BSA1
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"However, small snubs are the hardest guns to master (that is true for everyone, though for those who do devote a lot of time to the platform, they will get better, but that is true of all guns).
I'm OK with my 2" 461 and 85 (but no where near what I do with just about everything else). I'm pretty good with the 3" 461. The 442 is the toughest of my guns.
The short sight radius, the black on black sights, and the heavy recoil leading to slow follow up shots makes it far from ideal for accuracy (my aging and diabetic eyes don't help with my overall accuracy with that gun either).
Painting the sights will help with the first shot, though won't do all that much for the follow up shot speed.'
Which are all of the points I have made.
"That is where the laser may come in, but I'm not sure I want to spend that much and rely on a technological solution (though, it may be better than nothing).
As for the T-grip, they cost more than most of the grip options I'm considering (and I don't really like the looks)."
You will get a heck of deal if you can get laser grips cheaper than the T-Grip.
I understood your post to mean you were only interested in making it easier to shoot your 442. I missed the part that attractive grips are also important.
I have a love-hate relationship with J-frame revolvers. As a young police officer they were the most common choice for back-up and off-duty carry. Now my J-frames are niche guns. The Taurus M85 is a outdoors gun primary for use when fishing. Stainless steel and a mix of shotshells and target semi-wadcutter loads deal effectively with snakes, turtles and varmints.
The Taurus M941 22 Magnum is very useful on the farm for dispatching pests.
Both of them wear oversize rubber finger groove grips made by Taurus. Since I am on the large size (my edc is Beretta 92) I can conceal them in a iwb holster.
I'm OK with my 2" 461 and 85 (but no where near what I do with just about everything else). I'm pretty good with the 3" 461. The 442 is the toughest of my guns.
The short sight radius, the black on black sights, and the heavy recoil leading to slow follow up shots makes it far from ideal for accuracy (my aging and diabetic eyes don't help with my overall accuracy with that gun either).
Painting the sights will help with the first shot, though won't do all that much for the follow up shot speed.'
Which are all of the points I have made.
"That is where the laser may come in, but I'm not sure I want to spend that much and rely on a technological solution (though, it may be better than nothing).
As for the T-grip, they cost more than most of the grip options I'm considering (and I don't really like the looks)."
You will get a heck of deal if you can get laser grips cheaper than the T-Grip.
I understood your post to mean you were only interested in making it easier to shoot your 442. I missed the part that attractive grips are also important.
I have a love-hate relationship with J-frame revolvers. As a young police officer they were the most common choice for back-up and off-duty carry. Now my J-frames are niche guns. The Taurus M85 is a outdoors gun primary for use when fishing. Stainless steel and a mix of shotshells and target semi-wadcutter loads deal effectively with snakes, turtles and varmints.
The Taurus M941 22 Magnum is very useful on the farm for dispatching pests.
Both of them wear oversize rubber finger groove grips made by Taurus. Since I am on the large size (my edc is Beretta 92) I can conceal them in a iwb holster.
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