Who Needs A Rifle? The Walker At 100 Yards

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Interesting video on long-range shooting here. Good information on bullets, loads and loading.

I recall decades ago, when I received my first professional handgun training, the instructors demonstrating how easy it was to hit a man-sized target at 100 yards. At that time they did it not only to show us how easy it was to repeatedly hit the target at that range, but also how easy it would be for you to get hit at that range. They were using .38 revolvers and one instructor put six rounds center mass over his shoulder (using a mirror) at 100 yds. So, this is eminently practical, with practice.

 
I get amazed at how many folks seem to think 100 yards is equivalent to a half a mile. It's 300 feet. I've personally dropped jackrabbits at 130 yards with a pistol. Not a big deal.
 
I once saw a friend hit a shaving cream can with a 44 magnum at 75 yards. He never managed to hit ANYTHING with it again.
There is a you tube video of two guys one shooting a .58 enfield and the other a bess. Ten shots at three hundred yards at a man sized target.
The enfield shot low and put them in the dirt for the dirt three shots, the rest were all hits but one or two
The Bess had dirt fly up all over, except one that was center of mass almost dead center
Bragging right the rest of his life
 
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