Practicing Double Action

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Even old magazines have interesting info. Guns Magazine has been putting up 1957 issues all year for free download. The November 1957 issue has a really cool article on practicing DA shooting (Revolvers for Fun and Fur, page 33). Following the articles advice, I've been practicing DA dry firing all weekend. Just went to the range this morning and shot about 300 rounds of .38 and .357 through my S&W 642 and Ruger SP101, all DA (usually I shoot mostly SA if I can). I was very surprised to find that I shot very well with the practice and pulling straight through smoothly. I was also very surprised to see that I could get off five aimed shots about as fast as I can with a semi-auto. I still need a lot of work on improving, but I was pleased to see what a weekend of dry firing and practicing technique can do.

Here's a link to the magazine downloads:

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/1957issue.html
 
DA is a great thing to practice, seeing that self defense will probably a pull and shoot situation. I know alot of folks who take and have their revolvers Bobbed and lightend so it is pretty much DA only.
 
I have found the thing that helps my DA shooting the most is spending lots of quality time with my .22lr revolver. A range that I belong to has a rimfire gallery and its easy to blow through a brick of ammo. After that, I normally go for a box or two of centerfire revolver and have noticed a vast improvement in my DA revolver shooting.

Some of the ads in the magazine were great. A sten gun for $30 or a $20 springfield would be great. My father told me he spent about $15 for his surplus 1911 way back when.
 
Thanks for the link. Ought to be a good read. I love shooting DA, and after lots of practice, found I'm just as accurate shooting DA as I am SA.
 
Some of the ads in the magazine were great. A sten gun for $30 or a $20 springfield would be great. My father told me he spent about $15 for his surplus 1911 way back when.
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I like reading the ads too. Don't forget to account for inflation. :p

That would be a $223 Sten, a $143 Springfield and a $111 1911 with today's dollar value. Well, actually, those are still great prices! :)

A range that I belong to has a rimfire gallery and its easy to blow through a brick of ammo.
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What's a Rimfire Gallery?

Thanks for the link. Ought to be a good read.
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You're welcome!

I also found that you can download all of 1957's mags and all of 1956's just by copying and changing the download link. I was missing a couple of the months.

For example, November '57's link is:

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/G1157.pdf

Change that to this and you'll get January '57:

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/G0157.pdf

Change it to this and you'll get January '56:

http://www.gunsmagazine.com/G0156.pdf
 
Since my revolvers (686+ and 637) are intended for HD/SD, I do almost all my weekly practice double action at 5-7 yards. The few times I have fired single action, I have noted no improvement in accuracy over double action. But perhaps that is because I practice double action mostly. I detect a closed loop here.
Cordially, Jack
 
Wow, that's a really nice range! They have something for everyone and seem to have a great attitude towards practice and fun. Not a bad membership fee either.

I'd say that Rimfire range fits the old Shooting Gallery description. I've never seen anything like that outside carnivals and video games. Very cool.
 
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