Author Topic: relaxing day of shooting (Read 593 times)

Lloyd Smale · « **on:** February 14, 2004, 07:38:43 AM »

tore the web of my hand a little shooting that ****** .44 special 396 yesterday so i took a day off from the big guns and shot about 400 rounds out of my new bisley .22 to see what it liked its the first time in years i took the time to seriously shoot a bunch of .22s forgot how much fun it is!

Mike C · « **Reply #1 on:** February 15, 2004, 07:10:21 AM »

Lloyd:
What are you finding your 396 likes the best as far as loads. I have almost given up on mine, when I first shot it, it shot itself loose after about 50 rounds of black hills ammo. I returned it to S&W, they fit a new barrel and cylinder but it is not at all accurate. Mine will shoot 2 out of five that the holes will touch but the other 3 could be 8" apart. At least it is life time warranty so maybe this time they will get it right.

Mike C

Lloyd Smale · « **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2004, 08:21:50 AM »

mine isnt that bad but its not a tack driver either best loads so far are the 240 rcbs swcgc and the square lube grove 421429 and the 225 lyman swcgc about any of them with either 7 grains of unique or 6.5 grains of 231 will shoot into 2 to 2 1/2 I replaced the grips with pachs. and had an action job done on it. It does seem to prefer bullets sized to .429 I still havent tried any jacketed bullets in it.

44 Man · « **Reply #3 on:** February 17, 2004, 07:45:59 AM »

Lloyd, try jacketed bullets in that gun. My old Charters have always been just ok shooters until I fed them jacket bullets. Wow, what a difference. 44 Man

Lloyd Smale · « **Reply #4 on:** February 17, 2004, 01:16:19 PM »

been meaning to try it but I just cant get myself to shoot those condom bullets yet.

Quote from: 44 Man

Lloyd, try jacketed bullets in that gun. My old Charters have always been just ok shooters until I fed them jacket bullets. Wow, what a difference. 44 Man

Mike C · « **Reply #5 on:** February 18, 2004, 02:23:27 AM »

I had a charter arms bulldog about 25 years ago that was superbly accurate with 200 gr speer JHP and 13 gr of 2400. It was a hot load in that little gun but it hit exactly at the point of aim. I read the review in gunblast about the new Charter 2000 bulldog, they raved about the accuracy. I went to the gunshop to buy a bulldog, they didn't have any in stocK but they had this new hi-tech scandium titanium wondergun, so I bought it instead. Wish I would have ordered a Bulldog instead of the dog I went home with.

Mike C

daddywpb · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2004, 12:01:52 AM »

There's nothing like a good .22, and a couple of those Federal bulk packs from Wally World. It's my favorite kind of shooting. It always takes me back to when I was a kid - shooting in the sugar cane fields with my brother. Those will always be some of my happiest memories.