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Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency #8498668
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75grainmuzzy Offline OP
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I have a Ruger Blackhawk stainless in 357 mag with a 6 inch barrel and a 9mm cylinder. Also a Ruger Blackhawk 45 colt blued with a 7 1/2 barrel and a 45 ACP cylinder. I would love to hear your techniques and tips on how to become a better revolver shooter. I would also love to hear about rested and free hand. Game harvests would be nice as well. Thank you all so much.

Re: Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency [Re: 75grainmuzzy] #8498678
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Practice practice practice. Nothing beats trigger time.


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Re: Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency [Re: 75grainmuzzy] #8498682
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Agreed practice
I use a similar style 22 to work on technique. Just got a Ruger Wrangler and have been practicing with it to improve my Blackhawk and Vaquero performance. Basics are what I revert to when I find myself getting poor scores and by scores it's not rings ,but hitting what I'm aiming at


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Re: Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency [Re: 75grainmuzzy] #8498684
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This was a few years ago. S&W 66-1 357
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Re: Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency [Re: 75grainmuzzy] #8498686
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This year. Not a revolver but same principle.

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Re: Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency [Re: 75grainmuzzy] #8498704
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Dry fire with your centerfire revolvers and as lots of trigger time with a 22 handgun. But it needs to be good practice. A day or two of instruction from a qualified handgun instructor is a good idea. A good instructor can get you on the right track.


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Re: Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency [Re: 75grainmuzzy] #8498768
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I have killed two deer with 357 magnum revolver. Both at about 50 yards. One with 44 cap and ball new army at about 20. Its kinda like bowhunting. Practice and then get close and shoot careful.

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Re: Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency [Re: 75grainmuzzy] #8498777
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Re: Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency [Re: Sparks] #8498787
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Originally Posted by Sparks
Agreed practice
I use a similar style 22 to work on technique. Just got a Ruger Wrangler and have been practicing with it to improve my Blackhawk and Vaquero performance. Basics are what I revert to when I find myself getting poor scores and by scores it's not rings ,but hitting what I'm aiming at


This is what I did. Shot a .22 revolver as a kid. The switch to center fire was natural. You can also practice pointing the gun at a close target really fast. Then see if sights are aligned with target. If not, adjust your grip until sights are aligned then repeat. After doing that a couple hundred times, pointing your revolver is like pointing your finger.

Re: Revolver shooting techniques and proficiency [Re: 75grainmuzzy] #8498792
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Total concentration on your sight picture....dry fire is your friend...

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