Sweet shooters! I thought the smiley said enough.
1st day of shooting went down like this:
Cleaned 'em shot some smokeless loads I had layin round. Hit about 2-3" high at 20-25 feet. Shot to left with right hand 3-4" and to right w/ left hand 3-4". Obviously pushin the gun. Two handed shot center and 2-3" high. Back to duelist and corrected my pushin'. Centered and slightly high still. Patterns holding decent (2-3+ inch or so group). I adjusted elevation nary a bit at this point. Just aimed center of dot and fired away. At first I was just a tryin to figure why I was right and left. Once I got a feel for the gun, learned to hold it better, I adjusted my grip, dropped the blade down a tad and presto! BULLSEYE! Kept all my rounds from then on in a 4-5 inch circle duelist style takin my time. Fair enough for me. Now if I can get some speed and combine it with accuracy.....wait I shoot Frontier Cartridge Duelist...I can forget speed.
Now I need to to load some more BP loads up and fool around with them this weekend. Hopefully the accuracy will remain.
I am really happy with the balance, quality and accuracy of this gun. I ain't a firearms expert, by no means or great marksman, but I will step up and say, outta the box, I ain't felt nothin better than this. The Gauchos feel pretty close, but I'd rather deal with Americans when I can. Now bear in mind, I ain't fooled with any STOCK Colts or USFA's, so I don't know how they compare. The gun has a durn nice feel to it and a few pards are gettin the bug to get one too after feelin mine. Balance close to my pards Colts.
Rawhide, ya done any action work to yours or have any other here done anything to theirs? More I fumble w/them and shoot'em, I think all I need is an infinite supply of ammo . That's it! 1000 rounds oughtta be just breakin in good! I may lighten the trigger up a bit, maybe the hammer too, although it is by no means heavy. Been shootin c@b which is heavy handed!
BTW, Rawhide, leather is being done this week, hopefully next week I'll have that. I'll post pics.
My advice on these Ruger NV if ya can get past the transfer bar and some other historical inconsistencies, by all means folks, consider one. Not knockin' Uberti's or Piettas or other makes, but one of my determining factors was why spend less on a pistol then have to get work done ( which in turn equaled more than an outta the box Ruger) to make it as slick as my Ruger, and still not nowhere's equal a Ruger's durability? Just my thoughts.
Next on the agenda, a '73 rifle a mule eared double, a pair of 75s.........