Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I've talked with several shooters who have shown me how they have marked their revolvers as left and right. Is there really a difference between pistols to differentiate one from the other? What would make one pistol a right pistol and the other a left pistol, other than putting them in their respective holster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I bought .44 mag Super Blackhawks at different times, for different reasons. They do not feel the same. One is always left, shot first. The other is second. Always. OK, thats crap. If I switched them they wouldn't recognize where they were. OK, more crap. I just do it cause I'm a little superstitious. When I had Vaqueros they were consecutive serial #s. 89 was the left gun and 90 the right. Always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuna Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I do it by the serial # also and it more so if I start having issue with a pistol I now which one needs to be worked on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckaroo Bubba Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I am with Slim..I have consecutive Vaqueros..the one ending in 3 goes in left hand..4 in right..no reason..just OCD.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G W Wade Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Bought 2 pair of Hogue grips. turned out 1 set beautiful , other set plain as factory. put nice side out . always know which is which. Right gun shoots closer to point of aim. rest of pistols have not been figured out yet GW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Arrow Hombre Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 my vaqueros are a perfect match, so I mix them up randomly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pit Bull Tex Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Mine have a pit bull head on the right side of the grip of one pistol and on the left side of the grip on the other.I want to know if one has a firing pin is going south or a spring or anything else.I always keep the head to my palm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idaho Coyote' Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Yea I ha consecutive numbered pistols, they feel exactly the same, same work on them, same POI. Ones Right Ones Left I tell them apart by slight differences in the Altamont grips Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I don't have a left or right revolver, never worried about it. They both shoot the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 For consistency I always shoot one left and one right, even though I don't consciously know if and how they shoot differently, my subconscious mind knows. Of course that is total BS in my case. I have no idea which is where at any given time, but have come to learn that if a gun is already in one holster, it's best to put the other gun in the other holster, two don't fit in one, though I have tried. Whatever works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 For consistency I always shoot one left and one right, even though I don't consciously know if and how they shoot differently, my subconscious mind knows. Of course that is total BS in my case. I have no idea which is where at any given time, but have come to learn that if a gun is already in one holster, it's best to put the other gun in the other holster, two don't fit in one, though I have tried. Whatever works for you. Maybe that's what I'm doing wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I always shoot with the Colt in my right hand and the other Colt in my left. I shoot gunfighter so that I draw them at the same time and holster them as well. I don't want either to get jealous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Church Key, SASS # 33713 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I used to sweat things like this; now don't bother. Get them both to shoot to same point of aim, and it's something less to deal with in the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I do it by the serial # also and it more so if I start having issue with a pistol I now which one needs to be worked on. I do the same because I had some inconsistent issues and needed to isolate the problem. After a couple of years, I was able to identify the problem (a bent pin on the bolt) and have had no issues with the offending pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 i have one set that are essentially a matched set but they are my newer backup set that i bought to replace my originals - i always go back to my mismatched originals a 5 1/2" cross draw and a 4 3/4" strong side , i switch off on what i shoot first depending on the targets but predominately start with the cross-draw - its habit , not superstition , it makes no difference how well i shoot because im not a fast shooter , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I have a set of Outlaw grips gunfighter grips with blind screw options - the screw head of each pistol is always against the body. They just look better that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coyote Kincaid Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 My OMV's in 45 shoot the same so no left or right there. My SASS Vaqueros are left and right because one shoots an inch lower than the other. Front sights are solid brass and same height and there will be no filing on them. Most clubs have big and close targets so an inch won't matter. My local club likes to put them out there and on the small side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. John Campbell, SASS #58165 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Like Buckaroo Bubba, my New Vaquero's are also consecutively numbered, so number 2 is my right pistol, number 3 is my left pistol. Plus, number 2 shoots a slightly tighter group, so it's my go to pistol when a stage calls for accuracy with the pistol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I used to not be able to readily tell the difference between the two Colt SAAs I use on occasion...until i put ivory grips on the 7½" nickel-plated one to distinguish it more easily from the 5½" blue/color-cased one. Later I figured out that the long one went in the longer holster and the short one in the other. Problem solved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attica Jack #23953 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I never really thought about it. Grab one put in a holster, grab the other put that one in a holster. Then go shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fillmore Coffins, SASS #7884 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I shoot a pair of "old" 44 Vaqueros, one is 5.5 and the other is 7.5 which I keep in a cross draw. I always shoot my cross draw 7.5 first. No need to mark them. Fillmore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I'm ambisinister ... ........ I shoot just as bad with either gun in either hand ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Hombre Sin Nombre Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I used to not be able to readily tell the difference between the two Colt SAAs I use on occasion...until i put ivory grips on the 7½" nickel-plated one to distinguish it more easily from the 5½" blue/color-cased one. Later I figured out that the long one went in the longer holster and the short one in the other. Problem solved! Haha kinda like the joke about the white horse being a foot taller than the lack one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Haha kinda like the joke about the white horse being a foot taller than the black one perzackly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventura Slim, SASS #35690 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 No, it does not matter. I imagine if we were shooting out like 50 yards and 10 yards you would have one tuned to one distance and another to the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I do it by the serial # also and it more so if I start having issue with a pistol I now which one needs to be worked on. That;s my reason. I put new Altamont grips on my ROAs today. Both sets are identical. I took appliance chip patching paint in white and painted a stripe down the crack between the grip and the frame on one gun. Waited a moment and wiped it off. I now have a very thin white line on both sides of the frame on the right gun. You have to know it's there to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 One has a lighter trigger than the other... I don't like it a gun goes off without intent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gran'pa Jef Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 My Vacqueros are trimed to shoot identically. Thus I don't care. In addition, I don't think it makes a different on CAS targets... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 For me, it is an affectation, depending on which guns I use... My 4.75" Colt goes in my left holster, the 5.5" goes in the right. The 12" Buntline goes left, the 3" Sheriff on the right. The nickel Sheriff on the left, the blue on the right The 7.5" 2nd gen .45 goes on the left, the NRA Centennial 7.5" .45 on the right. The Nagant with the half moon front sight goes on the left, the one with the other type sight on the right. The Schofield will usually go on the the right, and what ever I have paired it with on the left. The New Model 3 usually goes on the left, and what ever I have paired it with on the right. Other pistols don't really have a preferred side, and I will switch them back and forth as I see fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrider, SASS #72622 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Mine are consecutive. I always shoot the higher number on the right side cuz that makes it heavier...right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Solo Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I always thought the idea behind having matched Rugers was never having to worry about which gun went in which holster. Then I talked to Jimmy Spurs and he suggested I designate a right and left hand pistol and stick with it. He said something about identifying a pistol having a problem. I now religiously make sure one specific pistol always goes to one holster and the other is placed in the other. I am still not convinced it makes any real difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 I have a matched set of Uberti Catteman 45 Colts down to the same serial number - except one ends with an "L" and the other with a "R". I don't pay to much difference as they shoot the same. But I do shoot with people that look the serial number up on otherwise identical guns and holster accordingly. They say they shoot at different points of aim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLACKFOOT SASS #11947 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 When I buy pistols or even just one pistol I always specify that they be ambidextrous. That way I never have the left/right problem. When looking at used pistols sometimes it can be a little tricky! Blackfoot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Rick, SASS #49739L Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 My backstraps are engraved with my alias so that you can read both id they're laid on a table with the sights touching and the barrels pointed away. Right gun goes in the right holster, left gun in the left. Right gun shoots a tighter group, so any small bonus target gets engaged with the more accurate gun. Superstition plays a role, but you gotta believe that things are right! The truth is probably best stated by PWB. If you want to shoot two different barrel lengths, it's best to have one blued and one stainless so you can tell them apart. CR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastmaster Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 The first five cartridges fit better in the left pistol which has a lower serial #. Second five cartridge just fit in the right pistol better. A true wonderment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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