Orkanen
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Competition wise, we shoot up to 200 m here in Norway. The local shooting range has a 130 m target setup, if I'm not mistaken.
Playing with the 200 yard or meter distance with a 357 magnum is a lot of fun
Satisfying to hear the clank on the metal at that distance. Way more so than punching paper at 7/11 yards.
No, open sights and dumb luck, lol.We have plates at 200 , 340 , yrds ....your shooting farther than me , are you using a scope ?
Let me know if I might be able to offer a suggestion or two regarding shooting up here in the northstate. Although I don't shoot or hunt as much as I used to (old age creeping up) I grew up in a shooting, hunting, military family from Siskiyou County so I've been doing that stuff for the past 50 years or so. It sounds like you've got MANY years of shooting fun ahead of you.
I would honestly say that getting into revolvers was responsible for the greatest improvement I ever got in my semi auto handling. I figure if I'm good with my carry guns at 25 and 35 yards then defense range use. Couldn't be happier and going to the range is more fun than it's ever been.
We try to mix up target size and type at all ranges silhouette and steel plates as big as 30 " down to small critters , clays are normaly 50 yds or less , sometimes out to 100No, open sights and dumb luck, lol.
- I need to get a larger plate for 300m (I miss-typed when I wrote 400m, hit the 4 instead of the 3 and was unpleasantly surprised when I read that just now, pays to proofread) because the 12" is just too hard to see, let alone hit at that range with the more pricey .357mag.
I don't mind missing 9/10 rounds aiming at clay pigeons with a 5.5" .22lr at 200m but those .357s get a little expensive after the first 200.
So what's typical plate size at 300m, 18", 24"...?
The bulk of my shooting is now on silhouettes like those in my avatar at Front Sight in NV, usually at 10-15 yds with any of my handguns. That's on a daily basis here on the farm...a nice break from the usual chores. But finishing up, I always shoot our railroad tie plates on the way back to the house. Spaced at 5 yd intervals, from 25 yds out to 90, they teach you a lot about hold, zero, sight picture, and most of all, trigger manipulation.
The plates are ~8x15" in size and make for a challenging target past 50 yds. The holes for spikes are convenient for mounting too. I have about a dozen, garnered over the years from highway/railroad crossing points, discarded when tie/ballast work has been done.
Best Regards, Rod
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