300 Yard Handgun Shooting

[MattC]

I wanted to post a link to youtube of a person shooting a 500 linebaugh at 300 yards with LBT 440 LFNs and blue soft.  He hits the plate 4 out of 5 shots.  It appears to be a 3' steel plate with a 1 foot aiming point.  I can't log in from my home computer to GB for some reason and my work blocks youtube.  The poster is Texas5gun and he has several shooting videos on line.  Maybe someone can post a link.  While not a Q&A for Veral, I think he would like the video of the proper use of his products ;-)

Matt

[blklabs]

pretty impressive, nice little 5 part series for sure ......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31EEgrQOh04

[Scott T]

I was very impressed.  I sent him an e-mail, being we are both apparently in Texas and share the love of a great cartridge, I should know this fellow.

[MattC]

One of the other videos shows him standing by the group and three hits are within maybe 6 inches.  I have a bowen 5-shot 45 colt and can't wait for the opportunity to  try some long range rock busting.  Here in Missouri I can't find a range that long.  I have an LBT 340 WFN and just ordered the LBTK 280 Kieth that I'll be trying out long range.  I was thinking of getting one with a 0.5-inch nose, but I hate recoil much above heavy 45-colt levels and I've heard the heavies have to be driven to the max to stabilize at long range.  My father has also shot sub two foot groups on rocks out west at 400 yards with 240 grain stubby 44 magnum rounds, so its not always necessary to have a long heavy bullet.

[Veral]

  The advantage of heavy bullets is better accuracy than short.  Your papa could have probably held them all under a foot, and possibly half that, at the same range if his bullet would have been a heavy LBT, with the gun proper set up per my presriptions, and bullet properly fitted.