Finally shot my Sheriff....boy, was I fuming!!!

[elkslayer]

Since buying my Sheriff, I have moved to Reno, NV.  Between the move, new job, and my son wanting to go fishing every available second, I haven't shot a firearm in over a year.  Wife and son took off to the in-laws, so I grabbed the sheriff and went to a range I just found out about.
  I put up a 4" bullseye target at about 10 yds and shot a cylinder of 22lr.  One bullseye, a couple nearby and one off the paper.  Hmmm...troublesome, BUT I know, like Rugers, she should tighten up with the 22WMR.  So, loaded the WMR cylinder and again shot at the target...only two out of five even hit the paper!!!  Knew I was rusty, but never THIS rusty...I was peeved!  Loaded another cylinder of mags and picked out a piece of a clay target about 25yds away; figured I could see dirt fly to see where she was really shooting.  Resting my hands on the bench, the first shot was about a foot high, second low and right, third left, etc.  Now, at this point I was fuming....how do I get rid of this piece of junk?!!   Since, I haven't shot in so long, I decided to keep on shooting.  As I was shooting, I remembered this one review I read on NAA revolvers years ago where the author talked about gripping the revolver.  So, I loaded the mag cylinder, wrapped my fingers around the grip then bringing it back to my palm.  Found a clay sitting on the berm at 50 yds away, rested my hands on the bench, and emptied the cylinder.  Out of the five rounds, none hit more than a foot from the clay, most hitting much closer.  The lightbulb went off and the scowl on my face was replaced with a smile.
  After getting an idea on how to grip it, it was a totally different revolver.  Resting my hands on the bench when shooting, a clay target at 20 yds was easy to hit, I mean EASY, with the 22WMR cylinder.  With the 22lr, it doesn't shoot quite as well, but the misses were SO close to hitting the clay.  Best of all, the sights were PERFECT, no left/right kentucky windage needed.
  So, to sum it all up, I am honestly amazed on how accurate she is!!!  It went from being a junk gun that wasn't accurate enough for self defense at five feet to, with a change of grip on the handle, a revolver worthy of chasing ruffed grouse in the mountains with.  Well done, NAA, well done!!!

[Uncle_Lee]

I actually got goose bumps reading that. (of course it could be the new meds I am on)
I am happy for you that it hit better with a different grip.

[zburkett]

My hands simply didn't fit my Earl, making it difficult to be accurate.  I put a floppy wobbler on it and problem solved.  Then I got hold of a Black Widow grip and it is now one of my favorite plinking guns.

[Bigbird48]

  Awesome Elkslayer , I've been wanting a Sheriff for a long time but was holding off waiting for the Ranger, then got tired of waiting and bought that S&W 9mm
Now the moneys gone and the kitty's slowly being refunded and if the Ranger comes out and its over $400 the Sheriff will be the next one.
Oh and my BW with the cvangs is really accurate at 20 yards I have no problem hitting cans. I consider these minis to be close quarter guns anyway so I don't shoot for distance.
Happy  4th everyone 

[OV-1D]

Awesome Elkslayer , I've been wanting a Sheriff for a long time but was holding off waiting for the Ranger, then got tired of waiting and bought that S&W 9mm
Now the moneys gone and the kitty's slowly being refunded and if the Ranger comes out and its over $400 the Sheriff will be the next one.
Oh and my BW with the cvangs is really accurate at 20 yards I have no problem hitting cans. I consider these minis to be close quarter guns anyway so I don't shoot for distance.
Happy  4th everyone 

   Happy Fourth back at ya BigBird and the rest of you fellas out there , BE SAFE !!!!!

[Texduk3]

a junk gun ??   

[Bigbird48]

Did you read post #1
He said it was a junk gun because he wasn't gripping it correctly once he found the proper grip it was a fantastic gun

a junk gun ??   

[MR_22]

But did you also shoot the Deputy?

[NOTL21]

Now that was funny!

[cwlongshot]

Mine was not great until I re-crowned the barrel...




Here is crown BEFORE.



The CVangs may not be as purdy... but the gun shoots better!

My hands simply didn't fit my Earl, making it difficult to be accurate.  I put a floppy wobbler on it and problem solved.  Then I got hold of a Black Widow grip and it is now one of my favorite plinking guns.

I agree! My BW shoots better with the CVangs too!



CW

[Uncle_Lee]

Now that is some good shooting.
Good looking little guns also.
From the ones that I have looked at, most need the crown cleaned up on them.

Thank You for a good start to the day.

[RogueTS1]

OUCH on that price tag for the Remington mag ammo....................... 50 rounds of rim fire at $23.00; what has become of this nation?

PS: good grouping though

[OV-1D]

  That's some fine grouping alrighty .

[cwlongshot]

OUCH on that price tag for the Remington mag ammo....................... 50 rounds of rim fire at $23.00; what has become of this nation?

PS: good grouping though

Allot of folks jump on the price of that ammo in my pic..


Know what? 3-5 years ago it was STILL 17-19$ a box!!  Its PREMIUM ammo! Costly, YES have you tried to buy 22 Hornet or 218 BEE?? ANY ammo thats not as popular flavors are more costly.

CW

[zburkett]

Put another way, the LR cylinder pays for itself in a good afternoon of shooting. 

