So i hit a ballon from 75yd with my mark I ...

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yesterday i was out plinking around with 6 other guys in a friends field. We were out sighting in a 20gs slug gun and 2 10/22's, we had set up a target at 75 yd and were messing around with a few gords the size of soft balls. Now most of the guys out with us were much older than I and they mainly hunt with rifles but they play with hand gun every now and agian. We walked out to the target i had 3 balloons that i blew up to about 6-8 inches and i taped then to the target post's and commented to my friend "this is how were going to find out who is buying lunch". We get back to the trucks and i pick up my old Mark I and start to load it .....all the old guys start to laogh at me... i look at my friend ans ask if he rather i shoot my p89. He tells me that he isn't evan going to try to hit a balloon that far out with a hand gun (think he was nervous due to his father being there) i said fine i'll just hit it for fun. His dad starts to make a few comments about how we should bet $$ on this. His kid looks at him and says "i'm not bettin on anything with him with a hand gun.... last time we went out i had to buy lunch when he hit a 2x3 target 7 out of 15 with that p89 from 165 yards. I hit the bolloon on the 6th shot and all the elders seemed to pipe down..... my question to you is...is that really that hard of a shot... i do stuff like that all the time.
 
The Ruger Mark series is an accurate pistol with a good trigger and good sights, 8" is a lot bigger than most bullseyes, so probably not that hard. The biggest challenge would be compensating for the bullet drop from a .22.

I'd say most would not be able to do it on the first shot though...six is a lot more forgiving.
 
I have hit a full size steel silo with my Buckmark at 200 yards... first shot, lucky shot?
Drop at 200 yards is about six feet.
 
I was at the range Sat. 11/7 with my Ruger MK III. I decided to try it out at 100 yards. My son was with me and said "You cant hit that from here.

I was using American Eagle .22 lr out of a 3" barrel with the iron sights shooting at a 12" shoot and see target that someone had left behind. I took my 8" shoot and see target and placed it in the center of the 12". Then I took the extra dots that came with my 8" and covered the existing holes on the 12".

I missed a few rounds but then once I found the proper elevation I landed 14 out of 20 rounds on the target. 5 landed out side the 8" with 9 landing inside the 8". Out of the 9 that landed on the 8" I had 3 in the 7 ring, 1 in the 8 ring, 4 split the ring that seperates 9 & 10 with 1 just out side of the 1/2" red bulls eye inside the 10 ring.

My son was amazed that I even hit the target with the wind we had that day. I was shooting from a bench with the pistol perched on top of my range bag.

I have always had good results from all the Ruger MK series pistols that I've owned over the years. I have yet to find a .22 pistol more accurate or durable than the Ruger brand.
 
I shoot at clay pidgeons on the 100 yard berm regularly. Not all that hard to hit with a good .22 pistol. I certainly don't hit them every time, or even 50% of the time, but I can usually hit them about 25% of the time on a good day.
 
mptrimshop,
That is good shooting. I am one of the range officers at our indoor range. Most of the shooters have difficulty keeping their shots on the paper, let alone in the 10 or x. Any of the local shooters that are doing well are Bullseye shooters.

My prairie doggin partner and I have a running distance record on prairie dogs with 5 1/2" Ruger MKII's with Ultra Dots. He has the record so far at 182 yards. I am down the line at 178. All ranges are verified with a Leica 1200 and must be shot offhand or sitting. Needless to say, once the distance gets over 75 yards, sitting is the only way to go.

FWIW
 
Sorry, good shooting but not spectacular or even unusual. Most folks just underestimate the accuracy and range of handguns.

Jim
 
I'm currently shooting in an after-work pistol league with a scoped Mark II Target. It hangs in there with every other gun, including high-end .22 target pistols, when it comes to accuracy.
 
Most average people would be amazed at that kind of shooting, but you're talking to a bunch of people who spend their time on the internet talking about guns, so not too surprising everybody says "I could do that/I do that all the time" etc.
I shot a bunch of Metallic Silhouette matches with a TC Contender 10 inch barrel with iron sights, and it's standing, two-handed, but no support, no leaning against or resting on anything.

