buck460XVR
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My two cents.
You are having fun and being successful shooting long range with a gun you already have. It is a caliber you already reload for. You don't need a longer range, you just need to use smaller targets. I have steel gongs I shoot at, that range in size from 12" down to 2". I have the hangers for them at designated 40, 70, 100 and 200 yards. All of my hangers are made to hold two targets. A larger one and a smaller one. Once one gets dialed in on the larger target, you don't always have to change your yardage, just change the target you are a shooting at. A 2" gong at 100 yards is a challenge for any caliber handgun.
Shooting at 100 yards or more with a revolver is not a big deal unless you are hunting. That is when you want something faster and flatter shooting than the ol' .357. But for the challenge of shooting at distances with a handgun, you really don't need anything else. Moderate recoil makes so you can shoot it all day, ammo is relatively inexpensive compared to some of the other calibers mentioned here and the platforms are generally more accurate than the shooter. Sometimes when shooting my Smiths in SA gets boring, it's a challenge to shoot the same distances DA. IMHO, you are just fine with what you have for now. If you want to get competitive down the road, research will tell you better than us what you will need to be appropriate.
Problem most folks have with shooting handguns more than 15-25 yards is all in their head. My closest gong at my range is 40 yards and even with a 12 incher hanger from it, many folks new to my range balk at shooting that far with their handguns and insist on moving the bench or standing closer. It's not after they shoot and realize that hitting a target @ 40 yards is not that difficult, even with their CWC, that they realize the idea that most handguns are inherently inaccurate past 25 yards is a misconception. Like you, they realize that shooting at longer distances is actually a lot of fun once you get your head wrapped around it.
You are having fun and being successful shooting long range with a gun you already have. It is a caliber you already reload for. You don't need a longer range, you just need to use smaller targets. I have steel gongs I shoot at, that range in size from 12" down to 2". I have the hangers for them at designated 40, 70, 100 and 200 yards. All of my hangers are made to hold two targets. A larger one and a smaller one. Once one gets dialed in on the larger target, you don't always have to change your yardage, just change the target you are a shooting at. A 2" gong at 100 yards is a challenge for any caliber handgun.
Shooting at 100 yards or more with a revolver is not a big deal unless you are hunting. That is when you want something faster and flatter shooting than the ol' .357. But for the challenge of shooting at distances with a handgun, you really don't need anything else. Moderate recoil makes so you can shoot it all day, ammo is relatively inexpensive compared to some of the other calibers mentioned here and the platforms are generally more accurate than the shooter. Sometimes when shooting my Smiths in SA gets boring, it's a challenge to shoot the same distances DA. IMHO, you are just fine with what you have for now. If you want to get competitive down the road, research will tell you better than us what you will need to be appropriate.
Problem most folks have with shooting handguns more than 15-25 yards is all in their head. My closest gong at my range is 40 yards and even with a 12 incher hanger from it, many folks new to my range balk at shooting that far with their handguns and insist on moving the bench or standing closer. It's not after they shoot and realize that hitting a target @ 40 yards is not that difficult, even with their CWC, that they realize the idea that most handguns are inherently inaccurate past 25 yards is a misconception. Like you, they realize that shooting at longer distances is actually a lot of fun once you get your head wrapped around it.