardrop plate and with being benched and steady the first two cylinders hit the plate all over the place of course but I was highly impressed but after it got fouled up the accuracy just dropped right off the board and I may have nicked it here and there but it was fun and something different.

 

[CyrusP]

Not much more fun than stretching a revolver out a bit. Add reactive targets and a reactive background (dirt splatter for misses) and it’s more fun than anything else for me.

 

[No second place]

I took my Remington to the range with high expectations. Concentrated on stance, sight picture, grip, and trigger pull and the first cylinder landed every shot all over outside the circle. Not fun. Disappointed, I decided to just throw lead, pull back the hammer, point and shoot as quick as I could acquire the target and not worry where the bullets were going. That worked. Go figure.
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Nice target for rapid fire. Slow fire target shooting requires a good bit of development of the technique you first mentioned. It's hard work for some and requires patience and persistent practice. If only looking to blast away for fun it looks like you have that down well...nsp

 

[Alan Ruuska]

When you get to the point where you are shooting groups (even if they are large groups) rather than "weather reports" you may find the this chart useful.

There are lots of ideas/techniques out there but there is no substitute for a lot of practice. Hope this helps a little. Alan

 

[Ed C.]

When you get to the point where you are shooting groups (even if they are large groups) rather than "weather reports" you may find the this chart useful. View attachment 353033
There are lots of ideas/techniques out there but there is no substitute for a lot of practice. Hope this helps a little. Alan

Thanks. I've seen this before and this time I'm going to save it. It is especially useful when shooting the small, large caliber unmentionables.