Grips was preventing me from gripping the gun high enough for good instinctive shooting. I realized that the finger grooves or the overall shape of the But when Iīegan doing instinctive shooting drills I discovered I was not as accurate with this gun as with other guns, particularly my S&W Model 21-4. The rubber grips seemed to fit my hands just fine in all my preliminary testing. One last note: My accuracy tests are done single action from a bench rest. 44 Magnum, so I am happy to stick with my Model 696 in. For the first time in more than a hundred years they moved the front lock to the crane instead of the front of the ejector rod. Introduced the five shot Model 69 Combat Magnum revolver on the L frame.
Fifteen years after the advent of the Model 696, Smith & Wesson 44 Magnum, even though it is chambered for the. It gives a veryĭifferent feel to the double action, and makes the gun faster to fire. This means the hammer does not have to go as far back during double action shooting. It is difficult to measure, but I tried,Īnd I believe the hammer travel was reduced by about 15 degrees of arc, which is significant. The modern Smith & Wesson revolvers have a hammer with a shorter arc of travel than the earlier guns, though I am uncertain as to when this change was made. Some point I will probably bob the hammer. In my opinion, two pounds is too light for a single action trigger, but I shoot this revolver double action only and at Wesson revolver.) Now the double action is ten pounds and the single is two.
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(Miculek also sells the best video I have ever found on how to do a trigger job on a Smith & I polished all the internal parts and installed a set of reduced power springs from Jerry Miculek. The factory trigger on the 696 was about 12.5 pounds double action and 5 pounds single. Both guns are astonishinglyĪccurate, but the Smith & Wesson has a superior trigger. The two guns are identical in size, though the 696 is a quarter-pound heavier than the 720. With adjustable rear sights and molded rubber grips with finger grooves.
44 Special revolvers made from stainless steel, I can’t say if the 696 was a response to the Rossi 720, but it is possible. The Model 696 was made from 1997 to 2002 and seems to have acquired something of a cult following.
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