1. I used to routinely hit bowling pins and small silhouettes at 75 and 100 yds with various pistols, one and two handed holds. My Ruger Blackhawk in .357 was best, but I also can hit with various .45 acp’s, 9 mm, even .22 RF. It’s not that hard once you determine the correct hold-over.

   It’s actually a lot of fun, especially with reactive type targets. It also forces a strict focus on hold and trigger smoothness.

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2. Just for stupid fun, I tried my J-Frame at 50 on a steel full size USPSA silhouette. You can, in fact, make decent hits with a 1 7/8” 38 revolver at distance. I wouldn’t want to make a habit of it, but you can. 25 yard B8 groups for the win.

   Also, two stories on the police/military vs. citizen point:
   1) Much like when they talk about the citizenry having “military grade” weaponry. That’s downright insulting. My equipment is way higher quality and better taken care of than about anything I’ve seen in the hands of most grunts.

   2) In college I was an RO for a local range. On occasion the range owner would host the ROTC cadets and cadre for range days (a lot of cadets had never even held a gun, let alone have any proficiency in one of the basic skills of being a soldier). All I can say is the, “I was in the military, I know to shoot,” trope died at those range event. Especially within the officer corps.

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3. “Not trained to police standards” our shotgun qualification was to load 5 rounds of buckshot, hose em downrange with no target, reload and load “between 1 to 5 rounds at officer discretion” of slugs and repeat.

   No target, no time, no scoring, just try not to point the weapon in the general direction of the range sergeant. Handgun qual, our primary weapon, was done with the intention that no officer should fail based on pistol performance and should be passed.

   The legal eagle thinking was that A. Statistically the chance of an officer involved shooting was statistically low (until it isn’t) and B. *** OFFICALLY UNSAID qualified immunity and taxpayer funded settlements are a heck of a thing OFFICIALLY UNSAID ***

   Now obviously not all departments are the same and may have different standards but the fact that anyone should have those opinions and made it to a leadership position is terrible.

   That shooter in the video? Not even on my best day but I sure would love to try, that’s some amazing control and follow through.

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4. Wow. I should practice more at longer distances. Then again, I have a short barrel model, that makes it more problematic. That, and at age 64 my hands aren’t very steady, not that they ever were.

   A year or so ago I saw a video of Jerry Miculek hitting a target (about twice that size, I think) from 1000 yards. Ah, found it — or similar, he apparently did it a number of times. https://www.tactical-life.com/news/jerry-miculek-1000-yards-revolver/

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5. My dad n I used to shoot 6×12 steel at 100 yards… with S&W Chiefs specials.

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