What distance do you practice with your J frame snubbie?

[inFALable]

I have to agree with the last post. Close practice hides flinching and poor sight regulation. I shoot my J frame at 25yds strong hand and 10 yds weak hand. Once you have shown yourself that you can hit at 25 yds hitting closer is a cinch. I recommend practicing for a hostage encounter as well.

J frames are certainly tougher to shoot but its not impossible. The biggest problem I've found is getting perfect sight regulation.

 

[Waywatcher]

When I had one*, I practiced all the way out to 25 yards. It's better to practice for something hard, than being unprepared should you need to fire at longer distance.

In the case of a mass shooting, I could easily envision the need for a 25 yard shot.

*mine got replaced by a Glock 23 since it has nearly identical dimensions, but has more than twice the rounds of a larger caliber, and is easier to shoot.

 

[Old TexMex]

Taught to shoot two ways, and still practice that way. Point shoot at short range 30' or less, aim and shoot at greater. Training includes point shoot first shot and raise to aim/frontsight. Advantage of pointshooting practice : in the dark, I can't see my frontsight, but I can see my target.
I don't bother practicing at indoor ranges unless they are open format(not shooting through a window).
Just for fun...Check out youtube hickok45, he displays some great long range snub shooting.

 

[OLDSTER]

Five, seven, and ten yards.

 

[Pete99004]

i usually practice from 3 yards out to 15 yards.OnE day i was out at the range with a couple oF other officers off duty sighting in our deer rifles and joking around about shooting my centenniel at 100 yards. I said i could probably hit a man size target and the bet was on. One shot one hit no warm up. Could I do it again? Maybe. I have read that some big name gunwriters can hit an 8 inch steel plate at 100 yards. Fun practice but not practical.

Wow - 8" plate at 100 yards would be a massive challenge for me! You would need to go through a couple of cylinders just to determine the drop at that distance? Wonder how well a .38+P would stop someone - or if it would stop someone - at that range?

Pete

 

[ACP230]

From three yards to 25 yards regularly.
Occasionally out to 50 or 60 yards.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

J-frame, 25'+/- one handed dump 5, 80% in paper plate or better or I need more range time! With the weather getting better, I'm starting to play with the Contenders, and that makes point blank easier. Ivan

 

[venomballistics]

long line that piece.
Yeah, combat ranges are "usually" not long distance dedications, and it seems wasteful to drill for the "unusual".
set the primary role of your arms aside and embrace the other, much larger, side of shooting. it's fun.
if you think you might find some enjoyment trying to get a snub to interact with a target at 100 yards .. do it.
Don't bother trying to justify it, just enjoy it. You stand to learn a thing or two from the attempt. Such as whether or not you and your gun are capable and just how capable.
At these "impractical" ranges, its not so much the metal, though it does have its limitations, its the mental ... people could stand a few venues to develop this through some six gun zen

 

[keith44spl]

From contact distance to say 50 feet.

Point shooting from the hip and sighted fire out past the 15 to 50 foot mark.

I practice for the big suprize....Done used up all my mulligans.

Got shot in the ear one time, dang it!



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[Old TexMex]

From contact distance to say 50 feet.



Got shot in the ear one time, dang it!



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Yeeowch, that stings! Reminds me of an uncle from Hemphill when one was discharged right next to his noggin' he said "boys, that makes mah ear rang! Kaint ya'll hyear it?"

 

[photoman]

How about you? Do you target shoot at distances further than 20 or 25ft.?

From three yards to 25 yards, with the great majority being between three and 15 yards.

 

[kaaskop49]

The late Stephen A. Camp in his book on airweight J-frames (available at highpowersandhandguns.com) has some great close range drills that I have found valuable. Out here in the desert, alone, possibly with car trouble, I can see a difficult situation taking place at ranges greater than 7 yds. I would definitely practice at 50' to 75', single action from a rest. The J's will do this; they have shown themselves capable of fine accuracy from a machine rest with a 158gr. police service load. Of course a service-size handgun would be better, a short lever carbine better still.

 

[luangtom]

I practice mostly in the 3-yd to 7-yd range. I do so because it presents shots that I would encounter in my home-defense plan. That being said, I do go out to 50-ft, at times, just to see if these old eyes can still do it.

 

[Old cop]

Using a standard paper plate at 3, 5 & 7 yards: Shoot your gun until empty as fast as possible, combat reload (speed strips or speed loader) and repeat. The goal is to keep all shots on the plate, not a tight group. Obviously you'll need to slow down some as distance increases.

 

[radar1972]

I typically practice between 3 yds and 7 yds, mostly 7. Then I finish up by firing 10 -15 rounds at 25 - 30 yds.

 

[CoMF]

For me, seven yards on average. I've actually done it further out with a Colt DS or a M&P snub because they both tend to shoot more like a service revolver.

 

[keith44spl]

Yeeowch, that stings! Reminds me of an uncle from Hemphill when one was discharged right next to his noggin' he said "boys, that makes mah ear rang! Kaint ya'll hyear it?"

Tweren't the ringin........It was all the blood on my new shirt.....

Look'd like I'd been to a hog killin!




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[BillyMagg]

Tweren't the ringin........It was all the blood on my new shirt.....

Look'd like I'd been to a hog killin!




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I bet thats right, care to "Splain yourself Lucy", a couple of my LEO-Gunny dude friends have a few self inflicted, in fact my B I L has a real nice star on the bottom of his foot from chasing a coon with "black talons". Doc cleaned it up, taped it up, and told him to "shut up" about it. One of the girls my wife used to do hair for was married to an ISP Canine cop, I think he put a .40 though his hand, transferred to motorcycle and think that was a little too exciting as well. Good reminder to slow down and think, handguns are dangerous animals, stay away from the end with teeth! I see a lot of sloppy gun handleing, sometimes I just have to say, "watch where you're pointing that thing"!

 

[keith44spl]

BillyMagg;137039736]

care to "Splain yourself Lucy",

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Let's jest say....If'n I'm gonna take a peek around the corner....I's a lot quicker about it now!!!



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[limitfree1]

For my concealed carry weapon, I have a model 638 airweight snubbie. I usually start out by practicing a controlled draw and fire at 10 feet. That is for training to the movement for quickness and sureness. Then i practice at 7 yards (21ft) two handed, double action, both eyes open, aim and fire twice. After that I shoot some at 50 ft aimed careful fire, both double and single action. Remember, aim small, miss small.