Getting Started Shooting a Revolver | Personal Defense Network 

I just purchased my first snubby - Taurus 605 in .357 mag/.38sp. I also decided to pick up Grant's book Protect Yourself with your Snubnose Revolver and it has been extremely helpful in understanding how to shoot a snubby. Highly recommend.

Bro immediately goes back to his thumbs forward semi-auto grip.

Darn good instruction. Shooting a revolver is a perishable skill. A revolver is a very effective self-defense tool. For Decade after Decade they got the job done. I learned how to shoot handguns with a revolver. I carried a Colt Detective special as my back-up for years. My life depended on it... Police used the .38 special for a long time. With newer bullets this round is a man stopper. BUT, as always bullet placement is the key.... That a lots of good practice.

Great Vid!! I am a revolver guy and I love them! I know people will dispute what is better, a revolver or semi, but for me, my primary will always be a revolver. Even the poorly made, cheap one that I have fired over the years never failed. Thanks for loading!!

Thank you guys again for all the great informative videos!

Talking about trigger stroke, I find that a DA revolver is a good tool for dry firing. It is a heavier pull making for good exercise of the trigger finger and as a result requires more focus to keep the sights properly lined up. Also, you can continue without racking the slide between trigger pulls.

Excellent video, very informative and helpful.thanks for posting.

Great video. Going over every detail, right down to where each finger should be.

This helped me a lot. I'm new to revolvers it was the trigger pull I kept getting caught up on

Nice.. Smooth compression and smooth release.. Thanks

2:54 That's the proper grip he has been teaching you.

very instructive. thank you

I just bought my first revolver, a 1908 Colt Police Positive 38 Special. Your instruction was very helpful. Thank you!

Great guys love the composure true professionals

dry firing improves trigger control if you get the feel of it you can squeeze with some much control you can actually fire single action

Match Champion is a very accurate piece, I can shoot a 1 inch group from 7 to 8 yards. Now a snubby nose LCR is totally different, my first 5 rounds I didn't even know where the bullets went from 5 yards! Very different type of shooting.

GreAt video very informative !!!!

The viewers get to learn along with Rob Pincus who is also learning. Pretty good video.

great video!! thnx

Good video for the novice or for the experienced shooter reviewing the fundamentals.

Just bought a Ruger GP100, my first revolver actually. This will come in handy. Thanks

Great vid..thanks

I am a first time revolver shooter. I am used to firing semi auto handguns. I really appreciated you posting this video. Thank you😀

Very helpful.

That was some fancy shooting, you're pretty good

A good video, very concise for right-handers in the shooting position. Left-handers have to open the cylinders a different way for reloading then, get on target. Only half information, here.

Good video, Thanks. On the comment of having to load revolver with strong hand - some (myself included) load/reload with weak hand. There are several examples of both strong and/or weak reloading on youtube.

An excellent fundamental to augment dry firing is to learn to reload using your non-shooting hand-- and get a speedloader.or two.

That reload at 3:30 is just about the most awkward I've ever seen.

This is a great video. My suggestion to add is how to load the revolver, using your firing hand to hold the cylinder open and loading with opposite.

Grant is one of the best revolver gurus ever. I wish he was still doing gunsmithing.

After all that training, he still didn't tuck his thumb in. I hope he doesn't blow it off.

I learned to always stroke my trigger thanks! :)

You don't have to reload with your strong hand. When you push the cylinder out with your trigger finger, keep pushing your trigger finger all the way through the frame and grab the cylinder to hold it still for loading with the left hand. Super easy on small frames but takes practice to do quickly with a large frame but either way your right hand does all the work so your left hand can focus 100% on fishing out ammo. If you fumble with both it's gonna be at the same time so you aren't making multiple mistakes in a row just getting them all out of the way at once.

Good show.

Great info i have my granpas service .357 revolver 22 yrs as game warden in hyde co n.c

Grant Cunningham is like the Ed Coan of guns!

That version of the GP100 was made I think for various Canadian Police forces. A half lug.shroud and fixed sights. I don't think Ruger ever made that type of revolver with adjustable sights.

What model gp100 is that? Ive been looking for one like that.

Awesome

You might want to see a video by Jerry Miculek where he says NOT to get the joint on the trigger because it pulls to your dominant side.

What about a single action revolver? I have a heritage rough rider and a heritage barkeep.. does the transfer bar work the same on these? I'm always a little nervous about letting the hammer drop after loading them.

I had the opposite experience with handguns. I learned the fundamentals on a revolver and picked up semi-auto shooting later. I can shoot a Sig just fine but those Glock triggers are killing me.

The "trainee" is NOT following the directions of the instructor. His left thumb should be crossed over his right thumb. Instead, he is gripping the revolver like a semi-auto.

This video was perfect for me! I’ve shot everything except a revolver but I’m thinking about buying one. I wanna see why some people prefer revolvers over semi auto pistols..

So what do you do when you have little hands and can’t reach the first distal joint of the trigger finger .. even with a little gun like a Lady Smith?

I have trouble understanding most revolver front sights. How do we aim with such tall front sight, why did they make it so tall?

I didn't think you were supposed to round your shoulders when aiming and shooting?

why is this that wholesome

Best way to master that long DA pull is don't ... ignore the damned thing and shoot SA. Good enough for Wyatt Earp, good enough for me.

Wish there was a modern top break action revolver, it works for both right and left handed. also for one handed.

Did anyone notice that Mr. Pincus never quite adopted the clear thumb-over-thumb grip which was demonstrated by Mr. Cunningham? Thoughts, anyone?

This guy is used to a semi-auto, and he is getting his thumb dangerously close to the business end of the cylander.

Is it okay to have your thumb forward as long as it doesn't pass the cylinder gap?

Pistol cool very happy is the best Gun

My left hand is SO awkward. Revolver feels loose with thumbs forward method and left hand not big enough for overlap method. About to give up and just buy a second revolver for my left hand.

Got my first revolver here (uk). Missed every shot xD Mind you it was at like 50 metres or something. Really need to get my aim and stuff right

What revolver is that they are using in this vid?

lowkey want a revolver

As a bakery sergeant I can say with the highest degree of certainty this is NOT the way it should be done.

Damn bro, are you firing .357 magnum rounds? Cause if so please tell me how you manage that recoil. I’m a man in good shape with reasonably strong arms, practice with my Ruger GP100 (steel frame, 4.2” barrel) at least once a month, and if I’m firing .357 magnum it takes me twice as long to recover from recoil as this guy. I can match him with .38 spc

on my first shooting I end up having a blister near the index joint. is that normal? or did I position my trigger finger wrongly?

I am a newbie to shooting. I was wondering about your body position. I see you hunched forward with your shoulders pulled up. Is that a better position than standing straight up with your shoulders down?

Sounds like Ernie talking about guns “Well Burt”

Now go ahead and pick up those shells lol

I've always heard that it was bad to stiffen your arms while aiming because of your arms getting tired faster

What brand revolver was that?

Why would you not reload with your weak hand? So much less switching around to do (hands & pockets).

need close up of both sides of the grip, particularly left side, can't see the thumbs

I have the SAME grip for revolver & semi auto. And I discussed it with Lena Miculeck. I DON'T want to have two muscle memories

Is it safe (for the gun) to dry fire a revolver? It's not doing any damage?

Guns and a lil asmr :)

But you don't use the joint of your finger to squeeze the trigger, that'll make your shot swing to the right. Use the pad of your finger.

PersonelDefenceNet I just got myself a Colt King Cobra 4.25" Target here in montreal and at the gun club today being my 2nd time using it while also left handed, the cylinder slammed down on my right thumb. I'm sitting here right now with a smashed thumbnail, what did I do wrong ?

Wow very cool isosceles stance. Really tactical and high speed.

what kinda revolver is that? I never seen a back strap like that

I need a good IWB holster for my snubnose taurusm85,any recommendations would be appreciated?

Why reload with your strong hand?

he doesn't cross his thumbs

All that shit goes right out the window when someone is shooting at you.

That's model handgun what name?

Mcjuggernuggets anyone?

This is ok. I get the two hand opposing grip but I think that its overdone. You may not get an opportunity to take a stance and grip with both hands, arms outstretched. Indeed most encounters are at close range, (less than 7 yards). I'd split between two and one handed shooting. Remember, one handed shooting was "the way" up until the 1970's when the "modern grip" was introduced.

As much as I love wheel guns they just are classics to me now semi auto is so much better nowadays and more rounds and they are very reliable nowadays auto loaders

But revolver 38 call. Simple reliable swing out to load

Not smart to slam the ejector rod to extract spent shell casings. It can be bent.

And your eye protection is where?

He's not trucking the thumb.

R8

Can someone identify the revolver for me?

The problem is that the firearm in the video is lacking a hammer spur. If you had a real gun, it would have a hammer and you could shoot it more accurately in Single-Action mode. We are not with the L.A.P.D. of the 1960's - 1980's where the rule was: Shoot all 6 six shots whenever you pull your service pistol. Buy a wheel gun with a real hammer!

I did not watch this video in it's entirety. I have been shooting revolvers for years, but thought i may learn something new. The camera angles were poor. I still don't exactly understand what you meant about the grip b/c I couldn't see it! He hadn't even finished his correction yet and the camera was back in wide angle. If you really want to teach a new skill, you need to let the audience see it up close (and personal). Like another has commented, I see some actions in this video that do NOT personify basic gun/range safety rules as well as some sloppy handling in the revolver. That is a great way to cause a revolver to malfunction. Yes, this actually CAN happen, especially if one knocks it out of battery). I do thank you for your efforts, but overall I feel this is a poorly thought out video, maybe in need of some editing?

Its high noon

Aside from basic safety there isn't much to it, not rocket science

He kind of looks like jhony sins

2:11 Your grip is WRONG.

the best thing about a revolver is that u can shoot anyone u want

First. Dont tell him to shoot and you are right beside him, its a revolver, and you dont even move that far.

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Rob is life "Pffft.....aint using no fucking revolver for personal defense" Rob does not even life the 1911.