I have two 617 revolvers. I don’t find them helpful training, as they are frankly too easy to shoot well. My 317 is a good trainer.Originally Posted by Wyoming Shooter
I have two 617 revolvers. I don’t find them helpful training, as they are frankly too easy to shoot well. My 317 is a good trainer.
Likes pretty much everything in every caliber.
My Beretta conversion kit arrived today no chance to shoot it yet.
Beretta has the conversions on sale again for $239.
Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits - Mark Twain
Tact is the knack of making a point without making an enemy / Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge?
What are you guys thoughts on this Ruger Mark 4?
https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/...ducts_id/35395
I shoot a Glock 19.5 for USPSA and a Glock 26.5 for carry.
I have the Ruger Mk. 3, and the same Glocks (but don't shoot USPSA). I like the Ruger, it's accurate and cheap to shoot, but it doesn't feel anything like the Glock. Thinner, different grip angle (mine has the "1911 grip angle") and different sights, all of which contribute to a different feel and arm positioning when drawing and aligning sights. Oh, and depending on which model you get (steel plain or bull barrel, aluminum barrel with steel sleeve, and standard or 1911 grip angle), there are lots more variations in balance and feel.
What the Ruger does do (at least for me) is help identify any "hidden" added tension, finger twitch, jerk, flinch - - - whatever recoil issue one might have with the larger caliber.
So, yes, from that standpoint, it's a help. And did I mention that it's just plain fun to shoot!
As flyrodr stated, the MKIII/IV Rugers share very little in common with a Glock of any type. Grip angle, shape and "feel" are different, trigger is VASTLY different, sights are typically different. Doesn't mean it's a bad thing, I'm still a firm believer that everyone should learn shooting fundamentals on a .22 (Ruger or Buckmark, either is a good choice) before they start shooting centerfires. I had to learn this lesson the hard way, "self taught" on a 1911, then a S&W 29 gave me a bunch of habits that I had to unlearn before I could start to get better - and the guys that taught me through that period did so with me shooting rimfire...
Have you considered a .22 conversion kit for one of your Glocks?
For about the same cost you can train using your current gun with .22s.
I have a .22 conversion kit for my G17 and it works very well.
Here is a good kit. https://www.glockstore.com/22-LR-Con...Kit-for-Glocks
Not that it wouldn't be fun to have another gun though.
Just a thought.
Last edited by baddean; 05-20-2019 at 10:17 PM.
Dean,
“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine
"The problem is not the availability of guns, it is the availability of morons."- Antonio Meloni
Definitely.
Awkwardly, there doesn’t seem to be any availability for a kit for Gen 5 Glocks. There is mention of one but so far in light research I’ve not been able to source a supplier that has one for sale.
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Rich,
DO IT!!!
Not everything has to be tactically relevant, and some of it ought to be for fun, like your Blackhawk.
A buttload of shooting can be done with a .22, while being easy on your wallet AND body, and the Ruger is one of the most prolific ones out there. The MKIV is preferable to the previous generations just for ease of takedown. And while it won't be exactly analogous to your Glocks, you will learn things that do cross over, and make you a better all around shooter.
Last edited by Chuck Whitlock; 05-21-2019 at 09:20 AM.
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Is there such a thing as a DA only .22LR revolver?
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