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Going out in 100+ degree heat?
No wonder you're an old grump....
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Helluva good job on the targets!
No wonder you're an old grump....
Helluva good job on the targets!
Actually I wanted to do some 100 yard shooting with my shotguns and muzzle loader but it was going to take to much time and work so I settled for quick and easy. Way back in the 70's when I was teaching police and deputy Sheriff's Some time during the session one would make a disparaging remark about the 45. I would have them take a 50 yard pistol target and set it up on the 100 yard frame and then I would shoot 5 rounds with that 22 , that 45 and his service gun whatever it was. Then I would have him go get the target while I sat in the shade and smoked a cigar. Invariably they would come back talking to themselves.Thats some good grouping!
So your saying that you posted this to prove that pistols are effective at 100 yds?
-Nate
This has what to do with this topic?Some years back some Navy Seals were kicking back at a dude ranch near my home and they were doing a little target practice. Problem was that it was in the Fall and it was dry as a bone. They set off a forest fire when a bullet hit a rock and set off sparks. I was on alert to evacuate from my home. Luckily, no one lost their home. If the owner of the ranch wasn't my boss's husband, I might have raised hell. :\
When is the last time you shot with 97% humidity, (or are you on the East coast?), I double checked the readings and instead of the 39% it told me when I went out it was 97% and this old body don't do that anymore. I shot a 1000 yard match in El Paso in 1973 in 105 degree head but I was a little younger than and I had a gallon of lemonade that barely lasted half the match. I should have brought a 5 gallon thermos. There really is a huge difference in dry and humid heat.I don't see the heat as an issue. That's a normal shooting day here in the summer.
Yeah, we rarely get much in the way of humidity here. It's usually dry with very strong sunshine, unless it had recently rained. Then it's like a sauna. So I can relate about the humidity issue. I've shot in the desert in 100+ heat after a rain and the hot sand really puts off the steam.This has what to do with this topic?
What were they shooting and how far and what kind of targets and what kind of ammo?
When is the last time you shot with 97% humidity, (or are you on the East coast?), I double checked the readings and instead of the 39% it told me when I went out it was 97% and this old body don't do that anymore. I shot a 1000 yard match in El Paso in 1973 in 105 degree head but I was a little younger than and I had a gallon of lemonade that barely lasted half the match. I should have brought a 5 gallon thermos. There really is a huge difference in dry and humid heat.
The humidity up here is what kills you. The mature corn crop is putting so much water in the air right now. That's why we get stupid things like heat indexes of 115 deg. with an air temperature of only 90. It literally shuts your body's cooling mechanisims down, your sweat doesn't evaporate so you just roast. It's miserable. The only thing worse was the desert heat of the middle east. It was a dry heat, but a dry 120 degrees is still enough to make you wish for death.I don't see the heat as an issue. That's a normal shooting day here in the summer.
I love long distance shooting with handguns. I got interested in it almost 30 years back by shooting silhuette with a .44 magnum. The 200 yard target was the most fun and quickly became addictive. That lead me to get a couple Remington XP-100 pistols in .308 specifically for competition.
With practice, putting rounds on target at 100 yards with a handgun is quite possible and a lot of fun. I wish more people would practice it rather than just say it can't be done.
Especially the guys who *only* shoot at 25 yards or less. Some day they may need to take a shot farther than that. The Texas Luby's Cafeteria shooting comes to mind. If someone had a gun with them that day, they may have been able to end the incident. But it's likely that the shot would have been farther than 25 yards.
What I couldn't believe was how little hold-over I needed at 100 yards. Aiming at the head of the silhouette put the rounds center-mass. My first shot, I aimed about 6 feet over the silhouette, and saw the bullet hit the 200 yard berm about 2-3 high, flying completely over the target at 100 yards. I couldn't hardly believe that, but I aimed at the head and let the rest go. You're right about that front sight, just a slight wander, and the bullet goes 5 feet wide at 100 yards. It's addictive.Good show Cannon fodder, that is exactly what I am talking about. 100 yards is comparatively short and the bullets from your gun do not get tired and fall to the ground before they get there. Once you get the bug you just keep doing it. It is amazing how much better and easier it is to shoot groups at 50 yards if you have spent few days with an handgun offhand shooting at water filled gallon jugs, bowling pins, 5 gallon buckets, clay pigeons, old frying pans, etc. at 100 or 200 yards. Eventually you learn the hold off needed and the rest is chuckles and giggles.
To far to bull gaze so you have to pay attention to that front sight. Just as good as dry fire practice but noisier and a lot more fun.