I had some trouble with double action.
But I got better.
My Rossi 4-inch revolver in 357 Magnum.
This time on GUN PHYSICS.
Push that latch forward on the
left-hand side, check for empty before you play with it.
Then spin the cylinder
like a modern cowboy. There's the cylinder on the crane and here's the ejector.
Works pretty well to push those spent casings out. Price was good on this one.
Bought it as a blem at the Kentucky Gun Company. It's got a nice checkered hammer
and the controversial Taurus safety lock - clockwise to lock - unclockwise to unlock.
Unlike some revolvers the firing pin is on the hammer. Serrated top strap. Fully
adjustable rear sight for windage and elevation. That rear sight's also serrated
with a little white U-notch. Front sight works fine but it's just a painted
rectangle and it needs to be a fiber optic or something better. Grips - one
screw and because of that one screw and some misalignment - grips - if you look closely
don't look too great. It's got a pretty wide smooth comfortable trigger which
didn't want to focus and here's the action of the double action.
Now you can listen to the single action.
Here's seven yards single-action. So single action works pretty well for me
So the single action works pretty well for me,
double-action not so much. Guess I just need some practice. First time at the
range with this thing I had some difficulties with single-action. It
wasn't firing on a pretty regular basis and later I figured out why. So if you
clear the trigger first with your finger and then cock the hammer everything's
fine. But if you leave your finger inside there a little bit let that trigger move
forward slightly, and then cock the hammer without fully clearing your
finger, it doesn't advance the cylinder. I figure there maybe a problem internally.
There's a missing lever or something but that's what was happening causing all
the problems. As soon as I pulled my figure out on a regular basis -
solved the problem.
Here's a safariland holster I picked up from a bin at the local gun shop - pretty
decent condition - might actually use it some day. Maybe it's just this revolver,
maybe it's just the two days i took it to the range, but i really was not
successfully hitting much of anything.
This is 15 yards and selective editing makes it look ok but I'm a lot better
with my Taurus PT92 in single action. Here's just what it looks like when you're
shooting it.
I shot all 357 Magnum
target loads for this review. Got a few pretty good groups but I had to try
pretty hard for a long time.
Single-action five shots in a 1.2 inch group 7-yard standing unsupported.
Same distance same situation double action and here's another single action target
that's pretty good so I like my little Rossi 357 Magnum.
I like the four-inch barrel because it makes it look balanced.
I've got a holster for it.
It's a blem gun with an X at the end of the serial number but it was
inexpensive. Works well.