Practicing with purpose and the snub nose revolver

To demonstrate a couple of practice drills to improve your confidence in carrying a snub nose revolver, and to maintain and build on what you have.
With limiting our time and a low round count practice session with a specific goal in mind, we can make better progress than if we just stand and throw rounds down range.

[@powdermonkey5183]

I like how you keep it honest and real, no retakes. Good shooting.

[@everythingdefensivecarry1108]

Powder Monkey thanks man. That’s something I will always do.

[@gunlover5564]

I like the realism. I get tired of seeing KZbin commandos decked out in tactical gear stroking their own ego. Nice videos

[@radiohobbyist13]

The lush greenery, the chirping birds, the sound of gun fire. The only thing missing is a good cup of coffee. ☕ 👍

[@Harleywindtherapy]

Real and honest. Thank you. It's all a compromise and there are times we just want to or need to carry a wheelgun.

[@44Mag]

The best kept secret for a J-Frame is to use wadcutters. You can put 5 rounds inside a 2" circle at 5 yards with just a little practice. They are SUPER light recoiling, which lets you get multiple hits on target quick, fast and in a hurry... For the folks that refuse to carry anything that does not expand - The ability to place hits in the right place, is WAY more important than expansion. I carry a J-frame every day as my primary gun. I do not carry any spare ammo for it, but I do carry an LCP in my pocket, with two spare mags in my other pocket, so I always have 23 rounds on me total, which should be enough for me to get out of the combative area, or at least get to a long gun. Cheers!

[@dalejenkins5102]

Good shooting with the snubby!

[@apuzyr]

One big plus about a wheel gun is that you never have to worry about limp-wristing when shooting from the waist, should you’re attacker be almost “on top of you”.

[@Jackknife1951]

Plus you never have to worry about a failure to feed, or a failure to eject, or magazine problems.

[@Chrondo702a]

I appreciate this video. Nice to know some easy to remember drills that I can try to do in the future. Liked and Subscribed!

[@oldcop18]

I shoot a similar drill w/paper plates. Starting @ three yards I fire five rounds as fast as I can hit, reload & repeat. Next is five yards then seven, slowing down a bit as distance increases. The goal is to keep all ten rounds on the plate, tight groups are unimportant. I’ve been in a gunfight during my career and this drill best tests what I experienced. I also test at distance w/my J Frame, shooting a Q Target @ 25 yards, slow fire, and again the object is to keep all five rounds as close to center chest as possible.

[@johncarmichael4698]

I’m learning Thanks❤

[@dphillips4351]

Thanks for the presentation!

[@intj2948]

Great video. That’s a useful drill I’ll have to try out.

[@josephbivona2831]

thanks for the info.

[@kylewood8327]

This looks to be a nice drill.

[@darbyheavey406]

My favorite target…the cheap paper plate.

[@mopesrus7266]

IMHO, shooting a snubbie accurately takes more praactice than shooting most semi-autos especially for a new shooter. I suggest becoming proficcient with a heavier, longer sized bbl (4inch) before jumping to a snubbie that has much shorter sight radius and is much lighter. I've never known anyone who picked up an airweight and was immediately a marksman with it.

[@TheGrenadier97]

My first gun will probably be a snub nose, God willing by next year. Great video.

[@tonyrome655]

Although the S&W is a great gun, I find the Ruger LCR to be more accurate and has better trigger. I am not an expert in any way. Just my experience with snubbies.

[@ljoe35]

@@tonyrome655 Absolutely....I had one also and the reason the trigger is so much better is that the LCR is striker fired. - j.👍🙏🇺🇸

[@vincentdorsey8545]

It helps if you have your own outdoor range to use. Many of us live in places that we cant do that. Also, the ranges we go to wont allow rapid fire or "exercises". Money for decent training may not be there either.

[@everythingdefensivecarry1108]

Thank you for your comment. And yes, you are certainly correct. For years, I would use other people’s property, or offer to pay a farmer a monthly fee to use a small portion of the land so that I could get live fire practice in. While it may not be the most convenient solution, it can be done, just as people who are hunters will get out and knock on doors to obtain permission to hunt on their land. Also before I had my own land, I would get up very early and drive to a State Park outdoor range so that I could get in my practice before anyone else showed up. I had to drive over fifty miles one way to do it, and only did it once a month, but at least it was something. If one has a desire to better themselves, one can figure out ways to do it.

[@josephthomas439]

Where can you get those timers?

[@bluemouse5039]

I consider myself a competent shooter with my hand guns, not great ,but maybe above average , I own several revolvers and semi pistols from a 22 to 44 magnum caliber and can be consistently accurate with all of them, I own a Air weight Smith and Wesson also which as a carry gun, I like everything about it, the way it fits my hand, shoots a substantial round, light weight, and generally just feels right, But I cannot hit a damn thing with it, other than point blank range or no more than 10 feet away , which was a major disappointment to me, I tried all kinds of stances, gripping it different, shooting one handed or two , but on the paper target my shots were all over the place, aiming at center mass sometimes out of 5 shots only one hit the torso target and it was always high to the right which would be hitting a shoulder ,neck or top of the head the other 4 shots were on the outside of the paper completely missing the target , 3 of my buddies were at the indoor range with me were shooting Glocks and M&Ps 9 mm pistols , I invited them to try their luck ,thinking it was just me, All of them shot it same or even worse than I did, high and to the right,

[@everythingdefensivecarry1108]

Thank you for your comments. It is true. The airweight snubbies are very difficult to shoot. Your experience is very common. The light weight combined with the heavy DA trigger and short sight radius will reveal any short comings you have in the fundamentals. It takes dedication and practice....perfect practice to master the trigger stroke while maintaining sight picture. But when you do, it is very rewarding, and will enhance your shooting ability with other guns.

[@bluemouse5039]

@@everythingdefensivecarry1108 The frustrating part is I tried various methods to achieve some degree of accuracy but nothing seemed to work, then again I only fired about 30 rounds ,hopefully if ammo ever becomes available I can take it back to the range again,

[@lesliestar6344]

That Don Hume holster is EXCELLENT! Keep you honest? ;) Haven't surfed your "other pocket draw vid's YET, but a "different camera angle (draw stroke) would be good". FYI: cylinder dump at end was GOOD! :)

[@therond.patron4959]

You failed both exercises. If I'm not mistaken on each Miss of the 5x5 you had a second to your time and if you miss anything on the wizard you fail. I personally find it a little harder to fire a revolver than a semi-auto.

[@everythingdefensivecarry1108]

I didn’t fail the 5x5, all the shots were on the plate. I did fail the Wizard, which I usually do with a snub nose revolver. The red circle is representing the head shot for the Wizard drill, and is not for the 5x5.

[@edwardwoltman3827]

what's the point of this video......What.

[@everythingdefensivecarry1108]

Simply to demonstrate two, low round count drills to keep you tuned up on the snub nose revolver that require elements of timed fire and accuracy. Thank you for your question.

[@miked-up]

Worthless… get a second camera

[@everythingdefensivecarry1108]

lol, if I was doing this for profit I would. I am doing these videos to document my own progress.

[@Pmedic605]

The amount of time it takes to miss the target don't mean shit.

[@everythingdefensivecarry1108]

Yeah, but all of those shots were placed well enough to be good hits on a humanoid target. When deadly force is the only answer, it’s the only answer. You will want to take your time and not feel pressured-said no one ever in that situation.