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Doc Holliday 1950

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What would you consider that furthest yardage that you could accurately shoot your 2" 357 mag revolver?
Then, what would you consider is the optimal range for your 2" 357 mag revolver. All answers are greatly appreciated.
Doc
 
I could engage a man sized target reliably at 100 meters or so with said gun.

However, realistically 25 meters during an engagement, depending on threat level and risk assessment of any tangos presenting a clear and present danger.
 
100 yards is well within the range I'd use my 2 1/2 Combat Magnum, or 2 3/4 inch Security Six or even my 2 1/4 inch 640-1 Centennial (but with a real real slow DA squeeze!) on a IDPA target. Done so many times.

Others may use them well past that range to.

But if the guy is shooting back and really trying not to be hit, engagement range will be much closer.

Deaf
 
at 25 yards i can keep my five rounds on the 8" shoot n see target, barely. the 1050 or so FPS with a stout 125 from a 2" barrel, it will likely stay above 850-900 after 100 yards essentially still having the energy of a 38spl.
 
As I was packing up at the elk hunt last week I pulled out my LCR and grouped some shots within 8 inches of each other at 60 yards. But all snubnose revolvers are really meant for close-up work. meaning 20 yards or less.
very few competitive shooting events for handguns have any distances beyond 50 yards. And generally those are shot with 6 inch or 5 inch barrels. what you can do with the 2 inch barrel is different from what they are designed for and meant to do. however it is fun to see what their limitations are.
 
You ask what I can accurately shoot. My indoor range only goes about 15yds and I can't see well enough to really "group" at that range. I do ok from 10 yds in. Optimal would be 5-7yds.
 
I am FAAARRRR from being even a "good" pistol shot, but let me tell you my experience sighting in my snubnosed Ruger Security Six.

It has adjustable sights so I set up a target at 25 yds and rested my hands on a rest (folded towels over wood blocks) and started moving my groups towards the bulls eye. The range officer called "30 seconds until cold range - shoot your last shot". I had one bullet left in the cylinder and my group was still a couple of inches from being centered. I adjusted my sights both up and over, settled my hands on the rest, and fired my last shot just as the range officer called "cold range".

When I went to check my target, I found that the final shot had landed exactly dead center in the bulls eye. I don't mean close - it was exactly dead center. I'm done. I just pulled my target and packed up everything. No sense in trying anything more that day - it would have only been a letdown.
 
I agree with posted yardages but keep in mind Primary Use of the gun.If memory right,1st possible was shot at Indiana Univerisity National Police Championships.:D
 
I have an SP101 I carry in a pocket when hunting loaded with 200 grain doubletaps. The sights suck. I haven't found a solution.
 
I would say it depends on the shooter and the Gun. I have a Smith 66 and 686 (both 2 1/2") that seem to give nothing up to a 4'".
 
Ideally, 20 feet or less. I can keep them all on a paper plate all day long at that range. Anything longer and the claim of self defense might be iffy.

That being said, I can put most of them onto the torso of a man-sized target most of the time at 25 yards.

But I prefer 38 special or 32 magnum or even 44 special. Full-power 357's out of a snubby make my hand tired.
 
My 640 is an optimal "belly gun" that I can shoot accurately (enough) @ 100 yards.

Depends on the shooter/gun/objective....
An accurate short barreled revolver should be just as accurate as a longer barreled revolver. Whether the shooter can be as accurate is a different question.
 
I agree with posted yardages but keep in mind Primary Use of the gun.If memory right,1st possible was shot at Indiana Univerisity National Police Championships.:D
 
Great responses. My range goes out to 25
yards max. Obviously this is not a SD
Post. More of a recreational question!
Yes, I know I said I didn't plink but
I'm really enjoying "plinking". Never
thought I'd say that. Some guys like
golf or fishing. I like shooting. Helps to
clear my mind.
Doc
 
I am getting old and I don't have the eyes I had at one time. But in my 30s and 40s I am my wife both did some exhibition shooing at times for fundraisers of various charities. She and I both had S&W M-19s in 2.5" and using handloaded ammo we would keep shotgun shells moving out to 100 yards with them. Soda cans at 100 were also used to show off. Nearly all shooting was done double action and rather fast. All was done with our own cast bullets and loads of unique. Now days I doubt I could hit a shotgun shell at even 25 yards, but I no longer have the money or time to shoot the number of rounds I could them (owning a bullet company is good for that). I bought lead by the truck load and powder and primers by the pallet load in those days.

But as has been said above, the question was "how far can you shoot a 2" 357 accurately...?
Its a question about the skill of the shooters, not the ability of the gun and ammo.
Bob Mundan, Jerry Miculek, Ed McGivern and others have proven beyond question that a good short barreled revolver with good ammo is very accurate and can be shot to extremely long ranges, if the man is capable of it.
 
A 100 yards with a 2 inch revolver? I realized one thing reading this thread.... I am a lousy shot. I was fairly consistant with my SP-101 at 25 yards but at 100 yards? Well the safest place to be if I was shooting at a 100 yards with the 101 is in front of the target because I aint gonna hit ya!!..:D. I have alot of work to do.
 
Doc, I was just about to ask that question. I purchased a Ruger SP 101 yesterday and got a chance to shoot it today. Using some .357 handloads, I was grouping about 3-4 inches at 10 yards. At 15 yards I could hit a milk jug 5 out of five times. By the time I got to 25 yards it was getting dark and I was having trouble seeing the front sight (at least that is my excuse), so needless to say, I don't know where I was hitting.
 
I do not like shooting .357 magnum in a J-Frame snub nose revolver. I shoot .38+P in my S&W 340 and 640. At 10 yards I typically group them in 8" circle ... looks like a shotgun pattern, but still in the 8" circle.

My idea is hold fire until threat is within 10 yards ... outside that try to slip away.
 
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