686 Accuracy

[doc540]

congrats, Alfonse!

I sold some stuff and hustled the money to buy that MatchDot.

Being able to adjust the size of the dot seems to make a huge difference to me.

My Primary Arms micro dot is, I think, a 4 MOA.

The MatchDot can be reduced to a 2 MOA.

With a little practice starting at 25 yds, you'd be surprised how accurate one can get with a 2 MOA dot!

I know I'M surprised!

[les strat]

my best group ever today

sighting in the Matchdot using Wammart ammo
50 yds from a rest

What a great sport!

Great shootin!

Man I love my 686 no-dash. I don't know which I'm most accurate with, my 686 or my 642. But all I know is my 2 large Smith's are my most accurate pistols hands down. Gotta love em.

[Bawanna]

I can shoot my 10-22 to 50 yards, and get pretty good groups, with a 3x9 scope on it. I do get frustrated with my vision, mostly because when younger I had fantastic eyes and really liked shooting iron sights.

Now, I hardly want to shoot my rifles with iron sights because I can hit so little with them anymore beyond 25 yards. The PM9 sights are something that are certainly 10 yards or less for me. Rather than be frustrated or not shoot them, I should probably just invest in some nice optics for my rifles that don't have them. Surprisingly, I can still hit clays pretty well on a good day.

I have a couple of carbines with red dots on them and would have a hard time getting groups like that with the rifles at 50 yards. As you said, the dot is as big as the target.

I don't have any pistols with optics mounted on them. But, part of my ongoing wheel gun saga is that I did purchase a 4" 686 on GB yesterday. So, we'll see what I can hit with that after it gets here. Your posts are making me look forward to it even more.

One more thing, I grew up in Texas and that picture reminded me of the vegetation down there. Looks pretty good!

Did you get a 686 6 shooter or a 686 7 shooter?

[Alfonse]

An older one, a -3, six shooter. Supposed to not have been fired much. I'll know more in a week or so.