Re: .44 mag Unique load
Posted: 01 Dec 2020 19:45
One range I've belonged to for 23 years or so requires you to bring your own targets and supports.
I used to take a couple 2x2 stakes around 6-8 feet long and a chunk of cardboard about 2 feet wide by 4 feet tall. Targets would be a paper plates with a sticky dot or target paster in the center.
I had a friend who was shooting with me once and suddenly the burm would start showing hits.
He claimed he couldn't see where he was hitting (at no more than 10 yards with a .45 ACP) on the target (or the pristine cardboard backing) and so he was shooting at the dirt to see where it jumped. I found the same fellow was useless calling shots with a spotting scope at 100 and 200 yards. He couldn't apparently focus the scope to see the 30 caliber holes in the paper plates and was calling hits a foot of the target where there simply wasn't any impact. Now I realize some people just can't see too well... but I could pick out some of the holes I was getting out of my rifle scope at less than half the power of the spotting scope and I KNEW I was hitting the target at 100 yards from that. As for the handgun shots, I'd have expected to get at least a few hits on a 9-10" plate at 10 yards even if I wasn't using the sights.
I used to take a couple 2x2 stakes around 6-8 feet long and a chunk of cardboard about 2 feet wide by 4 feet tall. Targets would be a paper plates with a sticky dot or target paster in the center.
I had a friend who was shooting with me once and suddenly the burm would start showing hits.
He claimed he couldn't see where he was hitting (at no more than 10 yards with a .45 ACP) on the target (or the pristine cardboard backing) and so he was shooting at the dirt to see where it jumped. I found the same fellow was useless calling shots with a spotting scope at 100 and 200 yards. He couldn't apparently focus the scope to see the 30 caliber holes in the paper plates and was calling hits a foot of the target where there simply wasn't any impact. Now I realize some people just can't see too well... but I could pick out some of the holes I was getting out of my rifle scope at less than half the power of the spotting scope and I KNEW I was hitting the target at 100 yards from that. As for the handgun shots, I'd have expected to get at least a few hits on a 9-10" plate at 10 yards even if I wasn't using the sights.