"Jim Chandler" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:27:50 -0500, Sunworshipper Sunworshipper
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I hope I'm not gonna have to fix this problem.

I bought this chick gun as I call it a couple of years ago I guess. It
is a Model 60 (I think) S&W .357 Mag. 5 shot. The other day I shot it
with another for the first time and this thing shoots 1.5' low @ maybe
200'. It has one of those like fiber optic plastic end sights and
wondering if I have to have the bottom of the big red dot above the
"rail".

The book and box are deep in storage. Am I gonna have to send this
thing back to the factory? The S&W site I tryed e-mailing before I
bought it was no help. How, do I go about fixing this problem. I'm
thinking it is just us, but I know how to shoot a gun and it is 1.5
feet low.

I've asked around here and all I get is "what ammo? and doesn't sound
good". BTW 120 g. Oh, seems to have excessive side shrapnel, I had to
stand back further than I thought when the other shot it.

I don't know what to do. Write snail mail to S&W, or call those bone
heads where I bought it. The latter might be fun.


Since I'm on guns. I can't get a .22 rifle up here and I'd like to
taste a goose for the first time before they all leave south like I
should be doing. LOL. What is the deal? I have two registered guns and
can't buy a pop gun. Suppose I'll have to wait and give a DNA sample
to get a shot gun to shoot partridge.


If you're getting excessive shrapnel from the cylinder/barrel
junction, I would think that there is a problem with the alignment.
You might be able to check it with a brass rod the same size as the
.357 round. Gently run the rod from the barrel end down through the
cylinder and see if there is any interference or if the cylinder moves
when you go into it. You might also take it to a gunsmith for further
testing. If there IS an alignment problem that could account for some
of the drop.

1.5 feet at 200'. That's not bad. When I was on the Richmond, VA
police department we had to shoot at 60 yards (180') as part of our
qualifying. My 6" Colt had to be aimed at roughly the chin of the
target to get center mass. The 4" S&Ws had to be aimed at about the
forehead to achieve the same result. You figure it out. You didn't
say what your barrel length is but I wouldn't think that a foot and a
half drop at 200 feet would be something to be really concerned about.
At that range handguns become more an artillery piece than a defensive
weapon. You have to arc the shot onto the target. :-)

Revolvers tend to shoot low, if you use a normal "target" alignment of the
sights. In a combat situation, any normal person will have the front sight
'way high in the notch of the rear sight. It's just a natural reaction to a
threatening and stressful situation. On a gun used for defense, that's how
they're often set up.

My .38 Spl. Colt snubbie and .32 Colt Pocket Positive both shoot very low
like that. My .38 Spl. Officer's Model Target shoots as you would expect a
target gun to shoot: right on. The same is true with my Ruger SSM, which is
not a defense gun, either.

Tell Sunworshipper to keep his .22 out of sight if he's hunting geese. It
used to be against federal law to shoot migratory waterfowl with a rifle; I
assume it still is.

--
Ed Huntress