David E
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Interestingly, I took a guy to the range that I'd call a casual, average shooter.
I handed him my M-66 loaded with .38's and had him run two cylinders at a sheet of paper at 5yds one handed. He missed one or two on the first run, got them all the second.
I put up two sheets and told him I'd be shooting too, so let's see who finished first. I was using the same Ruger .357 Blackhawk as before.
I was pretty sure I'd beat him time-wise and if not, then I'd have all my hits whereas he would not.
The first run, he missed his first shot, I didn't, so I stopped right there. So we did it again.
THIS time, he was very focused and shot faster than ever and edged me out by about 1/2 second. Ah, but I had all my hits!........as did he.
At first, I was disappointed he beat me, but then I saw the bigger picture: a virtually unskilled shooter who basically had 4 cylinders of DA shooting practice edged out a semi-skilled SA shooter. Maybe another SA shooter would've won that run, but with some serious practice, or maybe only 100 rds, the DA shooter would win again. And every time thereafter.
One main point in the other thread was that the SA falls way short of the DA when fired at speed one handed.
Two handed, it's s wash for the first 5-6 shots. But you don't always get to use two hands.
I handed him my M-66 loaded with .38's and had him run two cylinders at a sheet of paper at 5yds one handed. He missed one or two on the first run, got them all the second.
I put up two sheets and told him I'd be shooting too, so let's see who finished first. I was using the same Ruger .357 Blackhawk as before.
I was pretty sure I'd beat him time-wise and if not, then I'd have all my hits whereas he would not.
The first run, he missed his first shot, I didn't, so I stopped right there. So we did it again.
THIS time, he was very focused and shot faster than ever and edged me out by about 1/2 second. Ah, but I had all my hits!........as did he.
At first, I was disappointed he beat me, but then I saw the bigger picture: a virtually unskilled shooter who basically had 4 cylinders of DA shooting practice edged out a semi-skilled SA shooter. Maybe another SA shooter would've won that run, but with some serious practice, or maybe only 100 rds, the DA shooter would win again. And every time thereafter.
One main point in the other thread was that the SA falls way short of the DA when fired at speed one handed.
Two handed, it's s wash for the first 5-6 shots. But you don't always get to use two hands.