My "new" deer gun
 

hey gang, was at gun show today and picked up S&W 629 with 6 inch barrel.
I'm new to 44 and was wondering if Buffalo Bore 270 grain Speer Uni-core is to much for this puppy? It will be primarily for hunting and occasional carry/truck gun. Any how I'm very glad I finally found 44.
http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s...ng03/sw001.jpg
Paid 515 for it.

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its a beauty. I'm jealous.

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Those are great revolvers. Grats.

:wink:

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Just plain sweet


T

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They look sweet polished up and engraved too! Click on the image for a large version.

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Very nice...been wanting a woods gun for a while...was pondering .357 but that is nice.

mdp

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+1. I'd like to pick up one of those. I like my Glock 22, but I've had the hankering to pick up a revolver lately. Can't beat a revolver for simplicity...

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Man I took this gun to the range today. I hate to admit this but I caught my self flinching really bad. Just now got use to 357 after bout 300 rounds but 44 will take some time I think.

Any tips on how to defeat flinching? When i concentrate really good and take my time I get 7 inch groups at 25 yards ( witch is bad ) and thats after 100 ( Buffalo Bore 270grn) rounds. First 90 were WAY of target.
I admit that 100 rounds is as much as I could handle today. Call me a wimp but holy cow that thing kicks.

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Flinching and eye closures to me are not about technique directly, but more about the mind.

You must feel that the gun is more than you are used to shooting. That is not something to be ashamed of. Admitting it is the first step.

In the sense that you might feel you don't have enough technique/experience to handle her, here is what I have done in the past:

Walk over to a range employee. Pick one that looks like an expert. Usually all of them are. Ask him.her if they would mind showing you proper grip technique and stance as well as how to use the sights and line up a target.

You may already know these things, but that is not the point.

The point here is that they will help build your confidence and in some sense make you perform on their advice on the spot.

For what it is worth, if you hand the gun to a range guy and he runs you through the gauntlet of the above and pops off a few rounds, you will then immediately take the gun and solve the flinch problem.

Eye closures for me were harder to defeat.

That is something that you have to conciously work with on the mental side.

Just tell yourself to relax and then relax again and then relax some more. Relax the hands, the head, the grip, the stance, the muscles in your feet. Relax everywhere and take your time. Hold the gun on target and do not shoot it. There is nothing wrong with just holding it on target and not pulling the trigger.

Then repeat enough until you have a break though.

Repetition is the only thing that will help after that.

I hope that helps.

ps. Nice purchase. Your gun makes me want to own a revolver.

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Beeyourself,
That's a great advice man. I'll try that on the next trip to the range. Funny thing is that I can shoot 3inch groups at 25 yard with 9mm like nothing. You probably right about me not relaxing.
Any how, I'll get this beotch to shoot 4 inch groups at 50 yards before this deer season, I hope lol.

Look in to ruger gp100, that was my first revolver and I love that gun. It's very accurate and tough as nails.

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Maintain a good grip, accept that there will be recoil, then things get a lot easier. Do not try and anticipate the trigger break, concentrate on sight picture and squeezing the trigger straight back, the exact moment of firing should be a surprise.

I found one good way of conditioning myself to avoid flinching, was rapid fire. After a while you just get used to it. That sounds strange but it's true.

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I like my 629 an awful lot. My input? The 240 gr XTP from Hornady is more then enough for deer. I would also tell you that the 629 Classic in a full lug barrel is a lot more recoil friendly as compared to the half or 3/4 lug on your gun. But you can't complain for $515. I bought mine new in box for $600 in 1997.