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fm2 wrote: I think that shooting the dots from low ready one-handed was more difficult than shooting the dots freestyle. Using both hands seemed to help to track the pistol more consistantly.
Some people had a lot of difficulty shooting with their non-dominate hand only and getting all their hits in the dot. They did better when they shot freestyle, non-dominate hand.

Thanks for the feedback.

I did some more searching and (re)found a link to Jerry Miculek's tips on gripping revolvers, including the J-frame. Skippr found it first at http://www.shootingusa.com/PRO_TIPS/MIC ... ulek2.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;. I will try Miculek's two-handed J-frame method the next time I go live-fire with a J-frame, and then I can make a better decision how I want to proceed.

What did Claude have to say in his class about gripping J-frames? I will want to try that as well.

fm2 wrote:He didn't mention much about the Big Dot sights other than he wasn't a big fan of them. I think he also disliked the imprecision of the big dots. He did give some tips about improving regular sights and one of the students had used a brownells kit to add an insert to the factory front sight.
It was also mentioned by a student that some the nightguard series had a very tall front sight and could get in the way on the drawstroke.

This is good to know. I will give greater consideration to normal-sized front sights and less to the Big Dot.

davidtx wrote:Can you share the cost of this two day training? I looked on the Rogers Shooting School site you posted and couldn't find anything about snubby classes.

Maybe fm2 can speak more authoritatively than I can on this, but Mr Werner could be offering this training as a "free agent", unsanctioned by Rogers Shooting School.

Perhaps contacting K R Training (http://www.krtraining.com/) can help muster enough support to bring him back again sometime.

This sounds like very high quality training with a category of weapon that people seldom practice with yet carry frequently. I wish I could have made it.

A couple questions:

What was everyone's comparative experiences/observations with shooting dominant hand only versus freestyle (two handed with dominant hand finger pulling the trigger)? Did people notice significant differences in their performance when using the two methods of shooting? I ask this because in my experience with my J-frame, I do not believe my support hand (as I try to use it) really contributes much to controlling the weapon. It feels as though there is only enough space/room to put one hand on it, while the other one is just along "for the ride". Or I could be just doing it wrong (it would not be the first time for this).

What, if anything, did Mr Werner have to say about simply placing a Big Dot sight on the front of a snubby revolver? Speaking for myself, I shudder at the thought of taking "hostage"-type, aim-small-miss-small shots with a short-barreled, coarsely-sighted weapon, though perhaps with additional practice I would be more confident in my skills at certain ranges.