Thank you, from the BaitShop Boyz! |
How do you use a rest to fire a pistol? |
Post Reply |
Author | |
stinky
.243 Winchester Joined: 30 August 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 214 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Posted: 20 July 2014 at 12:53 |
On a pistol or a revolver...when you test-fire the gun, for accuracy, using a rest, there are some folk that say just rest your barrel, or fore-end on the rest, and there are some that say don't touch the barrel, or the frame on the rest as it won't work right. What do you say?
John 14:6 |
|
John 14:6
|
|
deaddog
Administrator *AKA The Flying Gun* Joined: 23 April 2004 Location: Svalbard Status: Offline Points: 991201 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I do everything I can not to rest n the barrel. I would think it's easy to
test. Fire a cylinder each way and see if there is any difference? DD |
|
Endeavor to persevere.
|
|
BEAR
Administrator Joined: 07 September 2013 Location: Appalachian Mtn Status: Offline Points: 13734 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I put a sandbag under the pistol grip butt; and a bag under the barrel. On a rifle I'd not rest the barrel,; but a pistol has a short barrel and accuracy isn't going to be great. Resting both pistol and rifle, the MOST important thing is to have the gun recoil straight back. If the muzzle on the pistol or rifle is swinging upward, the groups will be large. Most rifle"sled; and other things are designed to reduce recoil to the shooter; so they give terrible groups as the rifle rise upward rather than back. With my T/C contenders (30 H and 375 W) I get 1.5 inch groups at 100 yards using sandbags on the barrel and the grip. |
|
Muleskinner
.416 Rigby AKA The Crotchety ol’ Geezer Joined: 13 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 5284 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
I try to rest the frame in front of the trigger guard.
|
|
Mule
|
|
CB900F
Administrator Honor, Integrity Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Eritrea Status: Offline Points: 8857 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Fella's;
If I rest a pistol, and it's damn rare event when I do, it's with bottom of the grip on the rest. 900F |
|
Birth certificate!? He don't need no steenkink birth certificate!!
|
|
788Fan
.30/06 SpringField Joined: 10 August 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 334 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
For the larger handguns, Blackhawks and the 1911, I put
a sandbag under the grip and another under the frame to leave the barrel free. For the contender it's more like a rifle with the fore end setting on the rest. 788 |
|
"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the universe. That makes us something very special." Stephen Hawking 1942-2018
|
|
varmintcaller
.416 Rigby Joined: 27 June 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2088 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
CB+1
|
|
Molon Labe "Come take Them"
|
|
RaySendero
.30/06 SpringField Joined: 29 November 2005 Location: US South Status: Offline Points: 495 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Me - I've found that if I put any part of the pistol on a sand bag rest, I get a different POI from shooting-off hand. I'll use a 2 hand grip on the gun and set the sand bags down such that I can get both wrists solid on the sand bags. This way, If I'm testing ammo, I can get good groups to assess both accuracy and POI.
PS: When shooting revolvers, make sure you include a shot from each cylinder in the group. Edited by RaySendero |
|
Ray
|
|
Post Reply | |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |