100 yards with a 357 Mag Pistol

[striker55]

I shot strictly creedmore for 10 years. Sold all my long range guns and started shooting semi autos. Closer distance, I did learn trigger control and aiming. I can still group pretty good standing, as witnessed by the target in my avatar.

 

[benenglish]

I shot strictly creedmore for 10 years.

I hate being so old and stiff and having back problems. Shooting creedmoor or dead frog (my preference) was the most fun I've ever had shooting. Now I can't do it.

 

[bbbass]

When I could still see worth a damn, I loved to ring steel at 50yds with my .45ACP.

 

[MountainGirl]

Creedmore? Dead frog? Google is my friend.

 

[benenglish]

Creedmore? Dead frog? Google is my friend.

View attachment 364527

That's dead frog.

Oddly enough, dead frog more closely resembles the positions used by the original Creedmoor riflemen than the creedmoor position used by modern handgunners.

 

[striker55]

I hate being so old and stiff and having back problems. Shooting creedmoor or dead frog (my preference) was the most fun I've ever had shooting. Now I can't do it.

Like getting down on my ass to plug something in and can't get up.

 

[Geezer]

Like getting down on my ass to plug something in and can't get up.

I'll never build another house but, if I do, there won't be any damn outlets lower than 3 feet from the floor.

 

[BigRed]

I'll never build another house but, if I do, there won't be any damn outlets lower than 3 feet from the floor.

My Grandfather was a carpenter....built his own house.

Want to guess where the outlets were?

 

[robertc1024]

One of my best range days ever was out at Vaq's, with Dawico trying to shoot a plate with a garbage .22 pistol at 200 yards. He hit it frequently. I didn't, but had a world of fun.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

I had fun farting around with my Ruger BlackHawk 45 Colt, 4 5/8 barrel. Iron sights and 300 grain hard cast ticking along about 1100 fps. Never over a chrono so just guestimation. Tried some Corbon 325 gainers at an advertised 1300 fps but they were too violent in that short light gun.
100 yards was as far it ever went.

 

[billtool]

When I could still see worth a damn, I loved to ring steel at 50yds with my .45ACP.

I was ringing silhouette at 50 yards probably 80% with this guy. It shoots better than my eyes too.

 

[benenglish]

I was ringing silhouette at 50 yards probably 80% with this guy. It shoots better than my eyes too.

In the early days of IHMSA, where the targets go out to 200 meters, one of the major championships was won by a bullseye shooter with an unmodified Gold Cup. IIRC, it was the Eastern Production title in ~1978.

 

[bbbass]

I was ringing silhouette at 50 yards probably 80% with this guy. It shoots better than my eyes too. View attachment 364599

Make/model?

The grips look familiar but I don't want to guess.

 

[billtool]

Make/model?

The grips look familiar but I don't want to guess.

This is the guy-

Colt's Manufacturing LLC

Colt's Manufacturing Company - firearms, handguns, pistols, rifles, revolvers.

www.colt.com

 

[BigRed]

C'mon, BigRed. Show us how you shoot 100 yards offhand. Put up or...

Here ya go.

 

[Tblack89]

Great posture and stance……. O wait nobody can see shit.

 

[BigRed]

Great posture and stance……. O wait nobody can see shit.

I don't have video equip. I have an iPhone propped up against that block of wood you see at the beginning

You can see the shock wave from the shot in the upper left corner.

Posture and stance is fine as evidenced by the hit.

Handguns are more accurate than many folks realize. With practice, 100yds is VERY doable.

Heck, in Indiana a kid took out a thug at 40yds in a mall with a compact gun....

Greenwood Park Mall shooting - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

I am sure that was much more difficult than what I was doing standing around on an empty range.

I don't know if I could do it with the adrenaline pumping and a target shooting back....I pray I never have to find out!

 

[General Zod]

Nice shot. What size target? Hard to tell from the video.

 

[BigRed]

Nice shot. What size target? Hard to tell from the video.

20" target sans the wind the op was dealing with.

Keep up the good work with your son. I mean that sincerely.

I shot a bunch with my Dad...and not nearly as much as I wanted to or wish I could.

My favorite memories of Dad still involve shooting a pellet through a can.

 

[General Zod]

20" target sans the wind the op was dealing with.

Keep up the good work with your son. I mean that sincerely.

I shot a bunch with my Dad...and not nearly as much as I wanted to or wish I could.

My favorite memories of Dad still involve shooting a pellet through a can.

Both of my boys love shooting and are pretty damn good at it - which makes me a proud dad. My oldest is the one who's obsessed with 100+ yard pistol shots.