12 shots, taught me a bunch !

[tj3006]

Went out scouting for Elk on the Oregon coast with my 2 buddies today, (saw 10 a mile away, Oregon coast Roosevelt elk are huge ! ) Took my new 41 mag along, For a very quick informal shoot !  Basically i put an Mt red bull can on a rock with a good backstop. Ran about 25 yards away And started shooting, 1st thing i learned was that the sights are not even almost regulated to the load i was shooting. 
     Consistently low and left,  My long time hunting partner was not interested in shooting , but his 18 year old son was, i shot 14.5 grains of AA#9 And the 215 gr Cast performance SWC, And my young friend Shot the same bullet over 15grs of the same powder.  He did not hit anything either, but i decided to try one more load, it was 
     17 grains of AA#9 under the 210 grain Sierra jhc. That,s a pretty stiff load.
 I learned that the 41 with a max load is not near as hard to handle as the 44 mag,  Really exactly as advertised.  And I shot 3 and they were close to the can, all three were just low and left again. I compensated on the 4th shot , and Drilled the can, with the 4th, missed with the last too. but i am sure it is a good shooter, i just need to regulate the sights.
      Came home an resized and primed the 18 cases, I was quite happy to see that the fired cases still looked brand new !  Tight chambers no black on the side of the cases. 
Went to the store and bought a can of 2400. Tomorrow i will go to the range , and shoot the Unique loads with the sierra to set my windage and just get used to the revolver.

     Then shoot some hotter loads and see how i do.

       You guys are right about Ruger making 41s Right,   In about 3 weeks i will send it out for a Action Job and a Bowen rear sight !... tj

[bula]

Love happy endings. Go forth and ventilate ! Luck on the elk. Yum..

[sixshot]

Doesn't your Ruger 41 magnum have adjustable sights? If so just dial it up a bit & then turn the windage screw back towards you (right) and shoot again. Also, shooting low left can indicate a bit of a flinch, maybe. Are you using any kind of a rest to get your sights set correctly. You really need to at least to start out with, then practice your off hand shooting.

Dick

[Joe S.]

Keep at it. Find a load you and the gun likes and stick with it.

[tj3006]

Dick it does have adjustable rear sights, i maybe should have used the word adjustable rather than regulate. And i will Use a backpack to rest at the range. A trick i used years ago and might use today is 2 rolls of toilet paper side by side in a fanny pack i have that holds them tight together makes a great rest !
I did not bring any tools with me yesterday. I also need sight in my ,06 for 180 grain bullets.
...tj3006

[tj3006]

Flinching is a possibility. But I don,t think i did it on many of these shots, The revolver does have a heavy trigger pull , witch in my experience with rifles makes flinching worse , but i am confident that my sight picture stayed true through most of the shots.
I am going to call a local Smith on Tuesday. He has been in business locally for many many years , and ask him about an action job. I would probably be just fine with a trigger job on this revolver , but a free spin Cylinder would be good too.
Or do you think i should send it to one of the recognized names in the business ? ...tj

[wheelguns]

I think you should just put in a lighter trigger spring in it and give it a try, or you can go old school and take one leg of your spring off the pin and try that. I have the exact same gun and I just changed the spring. It is much better now.

[dhd]

Order a set of Wolff springs for the BH, have proper fitting screw driver bits, have some fine sand paper available (400 through 800 grit wet/dry), read Bradshaw's info on doing trigger jobs, and do it yourself. You'll learn the workings of the BH, and probably enjoy yourself.

Having a nice trigger makes it easier to shoot smaller groups, but does not fix shooter related issues. I don't tend to flinch, but really loud blast can make the best shooters tense up. Wear double ears, use a good rest, and don't rush the shot without KNOWING that the sight alignment is true. As I get older, my eyes are not the friends they once were. Figure them into the equation too.

Use a larger target with a well defined aiming point that you can see well. My shooting partner calls it "getting greedy" when I shoot for tiny targets. By all means get greedy, but get to know your new revolver first and it will reward you.

I know nothing about your revolver, but everyone else has mentioned how accurate the 41 Magnum BH's tend to be. Yours probably is one of them.

I'm not trying to be sacastic or harsh here. Your load may be a problem but in all my many calibers in BH's, even what I consider a bad load isn't really bad.

[JM]

Don't know if it was mentioned, but leave an empty chamber next time you load the cylinder. Rotate the cylinder so you don't know where that chamber is, then carefully shoot that cylinder until empty. If you have a flinch, it will show on that empty chamber. You might be surprised when you see the front sight dip to the left.

[wheelguns]

It takes a lot of discipline and practice to become a good handgun shot. I have been shooting weekly for several years and still have a long way to go. I concentrate on follow through breathing, keeping my grip the same, and keeping my finger on the trigger the same. There really is no shortcuts. You need to do a reset after every shot. Don’t get discouraged it will come along. Think of all the fun you are having. I try to learn something every time I go shooting. Sometimes a cheap pistol rest can eliminate one problem at a time. I learned a lot about my shortcomings with one of these. Good luck!!!👍

[tj3006]

I use the 5 shot thing quite a lot , and it caught me a couple times today.
And Streaker. i might order the Wolf spring Kit, and have a buddy of mine help me with the trigger job. I watched a Video on you tube that shows you step by step how its done.
Aint a rats chance in hell i would ever attempt to do anything like it on my own. But my friend is gifted that way, i am a ham handed baboon brained fool when it comes to small mechanized devices.
I can field strip a 1911 pretty well, but that,s about as far as it goes. the only thing that might make it worse is if i was fool enough to try it. We did the Wilson combat kit on my SP101 , and i watched closely, I could never do that job, if my life depended on it you better order the flowers !. tj3006

[dhd]

Admittedly, I used a lot of colorful language first time it took one apart. Next thing you know, I was fitting new grip frames.

It ain't nowhere as hard as taking a 10-22 trigger apart for the first time.

Put some pics up of the new toy.

[tj3006]

I have done lots of jobs on guns, put timney triggers in several 98s and a couple of Rugers. But small parts and i do not get along at all. I did an action job on my 94 marlin, but i am not touching that trigger either. But i did get the answers i was looking for, it,s not something i need to send the gun out across the country for, If my friend watches the video and says he can do it i will order the spring kit , so far i can,t figure out the picture thing here ! ...tj3006