185gr and Colt King Cobra

[waco]

That's the plan anyway. Next weekend we are going out to the desert for more long range shooting. Going to test some 185gr Accurate loads in the Colt. 14gr of H110 and CCI 550's
Looking to hit beer cans and the like at 100 plus. I'll keep you posted.

 

[gman]

Sounds like fun. Shooting at distance with a handgun will tell you a lot about your gun, load and you. Looking forward to your report. Hopefully my little farm will be free of the flood waters we had the last 2 weeks. Haven't been able to do any shooting at all.

 

[300BLK]

That sounds like fun! Stretching the distance out makes near misses more fun, but I would need a little larger target (to see) these days.

 

[KHornet]

Long range hand gunning is almost an art form within the shooting world. Love re-reading Elmer's long range stories, particularly the ones about shooting the outhouse at long distance.
Keep us posted on your weekend.

 

[Rick]

Dunno if long range handgun is an art form but it is a different mindset. One of the things that helped me when I first got started was realizing that bullets are stupid, they have no idea if they exited a rifle or a handgun. They only know bullet weight, rifling twist and how much energy was applied to their backside. The rest is up to you, grip, sight picture, grip, trigger control, grip. Did I mention how critical a completely consistent grip is?

For the ballistics the bullet doesn't know or care what launched it and it doesn't matter. Enough bullet weight and velocity with a good load and shooting technique and the bullet will go where you pointed it whether that's at 20 yards or 200 yards. Having taught many to shoot long range the toughest thing to overcome is their mindset that . . . This is a handgun (or worse, a revolver) and this is impossible because handguns can't do that. Put that silliness to rest and that revolver will amaze you for what it can do. Just as soon as you get your mind right and stop insulting the poor revolver.
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[waco]

Thanks for the words of encouragement Rick. I'm looking forward to the practice.

 

[9.3X62AL]

I do some of that every time I drag a wheelgun out to the desert--long range artillerism. EVERY WORD RICK POSTED IS "GOSPEL" when it comes to long-range handgunning. I don't engage deer or other game animals at uber-distance with sidearms, but I will strafe varmints in that manner as well as paper or steel targets.

 

[Intheshop]

Grip = recoil management.Which leads to,"there's no perfect site picture".Just when you think the sites are aligned,more than likely you're"behind the trigger".This is for offhand shooting.Try to break the shot as the sites are headed "into" the black rather than waiting.Further,keep maintaining the sites through the shot.

Try shooting some slow fire dbl action @50 yds ,cpl cylinder fulls,then go single action at 100.Have fun.

 

[Rick]

Yes. Recoil management = follow through and is just as important as grip. The reason being that a revolver has both slow lock time and slow barrel time. ANYTHING you do to alter the recoil BEFORE the bullet exits the barrel WILL change the point of impact. Change the position of your hand on the grip, change the amount of grip or don't have a very consistent follow through and you have changed the point of impact. Very minor changes in grip or follow through will have far less effect on groups at 15 than at 200. The same inconsistency at 15 yards will produce a group that your probably not really happy with. At 200 your most likely not even on the target backer.
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