The Secrets of the Snubby
When it comes to revolvers, and especially snubnose revolvers, one of the instructors at the top of that game is Claude Werner. Claude’s background is pretty much impeccable. He served in the military including time in the Special Forces, afterwards spent some time in the private sector real estate business, and ended up as the chief instructor at the Rogers Shooting School. Werner realized there was a gap in the training industry, and set out on his own to become the pocket gun guy. Specifically he became known for his snubnose revolver work, using a snubnose revolver to compete in sanctioned IDPA matches, and doing quite well with it. Unfortunately for us, Werner has stopped teaching his snubnose classes on a regular basis. Fortunately for us, he has a couple DVDs out, and that is where the Armed Response: Secrets of the Snubby DVD comes in.
The DVD is on a single disc and features Werner as the primary presenter; the run time is just a hair over an hour and Werner covers most of that time. For a DVD on how to shoot a snubnose, this is probably one of the best, if not the best. For a DVD on how to run a revolver in general, this is probably one of the best as there is enough similarity between a snubnose and “duty sized” revolver that many of the techniques cross over. If you shoot a revolver, there is an incredible amount of value in this DVD, regardless of if it is a snubnose or not.
The DVD kicks off with Werner talking about triggers, specifically how to work a revolver trigger and how that varies from the typical semi-automatic trigger. This is an important place to start. Revolver triggers are not the same as semi-auto triggers. They are usually heavier and when shot in double action as they should be in a defensive context, significantly longer. Learning to properly run a trigger on a revolver is paramount to shooting the gun well.
He also covers fitting the revolver to the shooter through choosing the proper stocks to put on the gun. He is strictly practical in this context. It doesn’t matter what the stocks look like, it matters what performance characteristics the stocks provide to the shooter. Generally speaking, the idea is to use the stocks to adjust the “length of pull” on the revolver to fit the shooter’s hand size. This is probably an area that is too often overlooked by revolver shooters for either aesthetics or to fit a specific part of the handguns intended use (i.e. small, slick boot grips for pocket carry). The actual ability to shoot the gun well is either overlooked, or not a priority.
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