Taurus 94 and Ruger Single Six 9.5"

[Olevern]

Well, got off my duff this morning and ran a few rounds through two new aquisitions, a four inch Taurus 94 looks brand new and timing and lock up perfect (pic shows flecks of sawdust as I had to rebuild my target stand before I could shoot and sawdust was all over my clothing and in my hair)

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Tested only one type of ammo (not a lot of time) which was CCI blazer; considering my failing eyesight (need a lens implant soon) and the fuzzy and sometimes double site picture, no way to tell how this gun really shoots, the only thing I learned is that if I carry it for a trail gun whatever I shoot at better be real close. Shot 9 shot groups from a rest at 30 feet and the results were not pretty. Anyone live nearby with good eyesite that would volunteer to come over and shoot this thing? According to the Taurus internet site, this revolver was born in 1990. I'm impressed with the fit and finish.
This is a typical target (again, can't see those daggumed irons).

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Then moved on to a Ruger single six with 9 1/2" barrel and a peep site I picked up a couple of months ago. Peeps seemed a lot clearer than the standard irons of the Taurus, but still not happy; might go to a Leupold 2X pistol scope on this one.

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typical target (not the best, not the worst)

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I hate these old eyes! :cry:

[jh45gun]

Do you wear glasses at all if you do get your eye doctor to give you trifocals the middle one works great with iron sights.

[Olevern]

Do you wear glasses at all if you do get your eye doctor to give you trifocals the middle one works great with iron sights.

I have progressives but they are only six months old and already have difficulty seeing with them. Add to that diabetes and when my suger is high my sight is blurry as well. Sucks to get old.

[paul h]

Just keep praciticing. I know practice won't improve your vision, but I'm getting back into handgun shooting after a several year hiatus that has coincided with getting old enough to where my vision isn't what it used to be. I've found inspite of the poor vision my groups have been improving with practice.

Taurus makes pretty good guns, better than they are often given credit for and I agree with your fit and finish comment. I got my wife a 605, which is the 2 1/4" 357 snubbie. At 10yds offhand it'll group 5 into 2-3", and I wouldn't be the least suprised if mechanically it was capable of 1" groups at 10 paces.

That said, there is something to be said for adding optics to handguns as our eyes age. I'm waiting on a 4x scope I got off of ebay and am debating a couple of ultra dot sights.