'Handguns Aren't Accurate at longer distance' - Glock 23 hitting gong 230 YARDS away

[One-Time]

its less about accuracy than velocity to incapacitate, its been commonly known for a while that shorter barrels dont necessarily cause less accuracy, its merely an issue of the round performing

 

[Cosmoline]

It isn't so much that handguns are inherently inaccurate. From a bench with time to aim you can bang gongs and such at surprising ranges. The problem is they're difficult for most of us to shoot accurately in a pinch. Which is why you have so very many rounds from handguns flat-out missing close range targets in a fire fight. And why handgun vs. rifle contests end badly for the guys with the short guns.

There are also inherent problems using a firearm where long range shooting has so much "Kentucky and Tennessee" in it. A classic example is the standoff, the name escapes me at the moment, where the suspect had a surplus rifle and the police had handguns. One officer got a bead on the suspect at about 100 yards and fired off a clip, only to be shot by the suspect with a single lethal round. Later on the group from the handgun was found. A surprisingly good group, but about a foot high. With a long gun the officer could have finished the matter with a single round--esp. being a very good shot.

 

[rcmodel]

Kind of makes you wonder why the old battle rifles like the Mosin Nagant and the Springfield '03 have the leaf sights for up to 2000 yards huh.

They never intended for an individual solder to hit anything at those ranges.

The sights were used for a common battlefield tactic of the time called Massed Volley Fire.

The object was for a whole company of solders to lob bullets into the real estate the enemy solders were occupying a mile away.

If they could keep most of the shots inside a 40 acre beaten zone, it would make it unwise to break cover, stand up, and give the finger to the guys doing the Massed Volley Fire.

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