I recently bought Smith & Wesson 438, partly because of $30 rebate.
Yesterday I bought some ammo and shot it the first time.
The recoil of this 15 oz revolver is much better than the 13 oz Ruger LCR. I shot about 50 rounds through it, and my hand did not feel hurt. When I last tried out Ruger LCR, every shot felt like a slap to my palm. After every 5 shots, I need to switch to shooting S&W Shield 2.0, as a rest for my hands. While I still feel a big relief when I switched from 438 to Shield, I do not have fear when I pulled the trigger of 438.
One round failed to fire. I noticed this dud when I pick up the cases at the end of the session. I put it back into the revolver, pull the trigger again. It still refuse to fire. This is clearly an ammo problem. I was quite surprised, as I have never met this kind of problem so far, after 500 rounds of 9mm ammo, 200 rounds of 7.62x39 ammo, and 30 rounds of 12 gauge ammo.
The biggest disappointment is point of hit. It is 4 inches low and 3 inches to the left of the point of aim, at the distance of 7 yards and 10 yards. The spread is bigger than I got from Ruger LCR. Ruger LCR also shot 3 inch high and 2 inches to the right of the point of aim. I tried Remington and a low recoil type from Walmart. The deviation from point of aim is the same.
I wonder what caused this difference. I may contact Smith & Wesson to see if this deviation can be corrected in repair.
Is it impossible to have 2 inch barrel revolvers to shoot true to the point of aim? What went wrong? Could be my shooting skills? Also, what is the correct sight picture for revolvers?
Yesterday I bought some ammo and shot it the first time.
The recoil of this 15 oz revolver is much better than the 13 oz Ruger LCR. I shot about 50 rounds through it, and my hand did not feel hurt. When I last tried out Ruger LCR, every shot felt like a slap to my palm. After every 5 shots, I need to switch to shooting S&W Shield 2.0, as a rest for my hands. While I still feel a big relief when I switched from 438 to Shield, I do not have fear when I pulled the trigger of 438.
One round failed to fire. I noticed this dud when I pick up the cases at the end of the session. I put it back into the revolver, pull the trigger again. It still refuse to fire. This is clearly an ammo problem. I was quite surprised, as I have never met this kind of problem so far, after 500 rounds of 9mm ammo, 200 rounds of 7.62x39 ammo, and 30 rounds of 12 gauge ammo.
The biggest disappointment is point of hit. It is 4 inches low and 3 inches to the left of the point of aim, at the distance of 7 yards and 10 yards. The spread is bigger than I got from Ruger LCR. Ruger LCR also shot 3 inch high and 2 inches to the right of the point of aim. I tried Remington and a low recoil type from Walmart. The deviation from point of aim is the same.
I wonder what caused this difference. I may contact Smith & Wesson to see if this deviation can be corrected in repair.
Is it impossible to have 2 inch barrel revolvers to shoot true to the point of aim? What went wrong? Could be my shooting skills? Also, what is the correct sight picture for revolvers?