Spent time at 40' and 20' with all the 38s today.
Short version, at 40' in S/A the Taurus wins hands down.
(1" means 1" from a middle point = a 2" circle, therefore, 4" around a middle point = an 8" circle)
The Ruger had a 6 round cylinder (I should have loaded only 5 for accurate comparison)
2" Taurus wins: 3 to 0/Ruger and 0/Smith (D/A only)
3" Taurus wins big again: 4 to 2/Ruger and 1/Smith (D/A only)
4" Taurus wins big again: 6 to 2/Ruger and 2/Smith (D/A only)
5" Ruger wins: 10 to 7/Taurus and 3/Smith (D/A only)
Short version at 20' in D/A = Taurus wins hands down.
2" Taurus wins: 5 to 2/Smith and 0/Ruger
3" Taurus wins: 10 to 7/Ruger and 4/Smith
Ruger beats out the Smith in the wider hits.
Short version at 20' in S/A = Ruger wins big (Smith 642 hammerless, no S/A)
1" Ruger beats Taurus by 1 round
2" Both tie (8 rounds each)
3" Ruger/12 to Smith/8 (Smith only had 10 rounds, but it still makes the point)
Smith 642 would have to go if trimming, but since it is hammerless it has utility for a CC.
Amazing to me that the Taurus beats out the Ruger in D/A: I know it is me, the X-factor.
Short version, at 40' in S/A the Taurus wins hands down.
(1" means 1" from a middle point = a 2" circle, therefore, 4" around a middle point = an 8" circle)
The Ruger had a 6 round cylinder (I should have loaded only 5 for accurate comparison)
2" Taurus wins: 3 to 0/Ruger and 0/Smith (D/A only)
3" Taurus wins big again: 4 to 2/Ruger and 1/Smith (D/A only)
4" Taurus wins big again: 6 to 2/Ruger and 2/Smith (D/A only)
5" Ruger wins: 10 to 7/Taurus and 3/Smith (D/A only)
Short version at 20' in D/A = Taurus wins hands down.
2" Taurus wins: 5 to 2/Smith and 0/Ruger
3" Taurus wins: 10 to 7/Ruger and 4/Smith
Ruger beats out the Smith in the wider hits.
Short version at 20' in S/A = Ruger wins big (Smith 642 hammerless, no S/A)
1" Ruger beats Taurus by 1 round
2" Both tie (8 rounds each)
3" Ruger/12 to Smith/8 (Smith only had 10 rounds, but it still makes the point)
Smith 642 would have to go if trimming, but since it is hammerless it has utility for a CC.
Amazing to me that the Taurus beats out the Ruger in D/A: I know it is me, the X-factor.