165 yard shot with a handgun?

[Grenadier]

Great story, about how a gun owner possibly saved a police officer's life, by taking out the perp at 165 yards, using a handgun.

http://www.guns.com/texas-gun-owner-shoot-out-10236.html

 

[seasoned]

Finally a positive news story about gun ownership.

Thanks for posting......................

 

[ballen0351]

That's one heck of a shot. I'm going to try that to see if I can hit targets at that range with a handgun

 

[Grenadier]

With a single action trigger pull, a good set of sights, and a flat-shooting magnum load, it might not be so bad, as long as you have your calibrations in order.

 

[clfsean]

I've done an ammo box at 100 yards walking it up to the target, but nothing like that.

 

[oftheherd1]

With a single action trigger pull, a good set of sights, and a flat-shooting magnum load, it might not be so bad, as long as you have your calibrations in order.

And he evidently did.

Good he was there. And yes, thanks for a positive gun story.

 

[Takai]

Just another reason to not mess with Texans.

 

[Bill Mattocks]

I'm not taking anything away from the story or the citizen involved, but I suspect there's a bit of Texas-sized exaggeration involved.

Under optimum conditions, firing a 44 magnum JHP from a rifle with optimum muzzle velocity, you're looking at something in the neighborhood of 6 to 8 inches of bullet drop by 100 yards. Past that, I don't know, but at a rough guess, I'd think he'd have to be holding something like 12 inches high at the range he was claiming to be hitting at.

I also wonder what his backstop was for any misses. Another trailer? Hey, it all worked out, bad guy dead, I'm OK with this. Just sayin'...

 

[Instructor]

It was only 70 yards with an M-9 but still a hell of a shot and remarkably steady after furiously pedalling a mountain bike to the scene of the shooting.

http://www.spokesman.com/blogs/spin...own-helping-other-survivors-mellberg-rampage/

After all these years his example inspires me.

 

[zDom]

I didn't pull up the link, but did he have a scope on that pistol or what?



Anything beyond 20 or 30 yards and the the front site begins to obscure the entire target ...

Reckon I'll never be a long distance pistol shooter. That's why we have rifles... and tennis shoes.