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Offline inthebeech

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Starting out and the Chicken and the Egg
« on: October 21, 2010, 07:40:05 AM »
Though I own two drastically different revolvers, a target grade Smith and a "pick-up" grade Blackhawk, I'd like to become proficient with both.  Being new to the sport of "informal" bullseye shooting, I am not familiar with resources that could help me out.  I'm asking because I fear that one of the many subtleties that I've often read about, might be hampering my progress and I may never identify it.  I am referring to any one of the dozen aspects within grip, trigger pull, sight picture, and follow through.  Shooting coaches are not to be found here.
The chicken and egg comment referrs to the fact that I am still trying to work up an accurate load, first for my 44 Special flat top Blackhawk, which means that I may either have a fantastic load and my five inch groups at 25 yards are all shooter related, or I may have a horribly inaccurate load (7 gr Unique with 200 gr .430 dia RN soft lead bullets lightly crimped and fired in a .4294 groove with .433 throats) and my technique would yield ragged holes in a proven gun/load if I had one.  Who knows.
Thoughts?

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Re: Starting out and the Chicken and the Egg
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2010, 12:24:18 PM »
A good resource is the US Army Marksmanship Advanced Pistol Guide.  It is availible from the Civilan Marksmanship Program for $6.95.  This instruction is for US service pistols but most all of the lessons will work with revolvers.

http://www.odcmp.com/

You will need an acurate pistol to get reliable feed back of your sight alignment and trigger control.  One of the best is a Ruger MKIII with adjustable sights.  Score your targets and record them in a shooting journal so you can measure your performance.  Set goals for yourself.  You will improve faster by shooting for score rather than group size.  Do not be shy about entering a formal competion.  Everyone has to start somewhere.  The best shooters are most generouse in giving instructions and sharing information.  Good luck.