I've never even got 5 Ram targets ( at 100 yards) in a row. And they are about the size of great big watermelons. I don't think I ever got 5 turkey targets in a row, they are about the size of, well, pretty small turkeys (at 75 yards.) So to me hitting anything at 75 yards is pretty darned good to me. I shoot bullseye with my MKII and I'm happy just to score points with all 10 rounds on the 50 yard targets. Once in a while I miss the whole 5-ring, which is like 2 and a half feet. But that's one-handed.
If you ever want to find out how good (or not) you really are, simply go to some kind of match. You'll find out PDQ where you are compared to other people who go to matches. Most shooters don't go to matches because they're not good enough. And most gun owners probably don't even practice or shoot their guns at all.
 
Have busted balloons at 100 yards with MKI .22 pistol pretty reguarly, as well as a lot of other unusual shooting. My buddy and I used to staple ballons to trees along logging roads and then shoot at them out the passenger side window while the other would drive about 30 MPH (this was on private land). Pretty challenging. I was lucky enough to live on a farm when I was younger, if I wanted to shoot, all I needed to do was step outside (or open a window, I would shoot rifles right out my bedroom window out to 300 yards). There was a hillside 200 yards from the front door, would put gallon milk jugs filled with water on hillside and shoot with .44 magnum revolver. I am not going to lie, there certainly were some misses, but it is amazing what handguns can do at distance with a little practice.
 
A 7.5 inch balloon at 75 yards is the same angular size as the 9-ring on a 25 yard slow fire bullseye target. A shooter who has an NRA Expert card in bullseye should be able to do it on virtually every shot.
 
It does take skill to keep the gun steady and hit something at that distance. Once you know exactly where your gun will hit, time to start making some bets.

I like hanging those 4x10 mild steel plates at 75 yards and plinking with my CZ Kadet. Kinda cheating with the red dot, but still hits it every time.
 
Handguns are great for party tricks while out shooting thats for sure. Most people think anything beyond 25 yards is a miracle shot.

That pistol will shoot just as accurately as the 10/22's those other guys were toting, just with a shorter sight radius.
 
i saved that gun from the garbage.... and i'll put it up there with any handgun i own
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That has to be a worthy story... can we hear it?

As far as Ruger MK's I think any gun guy should own at least one... I have had a few for years and they are just good. Have a trigger job done by a qualified person and watch em do even better!
 
OK, now start working on hitting the balloon at 200 and 300 yards. (and farther) Yes it is possible.
 
i saved that gun from the garbage.... and i'll put it up there with any handgun i own
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I do an extensive amount of testing on all my handguns with my Ransom Rest. I have yet to find a MKII that won't hold 1 1/2" or better with good target grade ammo. Not the $15-$18 per box of 50 rds, but the CCI stnd velocity, Win t-22(excluding duds), Rem SV (REALLY excluding duds), Aquila Stnd velocity, Eley Sport, Fed 711, and a host of others.

My 5 1/2" slabside MKII will hold under 3/4" @ 50 yards with an older lot of white box Rem SV. It shoots that better than Eley Tenex or Lapua Midas. BUT (you knew this was coming, right) I can count on at least one dud in every 10-15 shots. This isn't a problem on slow fire. I never use it for timed or rapid fire that is reserved for CCI Stnd Vel. I have shot cases of CCI, have yet to have a dud with it, and every lot groups at least 1 1/2" or better @ 50 yds.

I always take my Rugers when I shoot matches because of the dependability factor. I NEVER have FTF or FTE with the Rugers, quite unlike a lot of the guys I shoot with who are shooting Marvel & Dworak conversions, Pardini's, High Standards.

FWIW
 
how far out dose bulls eye comp go to... i know nothing about them
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Bullseye pistol is shot one-handed from 25 yards, although 50 foot targets are also available. There are three events: (1) slow fire, which is 10 rounds in 10 minutes, (2) timed fire, which is 5 rounds in 20 seconds, twice and (3) rapid fire, which is 5 rounds in 10 seconds, twice. Most people find slow fire to be the most difficult, because the scoring rings are smaller than those used in timed and rapid fire.
 
We used to shoot Buckmarks and Single Sixes at 75 and 100 yards quite a bit. We shot milk jugs. Once you got the elevation figured out, it was easy to hit over 50%.
Not taking anything away from you but like others have said, most people underestimate what a 22 handgun can do with some practice.
 
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