Quote:
Originally Posted by jyl
Going back to the single six, I never found mine to be that accurate. Something about having to regrip after cocking the hammer on each shot.
|
There is a difference between mechanical accuracy potential and the ability of the shooter to utilize that potential. Some guns are better than others in allowing the shooter to reach their mechanical accuracy potential. Single actions are notorious for being difficult in this regard; there is no hard "index" when gripping them. By design, they roll up in the hand under recoil. The .22's don't do it much, granted, but they do it enough to disturb one's grip. It takes a lot of practice to master one. It helps to use the weak hand thumb for cocking the single action, but even then you have to re-grip it a bit between shots.
I like a single action .22 because it serves as good practice for my big bore single actions. When we get up into 300 grain .44's and .45's, the single action grip really comes into its own. It's one of the easiest to handle the big kickers with, because of the way it smoothly rolls back in the hand. And I don't care what the grip shape may be, you definitely have to re-grip the big boomers after every shot. Having a .22 that mimics that makes for good practice.