Range Day This Morning

[Harrys]

It has been awhile since I shot the .500 S&W magnum BFR. Set the target at 50 yards and no steady stick. It is a beast however I do bring a steady stick when hunting. I have to lift more weights. The green part of the circle is 6.5 inches.

 

[trickg]

50 yards or 50 feet!? Scoped or irons? I'm a good shot, but there's no way in hell I can do that at 150 feet with iron sights and no support. I can maybe do that at 50 feet on a good day.

 

[PlumberEd]

That is good shooting. I’d be happy if I could do that at 50 feet.

 

[Harrys]

50 yards or 50 feet!? Scoped or irons? I'm a good shot, but there's no way in hell I can do that at 150 feet with iron sights and no support. I can maybe do that at 50 feet on a good day.

50 yards with iron sites and no support. One thing I do with a 5 LB + gun and 7.5" barrel, I hold the gun upright with elbows at 90 degrees. Then I slowly start bringing the gun down and when I get to locked elbows and on target, I squeeze the trigger. Holding the gun straight out and steady without support is difficult. I can do it but the target will look like a shot gun was used.

 

[outrider58]

Do you own a compound bow? A compound bow will develop arm, back, and shoulder muscles you never knew you had.

 

[Harrys]

Do you own a compound bow? A compound bow will develop arm, back, and shoulder muscles you never knew you had.

No tried bow hunting once and if I was first nation the blood line would have stopped with me.

 

[Naptown34]

50 yards with iron sites and no support. One thing I do with a 5 LB + gun and 7.5" barrel, I hold the gun upright with elbows at 90 degrees. Then I slowly start bringing the gun down and when I get to locked elbows and on target, I squeeze the trigger. Holding the gun straight out and steady without support is difficult. I can do it but the target will look like a shot gun was used.

So you start with a loaded and cocked 500 S&W magnum BFR aimed straight up? what range was this?

 

[Harrys]

So you start with a loaded and cocked 500 S&W magnum BFR aimed straight up? what range was this?

NOT COCKED!!! You It is a single action finger off trigger and hammer back when on target squeeze trigger. So what?

 

[trickg]

Are you a competition bullseye shooter?

 

[John from MD]

50 yards with iron sites and no support. One thing I do with a 5 LB + gun and 7.5" barrel, I hold the gun upright with elbows at 90 degrees. Then I slowly start bringing the gun down and when I get to locked elbows and on target, I squeeze the trigger. Holding the gun straight out and steady without support is difficult. I can do it but the target will look like a shot gun was used.

Do you finish with the barrel pointing straight up too?

 

[Naptown34]

Okay joker. Clearly not what you said in your OP.
I ask because only jokers start with their handgun facing 90 degrees up.


"50 yards with iron sites and no support. One thing I do with a 5 LB + gun and 7.5" barrel, I hold the gun upright with elbows at 90 degrees. Then I slowly start bringing the gun down and when I get to locked elbows and on target, I squeeze the trigger."

 

[Bountied]

Do you own a compound bow? A compound bow will develop arm, back, and shoulder muscles you never knew you had.

Front deltoid raises would be better for holding a gun out in front of you.

 

[Harrys]

Do you finish with the barrel pointing straight up too?

Yup

 

[Harrys]

Are you a competition bullseye shooter?

No, but it is all about the squeeze.

 

[trickg]

No, but it is all about the squeeze.

I'm a good enough shot - that's 6 shots with a 44 Mag at 25 feet. I'm not sure how much that group would spread at 150 though.

 

[lazarus]

Do you finish with the barrel pointing straight up too?

Full house loads, I'd be at about 9:30 pointed at the guys head behind me. I don't shoot a 500S&W for a reason...

My almost 4lb 6" Dan Wesson .44 mag with full power loads I am at about 1 o'clock after each shot. Gotta roll with it.

That is pretty darned good shooting. Despite OP saying the size of the circle, I am still having a hard time translating that to actual group size, since my mind is calibrated for .45 holes and smaller (mostly ~.355-.388 holes). If I was shooting real careful I think I could probably do about that with my Buckmark or 27-2 with the 8 3/8" barrel. Not with any of my other handguns unless I was using a rest.

I somewhat regularly shoot clay pigeons on the 50yd covered pistol range at my club. For most of my handguns it rarely takes more than 3 rounds to shoot a 110mm pigeon that's sitting at about a 20 degree angle, so that is effectively ~4x3 target. At 25yds most I am around abouts 2 in 3 for most of my handguns (as in busting 2 with 3 shots). Now my little Cz82 or Yugo 70 for sure not that accurate.

This is a group at 13yds from my Dan Wesson 6” 44 mag shooting full power (~1400fps 240gr) loads over my chrono, caring more about the chrono data for load development than working really hard at accuracy. Ignore the one slightly smaller hole towards the bottom, that’s from my 27-2 testing a different load towards the center of the target. So most in 2x2” at that distance.

 

[John from MD]

I'm a good enough shot - that's 6 shots with a 44 Mag at 25 feet. I'm not sure how much that group would spread at 150 though.


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I shot many a round of .44 Mag (I carried one hunting so I practiced). That group is fine for slow sighting. Try it next time double action fast as you can. I had some spectators asking why I put myself through the punishment. I told them I wanted to get all five shots off before that bear fell on me.

 

[outrider58]

Instead of weights(per se) I would focus on core strengthening, if you don't already. That was why I was asking about archery.

 

[Topshift5]

I’d say getting into another hobby of riding motorcycles could be another way to get that core strength up along with forearms and get the benefit of feeling free. Riding crotch rockets back in CA definitely helped me with that.

I second thought there are too many crazy drivers out here and no lane splitting. Gym it is! Lol.

 

[blazing lead]

Absolutely, a strong core is key to a lot of things. I'm a fan of the plank and side bridges myself. I can do them anywhere any time so I can't talk myself out of them,I'm trying to keep the dad bod at bay as long as I can.and you can also implement some lower / middle weight kettle bells into the mix to. I use some of the techniques outlined in the article below. I have used some of these techniques in some marksmanship training in the military. Tools in the tool box

How to Improve your Marksmanship with Kettlebells: A Kettlebells article from Dragon Door Publications | Dragon Door

A Kettlebells article from Dragon Door Publications: How to Improve your Marksmanship with Kettlebells by Anon, RKC

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