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The middle of the torso on this silhouette target was pretty well perforated, so I decided to take some shots at the head area. “Jerry Lee,” my snub nose S&W 686 revolver has a cylinder capacity of seven rounds of .357 magnum or .38 special. I had some .38s available, so I loaded them up and aimed at the head of the silhouette target for the next two loads.

The target was out at about seven yards. I like to shoot this gun single action style by pulling back the hammer before pulling the trigger. That lets me aim and then pull while avoiding the extra trigger pressure required to rotate a round into position. It works most of the time at that range, with twelve out of fourteen rounds hitting the silhouette. The two “to whom it may concern” rounds missed, one narrowly and the other in the WTF category.