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Can someone please explain to me how the revolvers in these photos do not shoot incredibly low vs. point of aim?

I believe it has to do with muzzle flip vs barrel time.

I have heard of this theory, but I find it hard to believe there could be any consistency with different charges and different weight of projectiles. The third revolver, the stubby barrel with the boat sail for a front sight and a frame groove for the rear. At 7 yards a chest shot looks like it would actually be a nut shot looking at the geometry.

Take any centerfire revolver of .38SPL or larger caliber, balance it upside down on its sights on a flat surface, and marvel at the angle of the bore.

Strangely enough, this angle works out okay because recoil begins as soon as the bullet starts moving through the bore, and causes the revolver to rotate muzzle upward in the hand until the barrel is in line with the target before the bullet exits the bore. That is why consistency of grip is so important to precision revolver shooting, or precision shooting with any holster-weight, larger caliber handgun, for that matter.

In the photos, each of those J-Frame S&Ws has an XS Tritium dot front sight installed. The intended POI with such a sight is directly behind the center of the Tritium dot, not above the top of the sight, as it would be with a 6 o’clock hold. Therefore, the front sight is even taller. The center of the dot is about where the top of the factory-original front sight would be.

So, you are correct that if those sights were aligned with their tops even and at 6 o’clock to the point of aim, the POI would be very low.

60-7 & 36-7 last of the best.

Short of my M631 32 H&R (discounting my rimfire J-Frames) this one landed a couple of days ago.

Congrats. Use it well.

Grips and a pocket holster are en route.

I still carry that same knife and have since the early 90s. I have at least 2 more still new in the package that I bought back then because I liked them do much. I was looking for some other stuff the other day and came across the new ones which was a nice surprise to know they're still around. I really like the light weight and it seems like good steel.

Bb

Forty years of nearly daily service, and still going strong. Says a lot.