Steve Doran proves that any gun can be accurate if you take the time to practice with it. He takes his Smith & Wesson Model 60 snub nosed revolver (1 5/8 inch barrel) and, firing 158 grain .38 Special factory ammunition and manages great accuracy at 100 yards!
Steve has a write up about the shoot over at his website.
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Impressive.
The bullet must have piss poor penetration at that distance, though.
Enough penetration to make your eyes water though
Google: ILRPSA “pocket pistol”
They shoot long range bullseye matches with handguns. One category is for “pocket pistols”. You have 30 seconds to fire five rounds at a target 100 meters downrange. This is done twice.
Not surprisingly, some competitors started to build raceguns for all of the events, including the “pocket pistol” match. In one of David Miller’s books you can see a Colt New Service that received a short but huge match barrel, a hooded front sight with large sun shade, an extended rear sight, and orthopedic stocks.
At Bisley, they had long range events for the “service pistol” (L9A1) and “.45 auto”. These had targets at 100 and 200 meters.
Then there was an “all-comers” event that had targets at 100, 200, and 300 meters. Also in the Miller book, there is a converted Ruger Blackhawk with all of the modifications of the New Service mentioned earlier except for a much longer barrel. The owner had reportedly developed an individual load for each of the three ranges so he wouldn’t have to change his sight settings. In one of Patrick Sweeney’s books, you can even find a photo of a Lahti pistol which was probably modified for the same competition.
Daniel, THATS AWESOME. I would love to watch a match like that.
It probably wasn’t much fun to watch as they used paper targets.
In contrast at International Handgun Metallic Silhouette Association (IHMSA) matches, you knock over metal animal silhouettes at 50, 100, 150, and 200 meters in the standard competitions. If it doesn’t fall over, it doesn’t score. I have heard of people showing up at IHMSA matches with service pistols. It was more of a stunt at the time.
Impressive shooting with a snubby at 100 yards. During my defensive pistol training I was the only student to use an S&W 649 (5 rounds, 2 1/8″ barrel) for the courses on silhouet targets at from 15 feet to 25 yards rapid fire. I had no misses. All other students used a variety of semi-autos – mostly having adjustable sights and longer barrels. I was the only student to have no: failures to extract, stove-pipes or lost shots due to primer failures (just squeeze again on a new chamber).