S&W Model 24-3 at the range

[Wyatt Burp]

I loaded up 150 rounds of .44 Specials the other day to shoot in four guns. The loads were 6.4 grains of Unique with 215 grain lead SWC store bought bullets from "Nevada Western" I think they were called. Range was only 15 yards from a rest. Here's the 1983 6 1/2 incher that I shot and also the 4" version. I didn't shoot it this time, though. That's a Lee Loader in the red box that I started reloading on when I bought the short gun new in 1983.

[IVC]

Nice. Single or double action shooting?

If you want to get a more meaningful accuracy test, primarily for you and not the gun, shoot it offhand and in double action mode. That's the core revolver skill which is required for any practical use (practical shooting competition, self-defense).

[003]

Always had a fondness for .44 special. Have several, my favorite is my S&W model 27 3 1/2 inch. Beautifully converted to .44 special.

[dfletcher]

I loaded up 150 rounds of .44 Specials the other day to shoot in four guns. The loads were 6.4 grains of Unique with 215 grain lead SWC store bullets from "Nevada Western" I think they were called. Range was only 15 yards from a rest. Here's the 1983 6 1/2 incher that I shot and also the 4" version. I didn't shoot it this time, though. That's a Lee Loader in the red box that I started reloading on when I bought the short gun new in 1983. That gun cost $375 total and it felt like a lot back then.

Nice choice of grips and adapter. I have a later made 3" version and use N frame round butt with an adapter. Tyler takes too long and use ones made by BK grips work very well: https://bkgrips.com/

Much as I like to target types they look out of place to me on anything under 5".

[stevie]

Beautiful revolvers!

[Mr. Beretta]

Real guns!

Good shooting!

Congrats!

[DanGunner]

.44 special is, well, special in my book. I have 1930 vintage S&W Wolf&Klar N frame and also shoot .44s in my new S&W Model 69 stubby.

[Wyatt Burp]

Nice. Single or double action shooting?

If you want to get a more meaningful accuracy test, primarily for you and not the gun, shoot it offhand and in double action mode. That's the core revolver skill which is required for any practical use (practical shooting competition, self-defense).

[jtree91]

I would say use some bright neon green/orange nail polish. That seems to be the go to color for night sights/fiber optics sight and also seems to do well in the construction trade as they wear neon green/orange vests.

[Wyatt Burp]

Nice. Single or double action shooting?

If you want to get a more meaningful accuracy test, primarily for you and not the gun, shoot it offhand and in double action mode. That's the core revolver skill which is required for any practical use (practical shooting competition, self-defense).

Last time at the range I shot this chopped 1917 Colt .45 ACP almost like you suggested except I shot two handed. First I shot six rounds sitting from a rest single action aiming dead center and all the shots were low. I then shot double action standing aiming a little high and lobbed most in the black. At 15 yards I was really pleased with how this snub gun shot offhand DA. And “jtree21” thanks for the sight advice.

[I Swan]

Big bore prelock S&W non magnum revolvers are my favorite handguns to shoot.

[bergmen]

I would say use some bright neon green/orange nail polish. That seems to be the go to color for night sights/fiber optics sight and also seems to do well in the construction trade as they wear neon green/orange vests.

There is a product called "Bright Sights" that has a sight painting kit in a variety of colors:

https://brightsights.com/

I need to get one of these kits myself, the total black sights can easily disappear in the shade of our covered outdoor range.

Dan

[IVC]

Last time at the range I shot this chopped 1917 Colt .45 ACP almost like you suggested except I shot two handed.

Probably just a misunderstanding in the nomenclature - the "freehand" or "offhand" to me means "standing up, unsupported, both hands or anything that works for you."

[IVC]

Fiber optic will help even more than polish, but there is no way around not seeing black-on-black. It's just the nature of the (lack of) contrast.

That's why bullseye shooters sight in their guns at 6 o'clock relative to the black central part of the target, or even slightly below, where there is a white strip between the top of the sights and the bottom of the black circle. The only way to align the sights well is to actually see the sights and the only way to hit the target in the exactly same location is to have a repeatable point of aim, which cannot be "somewhere in the black." Unfortunately, guns can only be sighted in this way for a single distance to the target.

[Wyatt Burp]

Probably just a misunderstanding in the nomenclature - the "freehand" or "offhand" to me means "standing up, unsupported, both hands or anything that works for you."

That was my mistake misreading you because I thought you wrote "one hand" instead of freehand. I'm glad to see people appreciating older style sixguns. The other three I shot were an older Charter Bulldog, a converted to .44 Special Colt Bisley, and a 1992 Colt SA. I like the idea of using that sight paint kit posted above, but will try nail polish first after testing it on a blued junk gun part to see how easy it is to remove.