Peter M. Eick
Member
It has been a LONG long time since I was able to shoot much. Way too long but today, finally, I was able to hit the range and cut loose with some 38/44's.
This is my 1939 4" customized 38/44 Heavy Duty that someone modified with target sights and non-factory grips. The gun shoots well but I had it swimming in my hand while shooting double action. At 15 yrds I should be doing better with full power 38/44 loads.
This was shot with my Glossy 38/44 Outdoorsman Postwar shooter. I bought this gun just to shoot as it has a nice wide factory trigger spur for single action and good grips for general shooting. Again, 15 yrds, 50 shots.
This was shot with my pre-war 38/44 Outdoorsman shooter. This one was refinished in 41 so collector value is shot but it was not a deep buffing and it just made the lettering a bit soft. I was having issues today with keeping a consistent grip on the magna's so I tended to scatter. Also the 38/44 rounds were hitting high so I was using some elevation estimation to get them in the black. This did not help my overall accuracy. I noted that the trigger has a slight hitch before it breaks in double action so I think a deep cleaning is in order.
I was shooting 158 grn MBC SWC's with a stout (above current book max load of SR4756. Out of the Outdoorsman's this runs right at 1175 FPS so it was a nice plinker load. I just bought 8 more pounds of 4756 to go with the 3 lbs I had left just for the 38/44 and the 38 Super.
So tomorrow or Tuesday (depending on the weather) I will head back and shoot the Colts till I shoot up the rest of the 38 specials. I have about 1000 38 specials then I can do a big reloading run of my 38/44 and 38 Specials.
This is my 1939 4" customized 38/44 Heavy Duty that someone modified with target sights and non-factory grips. The gun shoots well but I had it swimming in my hand while shooting double action. At 15 yrds I should be doing better with full power 38/44 loads.
This was shot with my Glossy 38/44 Outdoorsman Postwar shooter. I bought this gun just to shoot as it has a nice wide factory trigger spur for single action and good grips for general shooting. Again, 15 yrds, 50 shots.
This was shot with my pre-war 38/44 Outdoorsman shooter. This one was refinished in 41 so collector value is shot but it was not a deep buffing and it just made the lettering a bit soft. I was having issues today with keeping a consistent grip on the magna's so I tended to scatter. Also the 38/44 rounds were hitting high so I was using some elevation estimation to get them in the black. This did not help my overall accuracy. I noted that the trigger has a slight hitch before it breaks in double action so I think a deep cleaning is in order.
I was shooting 158 grn MBC SWC's with a stout (above current book max load of SR4756. Out of the Outdoorsman's this runs right at 1175 FPS so it was a nice plinker load. I just bought 8 more pounds of 4756 to go with the 3 lbs I had left just for the 38/44 and the 38 Super.
So tomorrow or Tuesday (depending on the weather) I will head back and shoot the Colts till I shoot up the rest of the 38 specials. I have about 1000 38 specials then I can do a big reloading run of my 38/44 and 38 Specials.
