yanici
NES Member
I was wanting a 22 pistol in order to cut down on my practice ammo costs. It would be the S&W 22A semi target gun, or a S&W Mod. 41 semi target gun or a S&W 617 revolver. The 41 at close to $1000 was too much...that's out. The 617 revolver won out over the 22A because I love revolvers and it feels like a gun should when you hold it. It's one large, K-frame, hunk of steel weighing 45OZ. and almost a foot in length with its six inch barrel.
Picked up a brand spankin' new S&W 617 22cal. revolver on Wednesday along with 1500 round of mini-mags. Started at the indoor range with the target at 25' and the gun produced a nice little group of about 1/2". The group was low so I cranked the open sights and tried again. Still low. No matter how much I crank it the darn thing shoots consistantly low. Tried different distances and burned through at least 150 rounds and gave up. I assumed I bought the lemon gun.
Stopped at the outdoor range on the way out to shoot a bit more. After shooting a bit I decided I'd try the open sights again. WHAT A DUMMY!! I had been adjusting the sights in the wrong direction. I had misread the direction of turn from the owners manual and didn't realize it until I actually looked at the gun and noticed the sights were moving backward from the intended direction.
Ho-ho, now we're hitting like a champ. Targets at 30', 50', 25 yards not a problem. Hmmm...shot at a few rocks at the 50 yard berm. Holy Toledo this gun is great!! OK, now just for fun there are some small rocks out at 100 yards. A liitle hold over at 100 yards and this guy is hitting within inches of the target rocks, sometimes I actually hit one dead on. Not bad for a pistol and with open sights.
If anyone is looking for a fun gun this one will do the trick. I expected good accuracy out to 25 yards but not the 100 yard stuff. I think I'll keep this one. Here's the link to S&W's page on the gun: http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...d=10001&productId=14747&langId=-1&isFirearm=Y
Sorry for the long length of the post.
Picked up a brand spankin' new S&W 617 22cal. revolver on Wednesday along with 1500 round of mini-mags. Started at the indoor range with the target at 25' and the gun produced a nice little group of about 1/2". The group was low so I cranked the open sights and tried again. Still low. No matter how much I crank it the darn thing shoots consistantly low. Tried different distances and burned through at least 150 rounds and gave up. I assumed I bought the lemon gun.
Stopped at the outdoor range on the way out to shoot a bit more. After shooting a bit I decided I'd try the open sights again. WHAT A DUMMY!! I had been adjusting the sights in the wrong direction. I had misread the direction of turn from the owners manual and didn't realize it until I actually looked at the gun and noticed the sights were moving backward from the intended direction.
Ho-ho, now we're hitting like a champ. Targets at 30', 50', 25 yards not a problem. Hmmm...shot at a few rocks at the 50 yard berm. Holy Toledo this gun is great!! OK, now just for fun there are some small rocks out at 100 yards. A liitle hold over at 100 yards and this guy is hitting within inches of the target rocks, sometimes I actually hit one dead on. Not bad for a pistol and with open sights.
If anyone is looking for a fun gun this one will do the trick. I expected good accuracy out to 25 yards but not the 100 yard stuff. I think I'll keep this one. Here's the link to S&W's page on the gun: http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...d=10001&productId=14747&langId=-1&isFirearm=Y
Sorry for the long length of the post.
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