aimtrue2011
Bearcat
I have never been accurate with short radius handguns. Only when I shoot a government size 1911 or at least a 4” revolver does my accuracy rise to my standard of acceptability.
The maximum distance I am able to shoot any of my short radius handguns with any accuracy is about 7 yards. That is, except for my 3” Ruger GP100. Using either a Weaver or Isosceles stance, I am accurate to about 20 yards. Beyond that distance with even this GP100, I cannot confine my hits to small patterns; they spray my target with no semblance of authority.
I have also found with diminishing eye sight that focusing on a front metal blade sight is increasingly difficult for me. My solution is to change to fiber optic front sights. The fiber optic tubes capture and rivet my eyes to the aiming point I wish to target.
For many years I considered the 4” S&W 868 to be my all-purpose favorite revolver. That changed after I had my 4” Ruger GP100 for a while. Although the 686 is finished in a more “smoother and polished” manner than the GP100, I find the 4” GP100 to be a sturdier and if not better well-built revolver than the S&W, to be at least every bit as accurate. In fact, I am equally as accurate with my two GP’s as I was with my finest 1911 custom made pistols.
I think the Ruger GP100 model is a champion revolver in every way. Its most surprising attribute is the GP trigger action. My 3” and 4” GP’s triggers have different tactical feels. Yet each in its own right is superior to my S&W 686 or model 60.
Thanks to Ruger, I have handguns that fit my hands like gloves. Best of all, I am able to consistently put holes in the bullseyes of my targets with them.
The maximum distance I am able to shoot any of my short radius handguns with any accuracy is about 7 yards. That is, except for my 3” Ruger GP100. Using either a Weaver or Isosceles stance, I am accurate to about 20 yards. Beyond that distance with even this GP100, I cannot confine my hits to small patterns; they spray my target with no semblance of authority.
I have also found with diminishing eye sight that focusing on a front metal blade sight is increasingly difficult for me. My solution is to change to fiber optic front sights. The fiber optic tubes capture and rivet my eyes to the aiming point I wish to target.
For many years I considered the 4” S&W 868 to be my all-purpose favorite revolver. That changed after I had my 4” Ruger GP100 for a while. Although the 686 is finished in a more “smoother and polished” manner than the GP100, I find the 4” GP100 to be a sturdier and if not better well-built revolver than the S&W, to be at least every bit as accurate. In fact, I am equally as accurate with my two GP’s as I was with my finest 1911 custom made pistols.
I think the Ruger GP100 model is a champion revolver in every way. Its most surprising attribute is the GP trigger action. My 3” and 4” GP’s triggers have different tactical feels. Yet each in its own right is superior to my S&W 686 or model 60.
Thanks to Ruger, I have handguns that fit my hands like gloves. Best of all, I am able to consistently put holes in the bullseyes of my targets with them.
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