[OV-1D]

OUCH on that price tag for the Remington mag ammo....................... 50 rounds of rim fire at $23.00; what has become of this nation?

PS: good grouping though

Allot of folks jump on the price of that ammo in my pic..


Know what? 3-5 years ago it was STILL 17-19$ a box!!  Its PREMIUM ammo! Costly, YES have you tried to buy 22 Hornet or 218 BEE?? ANY ammo thats not as popular flavors are more costly.

CW

  The old supply and demand ploy , it's the shipping prices that gets my feathers up , ridiculous  .

[MR_22]

Now that was funny!

I think you're the only one who got it, NOT.

[cwlongshot]

OUCH on that price tag for the Remington mag ammo....................... 50 rounds of rim fire at $23.00; what has become of this nation?

PS: good grouping though

Allot of folks jump on the price of that ammo in my pic..


Know what? 3-5 years ago it was STILL 17-19$ a box!!  Its PREMIUM ammo! Costly, YES have you tried to buy 22 Hornet or 218 BEE?? ANY ammo thats not as popular flavors are more costly.

CW

  The old supply and demand ploy , it's the shipping prices that gets my feathers up , ridiculous  .

Mine too!  But my point was folks look at the number and react... Society reacts before they think today... My father used to call it Diarrhea of the mouth... speaking before thinking.

If you always bought Winchester 22MAG dyna Points at 7-9$ a box, and saw the Remmys in the same size and count box @ 23$ you would say WOW THAT'S COSTLY. A person with interest and time, would look to see why, cause maybe its better or special. Others will just say look at the price that's crazy. Remington is just trying to rob us. They are not and frankly, the cost of this ammo, while the highest I have seen, percentage wise, is NOT THE MOST COSTLY! It usually shoots and preforms very well! Its NOT plinkin' ammo!

When this ammo was introduced, it was TWICE the cost of most others! So today when the average box of 50 maggies goes for 15$ seeing 23$ for a box of premium magnum ammo for 23$ isnt a stretch at all.

This is not at all to say that there are dealers that are capitalizing on the shortages and selling ammo for crazy prices. The ability to do so goes hand in hand with others ability to NOT BUY IT! Its FREEDOM and part of what makes America great!

Last week I was ecstatic to find a favorite. Federal 50g 22 Magnum ammo... it was 19$ a box. I asked the retailer why the cost. He said it cost him allot too. I bought 4 boxes cause I like the ammo so much and was down to under two boxes. He gave me a break at 35$ OTD. The next day, I was in Cabelas. They also had Fe 50g ammo... for 14$ a box. I bought a brick!
I accepted the cost cause I had not seen the ammo in a few years and it is a favorite. But had he had it @ 14$ I would have bought the brick from him. Now I am set for a few years with this "flavor" as I will continue my judicious use when shooting it.

CW

[RogueTS1]

CW; I was just making note of the inflated prices on ammo these days as it relates to the increase in prices of everything these days. Now I doubt you were stating that "I" am practicing "diarrhea of the mouth" or that "I" do not think before I speak but just in case I am mistaken I must inform that I very rarely if ever speak without thinking of what I am saying or how it relates to a train of thought.

In regards, ammo prices that you make mention of a few years ago have very little to do with the ungainly price increases with ammo today. Yes I would have to admit that prices of $18.00 per box rising to $23.00 does not seem like much. It is only a couple of dollars correct? The point I intended to make was that more than a few years ago, before the ammo and gun scare/race, prices were way less than that and that makes the price difference of much more consequence.................. and just to give you a friendly little intellectual dig................. the price difference you make above is more than a little if one bases the few dollar differences upon a percentage basis. If we do so it is a price increase of 23% which in the scheme of things is no small increase.

On another note, and I say this with no offense but simply as something I note about American's today. Far too often people fall into the belief that just because one can find somebody willing to pay a certain fee for an item that this equates to the actual worth of something. In my opinion it merely states what one may be able to sell something for on the open market. If one factors in all the artificial inflation in today's market the prices on everything are extremely over priced. These prices are very often what a merchant has to sell to cover his costs but that does not really speak to the larger problem at hand. Far too often these prices are based upon what someone in the market for said product is willing to pay for said product which is overtly influenced by what they receive from their government welfare. People who do not pay their own way very often if not always have trouble basing a fair market value on an item for sale.

I have said this before and I will say it again; if society was to take out all the do nothings from the market place those that do would see a drastic drop in prices on just about everything. The merchants would be charging a bit less for their products but people in the market place would have so much more money in their accounts that they would buy more and the money they spent would serve the merchant so much further in regards to quality of life that he would be living better.

Simply stated; I often feel that those that accept the notion that the capitalization on shortages and selling for "crazy" prices as part of freedom and what makes America great are missing the true meaning of what made the American market place so great in the world not so long ago as well as promoting this fly away artificial inflation that keeps driving prices upwards at such astounding rates.

Some may be able to afford things and others may not, but the moral of the story is that no matter how wealthy one is that if this kind of inflation and thinking continues, sooner or later everybody will be forced out of the/a market.

[Uncle_Lee]

Now that was funny!

I think you're the only one who got it, NOT.

I got it.
You just didn't hear me grunt in approval.

[ikoiko]

Won't shoot a deputy with a slow hand.