greenacres
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I bought a Colt Pocket Positive with 2 ½" barrel that appears to be in excellent condition. I bought a couple boxes of S&W 32 Long cartridges and today I shot it for the first time. I am a very good shot using full size hand guns, but I'm having trouble being able to shoot accurate with this little pistol.
This is the first time I have ever shot such a small pistol, or a pistol without a rear sight; so I lined up the tip of the front sight in the groove on top of the gun and shot about a 1" group about 2 ½" low and 1" to the left. This was terrible, so I tried holding more of the front sight above the groove to raise the shots, but then shot too high and a larger group. I used up 24 Magtech wadcutter cartridges trying to figure out where to hold the sight to be able to hit the bullseye but I ended up with shots all over the target. Then I tried a few Winchester lead round nose cartridges and they shot a little higher and therefore closer to the bullseye. By that time I was very frustrated and quit. I was shooting at a distance of 25 feet.
Normally if I have a pistol that shoots low, I file down the front sight until it shoots where I aim. But before I file down the sight, thought I would ask if maybe there is some trick I don't know about with shooting this little gun?
Also I consider a 1" group at 25 feet to be poor shooting, but I'm hoping that with more practice I can improve that.
I'm frustrated with this. Looks like I'm going to have to shoot a lot of ammo before I'll be able to hit a bullseye with this gun. Anybody here with experience shooting a Colt Pocket Positive?
This is the first time I have ever shot such a small pistol, or a pistol without a rear sight; so I lined up the tip of the front sight in the groove on top of the gun and shot about a 1" group about 2 ½" low and 1" to the left. This was terrible, so I tried holding more of the front sight above the groove to raise the shots, but then shot too high and a larger group. I used up 24 Magtech wadcutter cartridges trying to figure out where to hold the sight to be able to hit the bullseye but I ended up with shots all over the target. Then I tried a few Winchester lead round nose cartridges and they shot a little higher and therefore closer to the bullseye. By that time I was very frustrated and quit. I was shooting at a distance of 25 feet.
Normally if I have a pistol that shoots low, I file down the front sight until it shoots where I aim. But before I file down the sight, thought I would ask if maybe there is some trick I don't know about with shooting this little gun?
Also I consider a 1" group at 25 feet to be poor shooting, but I'm hoping that with more practice I can improve that.
I'm frustrated with this. Looks like I'm going to have to shoot a lot of ammo before I'll be able to hit a bullseye with this gun. Anybody here with experience shooting a Colt Pocket Positive?