Hey,

Picked up a stainless 605 two days ago. After checking it over at the gun shop, I really fell in love with it. Love the concealable size of it. The quality and fit and finish seemed extremely good for the cost as well. Picked up 200 rounds to go with it as well. 100 38+p and 100 357. The ammo was cheapy as it was going to be break in fodder. But the thing is this. I do have handgun experience up to 44mag. So I have had experience with hard recoil. But my wonder is the imact compared to poa. My 357 rounds(158 gr) were printing about 5 inches right and 2 to 3 high at 12 yards. The 38+p was dead center but maybe 1 to 1.5 low. I know this model has unadjustable sights. It is the first handgun I have owned without adjustable sights. I also know that this gun is not broken in, etc. But is so far right normal for the 357? I am wondering if it could be recoil induced as my handgun shooting has been limited to 22LR and some 9mm for the past 6 months or so. 22's from a Ruger Single six and 9mm from a Glock 19. So this Taurus with it's small grips and light weight and short sight radius is a whole new thing for me.

The 38+p obviously had a lot less kick(hand was thanking me). Was shooting freehand double grip, normal stuff. I havent tried different ammo yet, but thought that different weights were more of a horizontal thing.

Gun performed flawless and was fun to shoot with the 38's, but the 357's were a hand biter. I was shooting at my local outdoor range and it was about 5 degrees out and -15 with the wind. The shooting house is covered, but I couldnt wear a glove due to size of trigger guard. So that plays in. The group size met my expectations of 2 to 3 inches, but am somewhat concerned at the far horizontal impact. I have fired many thousands of rounds, but this design is new to me(snub 357). Any ideas or similar things when byuing one of these new?

I know I have to put some more time in with it and learn it's use, but it just seems a bit far off. I am not a noob, but not a pro. Any ideas would be appreciated. Maybe work on stronger hold etc? Ammo types in this calibre sugestions? Not expecting a target queen, just want to be able to hit something with it if it is going to be my CCW.

Thanks guy's for any input! Love the gun, just want to get better with it!