.45LC @ 100 yards?

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100 yards? 2-3 inches with a good custom .45 Colt, and proper loads. How good your gun is?

Ruger Vaqueros aren't known for being a combination of specs that create great accuracy, nor do the lack of sites. It is doable.

How about 200 yards and a gong with a S&w snubby?
 
"Pretty hard to hit something at long range by aiming at something above it.
Cause then, you can no longer see the target.
It is hidden behind the front ramp and barrel.

Holding front blade above the rear sight with the target perched on top of the blade is the ONLY way to get really proficient at long range."

I can see the target while holding over, the target image comes from my weak eye and the sight image come from my strong eye. I don't know how one can't see the target if both eyes are open...maybe a quirk of my eyesight.

Even so, raising the front sight is significantly more accurate than holding over for me...So much so, that I have considered setting up a revolver to need a high front sight for short distances (haven't tried it...but the idea keeps coming around). dvnv
 
I have only one revolver with inlaid lines, but several other revolvers I like to use for "artillery practice". On those ones I use Pilot brand silver metallic markers (http://www.artstuff.net/Pilot-Metallic-Markers_p_64.html) to draw in a couple of lines. The lines usually last for a few months, and can be wiped off completely if/when you want to.

And FWIW, those lines are a real help to me on longer (200+ yards) shots, but on hundred yard targets, I find that a "standard" sight picture lined up at the top of the target frame (or whatever) works just fine.
 
Today at the range I got a chance to shoot my new 30-30 loads at 100 yards, but unfortunately, they wouldn't allow me to shoot the pistol at that range.

So after I had my fun with the rifle, I moved to the pistol range and shot the Ruger at 50 yards. At that range my reduced loads with 255gr. were shooting at the bottom of the target. Shooting at the upper edge of the paper got the elevation up just about right.

Accuracy... all the rounds were on paper, but kind of all over the place. Let's just say that if that were a man, most of the rounds would have hit, but not all would've been lethal. I think that I prefer to stay at shorter ranges with this gun (and my skills), 15-25 yards. 50 yards is a bit much.

100 yards... if I ever get a chance I'll try it just to see what happens, but after today's results, I don't expect much.
 
Just keep practicing. It doesn't happen overnight.

Sounds like you need to adjust your front sight. I've filed most of the vaquero's I've messed with to get the elevation right where I wanted it for my loads. Doesnt take much to see a difference on paper. I file a little, shoot a few, file a little more etc, until just right. I like mine to shoot an inch or so high at 25 yards. After getting it right for height, I shape it so it looks right again, polish the file marks out with 320 wet or dry paper, then 400, and cold blue it with Brownells Oxpho blue (far better than other cold blues I've used).

As for windage, you can get your local gunsmith to turn it in the frame a little or perhaps send to back to Ruger and get them to do it.

Shooting distance is great fun, but takes a lot of concentration on the basics. After getting the hang of distance shooting, close up feels like cheating.
 
One of my games is to sit on my front walk, with my back against the stone flower garden wall and shoot at a 5-gallon bucket on the dam of my pond, about 135 yards away, with my Colt New Service. This gun has a 7 1/2" barrel and I find if I hold up enough front sight to be noticible, that's just about right.

Doing the math, holding up an inch of front sight would give me about 44 feet of holdover. So a hundredth of an inch woud give me around 5 inches -- just about right.
 
I'm envious...

Don't get me wrong, I love the city I live in, but sometimes, reading posts like Vern's makes me really envious. I wish I had a place where I could just sit on my porch or go in the backyard and fire off a few shots whether to test my latest load or just practice.

As it is, I have to get in the car and drive across the Bay, 30 miles away, to the range. I can't do this every weekend, so If I get there twice a month, I do really well.
 
A friend is a member of a private range and they've got some gongs set out at 120 yards. Other than that, it's the 50 yard line for me.

We were out at his range one weekend and they were shooting all their AR/AK type rifles and I saundered up with my Blackhawk 357. After a few "trial shots" I could get a gong several times a cylinder-full. It was a LOT of fun and I wish I could spend more time out there to determine, and mark the proper sight picture to do this repetitively.

Maybe Vern will start taking in borders? That would give me more time to practice. :D
 
Might be interesting to note that the old Army Cavalrymen 100+ years ago were trained to shoot Colt percussion & SAA revolvers at 75 yards and more.
While using thier horses as cover.

100 yards with a .45 Colt is childs play if you know how to shoot a handgun at all.

The trajectory is only about 1.5 foot lower at 100 yards then it is at 50 with full power .45 Colt loads.

rc
 
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