9mm luger the new 1,000 yard cartridge

[ArchAngelCD]

It was a great shot no doubt, but if you notice, from what I saw anyway, the bullet hit low and left on the plate - not on the balloon. The fragments from the steel plate and/or bullet burst the balloon, which was about a foot or so from where the bullet hit.

He never said he was going to hit the balloon, he was trying to hit the plate. They add the balloon for visibility and to aid in seeing if the plate is hit. The splatter will break the balloon if it hit anywhere on the plate.

A shooter actually hit a plate with a 6" revolver @1000 yards and you are focusing on him not hitting the balloon itself? Really?

 

[gamestalker]

I remember back in the 80's or so I shot a coyote at about 200 yds. with a scoped SRH, first shot.

More recently, and on a fairly regular basis I like to turn heads with a snubby .357 at 500 yds.. I can often hit a steel javelina within the first two shots, sometimes I get lucky and nail it on the first try. But this is what happens when you know your reloads and the weapon. My model S&W 66's are like an extension of my arm with full house 296 loads and 158 gr. JHP's of which I have been regularly shooting for almost 30 yrs.. I buddy of mine last weekend made the remark that a bad guy would have no chance at 100 yds. when I armed with one of my 66's after watching me put them in a 6" circle at 100 yds., off hand none the less.

There are 3 basic rules to shooting well at any distance, practice, practice, and practice! Oh, and of course knowing your weapon and reloads. Just about anyone can learn to shoot proficiently if they take the time to regularly practice.

GS

 

[ArchAngelCD]

There are 3 basic rules to shooting well at any distance, practice, practice, and practice! Oh, and of course knowing your weapon and reloads. Just about anyone can learn to shoot proficiently if they take the time to regularly practice.

GS

In one of Jerry's videos he said he is often asked how he shoots so well at those distances. He said he answer is always the same, "Be the first one on the range in the morning and the last one to leave."

Sounds a lot like what "gamestalker" is saying, no?

 

[TennJed]

How in the world does my analogy give you any idea of how I follow college football? Out of the 4 teams listed Alabama would easily dominate all of them over the last 5 years or so. However, I am not going to get into that with you because that is off topic.

FYI bama is 2-2 in the last 4 and 4-8 in the last 12 against Auburn. Not what i would call domination

 

[JRH6856]

FYI bama is 2-2 in the last 4 and 4-8 in the last 12 against Auburn. Not what i would call domination

Well, to be fair, his initial statement said either Alabama or Auburn would dominate. When the only other two options are Miss. St and Arkansas, I'd have to agree.

 

[Cee Zee]

There are 3 basic rules to shooting well at any distance, practice, practice, and practice!

Luck plays a part with a lot of long range shooting at least for some people. If you're using factory loads which have a wide variation in the powder charge they may drop. Knowing your loads will mean almost as much as practice does. But some people seem to be good at guessing how much holdover to use. IMO that's where luck comes in.

 

[Drail]

That advice about being the first one on the range and the last one to leave is absolutely correct. Years ago when I shot competition I did that for 2 or 3 years and it certainly made a difference. Of course that also means I had to build props for matches, set up plate racks and pin tables and mow A LOT OF GRASS. But it was worth it. I love the smell of freshly mown grass at 7 am. mixed with the smell of Buslleye powder and the smell of meat on the grill. You know the scene in Dirty Harry where he's shooting his Model 29 with one hand and eating a hot dog with his other hand? We did that. A lot.

 

[Malamute]

Meaning to take nothing from Jerry's skill, I doubt that was the first two shots he ever tried at that distance with that gun, or any other gun. I'd bet it was an educated guess on where to hold, from experience.

Distance shooting is a lot of fun, and really forces you to concentrate on all the fundamentals. Sight alignment and trigger pull in particular.

 

[Cee Zee]

Distance shooting absolutely makes you get your fundamentals right or you'll never hit what you're aiming at. But there's more to it like doping the wind and knowing the drop of your ammo and having consistent ammo. Without those things a person is going to have a hard time hitting a target at 1000 yards unless it's just pure luck.

I spent the better part of 3 years practicing every day in my yard. I was only shooting 50 yards or sometimes 75 or 100 but I didn't have a bench set up to shoot from at those distances. I had a river of brass running through my yard I shot so much. I spent probably $3500 just on .22LR ammo that year and this was long before the panic. But that time I put in helped me tremendously. From trigger pull to the way I held my rifle (works the same with a revovler) to breathing techniques to stuff as small as learning to shoot between heart beats - it all matters no matter how far you're shooting. I spent some time shooting 500 yards during that time period too. I clearly benefited from practicing with a .22 every day when I got the 500 yard range.

Shooting fundamentals can't be ignored if you want to be accurate. And until you put in the time to know when you actually have them down you can know what to do and still not do it. Shooting is actually pretty simple but that doesn't make it easy. Practice is the key to all of it. Once you learn what to do you just have to put it into action and that means practice.