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by fishfree
Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:03 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Sight Picture/Target Alignment Question...
Replies: 13
Views: 2236

Re: Sight Picture/Target Alignment Question...

george wrote:If it was me,

I would first try and determine if it the operator, or the gun.

Double up on ears, like Skippr said.

You could let a good shot shoot it, and see what happens. If you don't know a good shooter, try some good sand bags, and shoot really slow. If you find the sights are still shooting low and left, try a heavier bullet (heavier shoot higher), and knock the rear sight to the right. If the sights are not dove-tailed, it is possible to have a gunsmith file some off of the front sight.

If the above indicates that the sights are proper, and the issue is the operator, try this.

A pistol is very much subject to the grip you take on the gun. It is possible you could adjust the manner you grip the gun, or possibly replace the grips with something else.

I second the idea of shooting off sand bags to help determine if it is the shooter or the gun. But it usually turns out to be the shooter. Either response to the bang or an improper or weak grip on the gun.

On this model the front sights are pinned I believe and hence can be replaced as a corrective measure if by chance it is the gun. Even better, if the sights are the problem, then front and rear sights can be upgraded http://www.gunblast.com/Bowen-SP101.htm .

Assuming the rear sight is a gutter sight (for ccw) and adding an adjustable rear sight is unwanted then send it back to Ruger (if it is the gun and not the shooter). I believe Ruger would shoot it from a rest and return it with the target if it is fine or give a replacement otherwise (or so I hear).
by fishfree
Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:43 pm
Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
Topic: Sight Picture/Target Alignment Question...
Replies: 13
Views: 2236

Re: Sight Picture/Target Alignment Question...

A useful drill with a revolver is to take 5 (or as many needed) spent casings & fill with silicone, glue stick, epoxy (whatever). (The filling helps keep debris out of a clean barrel if dry firing. )

Fill all but one chamber of the cylinder with these dummy rounds. Put a live round in the last chamber.

Spin the chamber. Close & latch. The live round is now randomly located. It might be the first, the last or any other one.


Firing one round at a time slows you down; exposes flinching when it happens; exposes jerking the trigger when it happens as well. Especially when the hammer/striker drops on a dummy.

Without the dummy rounds your peripheral vision may (probably will) pick up on the rim of the live round as it comes up in the rotation.
Slowing down by firing the 0-5 dummy rounds then the live round is useful in itself. Add an additional delay of a minute or 2 or 5 by walking down to the target or fiddling with the gun. (you might rotate which chamber will hold the live round to reduce GSR buildup in just one chamber) The object is to force yourself to (a) slow everything down (impacts that trigger jerk) and (b) take the time to think about what you did and focus on what you need to do in the next firing.

some more drills are found here:
http://www.kuci.uci.edu/~dany/firearms/ ... #standards

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