First Time at the Range with Pistols

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Yahoo, brought my two Smiths out to the range today after finally getting my LTATT...and had a blast...Fired about 250 rounds in the K17 and fifty in the K19. So much fun...Both guns fired flawlessly however I was shooting low on all targets..Got home and bore sighted and found yup that was the problem on both pistols...Adjusted the sights on both and will be out again next week to try them again. What a great experience.:)
 
First time impressions of handgun/revolver shooting...First, the .22 was what I expected, loud sharp bang no kick...The .38 special, I expected a sharper bang and tougher kick...What I got with the .38 special was a nice little kick and an almost soft bang, hard to explain...instead of bang it went boom...lol...Man I love this sport
 
K17 and K19 suggests to me that these are both revolvers. The Model 17 in .22 and the 19 in .357. If that's right you could not find a nicer pair of revolvers.

A note to consider. All revolvers have the barrel angled down by some amount so that bullet leaves along the sighting line at some point in the lift during the recoil. So if you totally lined up the sights with the bore axis you'll likely find that they are shooting high now. But it's easy enough to fix of course. Just don't be surprised when you find this happening.

For the same reason if you sight in the gun for .38Spl and then shoot .357Mag you'll find that the Magnums hit low by about 3 inchs at 15 yards. It's because the faster magnum bullet is exiting earlier in the recoil cycle. And despite the fact that the magnum's recoil is stronger than the .38Spl.
 
Re K17 and 19

BCRider said:
K17 and K19 suggests to me that these are both revolvers. The Model 17 in .22 and the 19 in .357. If that's right you could not find a nicer pair of revolvers.

A note to consider. All revolvers have the barrel angled down by some amount so that bullet leaves along the sighting line at some point in the lift during the recoil. So if you totally lined up the sights with the bore axis you'll likely find that they are shooting high now. But it's easy enough to fix of course. Just don't be surprised when you find this happening.

For the same reason if you sight in the gun for .38Spl and then shoot .357Mag you'll find that the Magnums hit low by about 3 inchs at 15 yards. It's because the faster magnum bullet is exiting earlier in the recoil cycle. And despite the fact that the magnum's recoil is stronger than the .38Spl.
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Yes you are absolutely correct about the two Smiths....22 and .357.
As to your notes to consider...Thank you very much...I'm so new I really need all the help I can get so thanks for the info.....So according to what you've said about the bore axis, if I'm shooting high then If I kinda notch my sights down to mid front sight I should be ok??.. Right now I've got them with the FS even with BS as close as I could get them...Range will tell me ...Thanks for the help which I can't get enough of.
 
Congratulations!
Excellent choice of the revolvers...and...there is no such auto pistol out there that can be as much entertaining as the revolvers are.
My last range session was revolver only - model 10, 17 and 28 :)
 
BCRider said:
K17 and K19 suggests to me that these are both revolvers. The Model 17 in .22 and the 19 in .357. If that's right you could not find a nicer pair of revolvers.

A note to consider. All revolvers have the barrel angled down by some amount so that bullet leaves along the sighting line at some point in the lift during the recoil. So if you totally lined up the sights with the bore axis you'll likely find that they are shooting high now. But it's easy enough to fix of course. Just don't be surprised when you find this happening.

For the same reason if you sight in the gun for .38Spl and then shoot .357Mag you'll find that the Magnums hit low by about 3 inchs at 15 yards. It's because the faster magnum bullet is exiting earlier in the recoil cycle. And despite the fact that the magnum's recoil is stronger than the .38Spl.
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I've found what works (or helps) for me.
Bore-sighting to adjust windage to a vertical line.
When windage is set, elevation can be adjusted by firing from a very solid rest and then adjusting elevation for freehand shooting.
 
Re K17

Nestor said:
Congratulations!
Excellent choice of the revolvers...and...there is no such auto pistol out there that can be as much entertaining as the revolvers are.
My last range session was revolver only - model 10, 17 and 28 :)[/QU
Yup, thanks to you Nestor for the wonderful revolver...Gorgeous. And handles like a dream.Thanks again man.
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Re boresighting revolvers

BCRider said:
K17 and K19 suggests to me that these are both revolvers. The Model 17 in .22 and the 19 in .357. If that's right you could not find a nicer pair of revolvers.

A note to consider. All revolvers have the barrel angled down by some amount so that bullet leaves along the sighting line at some point in the lift during the recoil. So if you totally lined up the sights with the bore axis you'll likely find that they are shooting high now. But it's easy enough to fix of course. Just don't be surprised when you find this happening.

For the same reason if you sight in the gun for .38Spl and then shoot .357Mag you'll find that the Magnums hit low by about 3 inchs at 15 yards. It's because the faster magnum bullet is exiting earlier in the recoil cycle. And despite the fact that the magnum's recoil is stronger than the .38Spl.
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Thanks a lot for that info, I'll be out with those two babies next Wed so I'll update y'all on that...I need all the help I can get.Thanks again
 
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