While we're at this, who's done some long range shooting with .44 special?
I did burn a box of CorBon 180's at 100 yds a long time ago.
Surprisingly, POI was nearly the same at 100 as it was at 25 and I was probably holding to 6" to 8" or so.
Gave me another reason to appreciate 44 Special.
Love to hear about guys who have been doing it seriously. I was just goofing off.
One amigo was content with the little Bisley that he chose it for the 350 and 500 yard shoots. The 8 inch 350 yard target was scared by 22's, 32's 41's, 44's and 45's; the only one I saw/heard hit was the 41 Mag.(He hit with the 41, I didn't!)
Granted at 500 I was using Cedars on a mountain for aiming reference at the 500 yard mark with the 41/57, 412459, 8 grs. CFE and fared better than the 44 Special toting friend. We each fired 24 rounds at the 500 yard small water heater tank. The gent "aiming" at the same tree I did connected once with the 629 Classic, H&G 503 with 8.5 grains of CFE.
The only other hit on the 10 gallon tank was with a 30-40 Krag rifle, 180 gr. cast bullet with a dose of 4350.
Granted, a good 44 Special load can scare a human sized target pretty regularly if the wind is nil and the sights are a might close to perfection....
