Shooting a 1911 at longer than normal range....

[M2 Carbine]

In the late 1960's I was a flight instructor in the Army helicopter flight school.
One of my students had been awarded the Silver Star for killing a bunch of VC with his 1911A1.
The closest VC was 7 yards away and the furtherest was 97 yards.

I read a copy of the Silver Star commendation but, I'm sorry to say I didn't write down the details, like the number of VC, but the number brought a "WOW" from me.

 

[Rexster]

This thread reminds me that it has been FAR too long since I fired a 1911 at 50 yards. Living within a large metropolitan area has it drawbacks! I now mostly use indoor ranges that only give me 15 yards to about 50 feet.

 

[EAJ]

The latest edition of "Guns & Ammo" quoted a "Copperism" that made me smile.

"A good general range rule for pistols is that if what you want to hit appears larger than your front sight, you are within range."

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

"A good general range rule for pistols is that if what you want to hit appears larger than your front sight, you are within range." I'm smiling because I just thought of how skinny the front sight on my 03A3 Springfield is...........

 

[Pappy109]

Then there is this dude:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFd3kF6LHz4

Simply Amazing

 

[M2 Carbine]

Then there is this dude:

Good shooting !!!!

I wish my range was that long.

I've just been shooting 50 yards lately. That convinced me to start shooting at 100 yards again.

 

[Walkalong]

Along with the 100 yard line with 20 benches, we have a 300 yard range at our club. It's up & around by its self with about 5 or 6 benches. It is fun to shoot handguns at 300 yards.

Bad ES & SD number loads will really rear their ugly heads there.

 

[Corey]

I used to shoot 8" steel plates at 100 yards with my Colt Commander. I could usually hit 6-7 out of 10 shots. I remember goint 9 straight once and missing on the tenth.

About 20 years ago I was a member of a club with a private outdoor range. We opened up the 200 yard rifle range for hunters to sight in every fall. The range was set up for High power competiting so we used the full size frames and backers with spotters in the pits. When some of the shooters complained about the distance being too far (shooting a scoped rifle from bench rest) I would pull out my customized Gold Cup and put a few rounds on the target from a bulls eye stance. What the did not know was that I had gone out during the summer and figured out the hold over and painted a mark on the mountain that acted as our back stop.