Shooting your handgun at 100 yards

Sometimes I put a few downrange while at the rifle range. Bout 4/5 foot of drop at 150 yards but it's fairly easy to compensate by dropping the rear of the pistol and using the three dots stacked like a triangle.

Bout 1 out of 10 on a brake disc with the misses not far off, but not exactly scientific accuracy.:)
 
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Hit my 100 yard coffee can 3 for 3 freehand today with my Buckmark. Figured I better quit while I'm ahead.
 
Navy Joe: "No, I'm talking about the width. When your target appears to be about 1/4 the thickness of the front blade, precise placement on that target becomes somewhat iffy."

The width of the front sight is irrelevant, in that every front sight, regardless of width, has a centerline. You hold @ 6 o'clock, so you can see your target, and raise the front sight higher than a "normal" (25-yrd-shot) sight picture. Front sight height would come into play for really long shots, like 400 yds. or so, with a handgun.
 
At one point, we had firearms training that consisted of "familiarization" at 100 yds., as no one had the balls to count it for score. Quite a few did surprisingly well though.
 
I have done it plenty, I use to pop gallon milk jugs OFFHAND at 100 yards with a S&W model 25 45acp. I did it with consistancy also. This was when I was shooting postal match and shot well over 500 rounds a week.
Its not as hard as you may think once you get the hang of it, like most things practice practice practice..
 
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I picked up a Ruger single 6 with 22lr and 22mag cylinders. It was a bargain, because it had a scope and apparently no one wanted a scoped pistol. I took it to the out door range and with the mag cylinder started shooting at 50yds and tried 100yds and for the heck of it I tried a gong they have set at 200yds, missed the first shot, but the dust told me where, compensated and put the next 5 on the gong. I quickly stopped while I was ahead. There were some guys there with SKS's and scopes that were shooting all around the gong. They were quite impressed and wanted me to do more, but I said I was just checking out the scope settings and wanted to save my ammo for groundhogs.
 
I use to shoot Matilic Sil. (pistol) with my service revolver. Granted the 4 in barrel wouldn't know over the rams at 200, but you can tell if you hit them. Also used my 1911. Again, it wouldnt knock over the rams, but fun just the same.

Now I'm retired and I have a 300 yard range in my back yard. I love shooting (or trying to shoot 100-200 yards with my 642. As well as other pistols. You'd be supprised what you can do with a 6 in 357 or 44 mag. (Smiths, Model 28 & 29).

Now I know if I need to do some serious shooting at that range I'm gonna go to the rifle, but whether you see the need for long range pistol shooting or not, you have to admit, its a heck of a lot of fun, Esp, with a little stubby.
 
How many of you shoot your carry handgun at long distance?
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Every handgun I have from 22 to 44 mag gets shot at 100 and 200 yards. Its good practice and so much fun it should be illegal.

The only handgun I don't shoot at any distance over 25 yards is my old H&R 22 because at 24 yards I have to aim 12" down and 18" left to even get on paper let alone scoring ring. Took a lot of rabbits with that gun but target shooting with it. uh uh. Only reason I still have it is because it was the first handgun I ever bought and the only one registered because I bought it in California in 1969.
 
I think above I said, (But I have bad memory.....even at this age..lol.), but I shoot my carry handgun out to 75 yards (Then again, it's my full size WORK gun as well. A 226 Sig .40). And often practice out to 125 regularly.

Legally, you'd be in deep if you shot someone at that range, but it NEVER hurts to be prepared.

MOSTLY, I do it for the pure FUN factor (Face it. Hit a target regularly at 100+ yards brings a smile to your face :D), but I also view it the same as a Concealed Carry Weapon/Permit.

You should never NEED it, but I want to be able to if I DO.
 
Time to put up a clothsline and pin up a bedsheet, because that's the only way I'm gonna find all of my shots.
 
One time I decided to after not shooting for a long time. An elephant was safe, and, I was shooting a custom that would do 2" @ 100 yards normally...

Sometimes, it's not fun.
 
I have a revolver .22 4" and can hit a 10" frypan at 100 yards maybe 50% of the time once i'm dialed in,same with a grill propane tank at 200 yards,I think it's simply because i been shooting .22 rifles for a long time,so Im familiar with the tradjectory.I couldnt even come close with my .357
 
long range pistol shooting

It really gets fun shooting a 44 mag. at 600 to a 1000 yards! A good pistol shot with a 44 could hit a man at 900 yards easy! I used to do a lot of shooting at long distances, and what you could hit with a 44 amazed me. Toolman
 
I shoot up to 200M, regularly

Hi,
I use my S&W 586, 6: Barrel (0.357 Mag).
From all my handguns, this is probably the one I enjoy the most.
So far I have used it up to 200M, for metal-silouhete and for fun.

Best achievement so far is to hit a pint-sized oil can at that range (2nd shot, standing, off hand, open sights, and yes, I do have witnesses otherwise it is like hitting a hole-in-one while you are alone):D.
DaveR
In answer to the post where you say that the only reason one would shoot to 100M is to impress anyone, you are wrong.
I (and at least 30 members of my shooting club)do it for fun, and because we can. I can only asume that you have obviously never heard about metal-silouhete competitions. nor about the many people who hunt with handguns (usually TC's or 44 magnums).

Just this weekend I competed in Metal Silouhette for 0.22, where the targets are set at 100M. for this I use a Taurus 0.22 Revolver, also with a 6" barrel, both me and my 10 Y.O son did quite well.

Shooting is not only about preparing to win a shootout with a BG with a fast double tap from 3 meters.
My load is a 180 Gr' cast (lead) bullet, at 1150 FPS. (well within limits of the powder that I use).

anyone with a 6" barrel, give it a try, you'll be surprised by what you can do:)

Cheers,
Danny
 
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