7mm IHMSA in a 14" Remington XP-100.What is your preferred caliber at 100 yards and beyond?
I can't think that anything smaller than 24'' would even be easily visible without magnification at 400. The other size determining factor is the accuracy of the gun itself. A handgun that will hold 1/2" at 25 yds is considered pretty darned accurate. That translates to no better than 8" at 400 yards. Realistically I'd be expecting nearly double that.I’d like to ring steel at 400 yards with both pistols shown in 2nd post. What are reasonable expectations or steel sizes I should consider?
My old favorite was / is 45 Colt. I was going to go 460 S&W but instead went a different way. More to follow.
What is your preferred caliber at 100 yards and beyond?
In the photo is a 5.2 pound AR 5.56 pistol with a dot, 7.5 inch barrel shooting 55 grain factory IMI 855 ammo. Also a 4.2 pound scoped, 7.5 inch barrel Ruger Super Blackhawk in 45 Colt shooting 300 grain hand loads.
Both guns have 3 pound triggers. Both shoot one inch 25 yard groups and 4 inch 100 yard groups. Muzzle energy is 860 for the AR and 960 for the Ruger. Both are fun to shoot at distance a long ways past 100.
The handguns could not be more different. And both are frustrating in that you cannot just pick them up and expect to do well without dedicated practice. IMO, this type of shooting is becoming a lost art.
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What are reasonable expectations or steel sizes I should consider?
This is so true!For 100+ yard handgunning, specialty pistols in bottleneck cartridges completely change the game.
Are you asking this question in reference to straight wall cartridges only?
Revolvers and or semi-autos only?
Last, are you asking about handguns with iron sights only?
2-4moa is about as tight as I’d trust the revolver to deliver.
The AR, 1-2moa. 400yrds isn’t yet LR for a bottleneck cartridge in a specialty pistol.
…10" steel from 300 yards to 900 yards. 12 or 14" at 1K, and a IPSC target at 1350 yards
A scoped 45 Colt pistol and a 223 AR pistol with a 4 MOA red dot, for me. For others, sky is the limit, I just want to learn what others are doing. Thanks for sharing in your later post.
That’s pretty impressive! Don’t think I could ever do that with a 4 MOA dot. But this AR pistol was built for making hits quickly. I’m trying to figure out what I should be trying to hit at 400 yards. I’m thinking the IDPA silhouette seems appropriate.
With your AR pistol (If it had a 100 yard zero) will take about 37-47 inches of elevation to hit a 400 yard target