Any tips or pointers out there for shooting magnum revolvers?
I have been shooting low recoil guns well but accuracy drops off in heavier loadings. I would like to take a deer with my m66 smith this year but with full power reloads my accuracy suffers. With 6.0gr Universal and a 158 SWC I can clean a squirrel’s ear at 20 yards. XTP’s and 15gr H110 I am hitting a paper plate at 25.
It seems a death grip makes things more consistent yet when a doe slips in at 10 yards, will I rememeber to grip tightly?
Thanks
With that you are a whole lot more accurate than the average shooter if you can do that consistently. If your slow fire shooting with a magnum cartridge is worse than with a lightly recoiling handgun you have a flinching problem and should do the live round and dummy drill. It is easy to do with a revolver, interchange empty brass intermittently with live cartridges, it will show the problem.
In slow fire, the grip on magnum and light loads has the same influence on the results, so we can assume that you do the basics right but just need proper exposure to magnum cartridges. Load some up and practice. I would recommend to not shoot more than 30 rounds in one session and make sure, that you have grips that fit your hand well.