Amazing grouping with a S&W snub nose

Still alive said:
Skypilot,
Having trained and shot with both, what is your preference for the cylinder release of the S&W vs. the Colts?
Do you prefer to push the latch or pull the latch? Seems Colt is the only Co. ( I could be wrong) to go their own way with the pull latch. What do you find more intuitive in a stress situation?
My take would be push?
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And Colt cylinders go the wrong way too!

Auggie D.
 
Still alive said:
Skypilot,
Having trained and shot with both, what is your preference for the cylinder release of the S&W vs. the Colts?
Do you prefer to push the latch or pull the latch? Seems Colt is the only Co. ( I could be wrong) to go their own way with the pull latch. What do you find more intuitive in a stress situation?
My take would be push?
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Years ago it was an issue as all LE guns were revolvers and speedload training was a pain with the Colt's cyl. release. All Colt users finally adapted to slightly bring the Colt to an offset to pull the odd shaped rlease as opposed to keeping the muzzle straight and pushing the S&W release.

Our Police Competition ShootingTeam at the time used Pythons switching from combat masterpiece.
A close friend, deceased now, was an extremely fast speed loader however he was in a shoot out with 3 teenagers in a P/U truck and the scene looked like a box of live ammo sprinkled around the truck from dumped speedloaders combined with the odd Python release. Under fire and running around the truck reloading, he finally downed the teenager that was armed with a 22 revolver.

I used and liked the S&W 60 as did all U/C agents as it was the issue gun. I liked the 6th round of the Colt Cobra although it didn't like +Ps and never +P+.
I carried the Colt during HRT in the inside breast pouch of my body armor.

I'd rather have the push more so than the pull as it allows me to keep the same grip/wrist position thru reload. I have to roll my wrist/grip somewhat inward to unlatch and reload with the Colt. We are required to reload from a single hand firing position.
We qualify day and night and the pull release makes a difference in my times especially at night. We can carry anything on us or in Patrol Car that we can qualify with, long arm or short arm.

God Bless Texas and the Rose Of San Antonio
 
My snubbie groups are not as good as the 4" barrel groups, but they are not much bigger, which always surprises me.

Recently I tried shooting all my snubbies with a full load at double action. Never shot double action before, but Hickock45 makes it look easy. It isn't, but at 10 yards I got groups of around 5", which was better than what I expected.

I find the big difference with snubbies is more felt recoil.
 
Salibas007 said:
I was always under the impression that longer barrels were always more precise as the sights were further apart and that mimicked a rifle sights and this is why my 6" Python grouped better in 357mag than my 22 M&P. But I was off as this 2.75" outperformed my M&P as well.

I guess full steel quality revolvers are just better shooters, at least they are in my hands.
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I think the longer sight radius helps with younger eyes. I found as I aged my shorter barreled pistols were easier to shoot well because I could see the front sight more clearly. Shooting glasses helped a lot, but short barrels still work better for me. FWIW - dan
 
Still alive said:
Thank you for your thoughtful reply, Skypilot. I always thought the Colt release was counter- intuitive and you confirmed it. I'm for the push release myself.
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A lot depends on the size of your thumbs. I find I have to move my hand regardless of make, so it makes little difference to me during reloads. - dan
 
Having tried both, but not in competition, I find pushing more natural than pulling. But I don't shoot revolvers much either to worry about it. Just wanted to see other's opinion as I always wondered why Colt went with the pull and the rest with variations of the push.
 
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