Jerry Miculek 1000yd 44mag

Jerry Miculek's one of the best ambassadors for the shooting sports, the Second Amendment, and gun ownership we've ever had, and he's a fantastic shot and gun handler, no doubt about it. He's in a class by himself.

I can't get real excited about this, though, especially if this is being compared to Keith's feat of marksmanship.

Elmer Keith was using what was basically a plain ol' revolver. No sandbag rests, no high tech sights, and he didn't have a buddy with a high power scope spotting for him. And I'm not sure he was shooting at a stationary target, either, with all the time in the world to line up the shot.

I'm not belittling Miculek's shooting, but give him a plain ol' .44 with factory sights, let him use his handloads, and let's see how many tries it takes to puncture that balloon at 1000 yards. Or 600 yards. Maybe he's already done it, I don't know. If so, more power to him.
 
The same as with the 9 mm revolver he does not actually hit the balloon. He relies on bullet splatter off the steel plate to break the balloon. Watch closely. You can see the impact of the bullet that broke the balloon taking paint off the steel about one and a half balloon diameters below the balloon. Want a higher hit ratio? Use a bullet designed to fragment. None the less, 1,000 yards is a long way out there.

By the way, Watchdog, as I recall Keith's story he did not take down a healthy elk with one shot at 600 yards. He was working as a guide for elk hunters. Keith finished off an elk that a client had wounded. He did it sitting with one arm extended behind him to keep his back up and rested his gun hand on a drawn up knee. He used multiple shots. He did not claim to have hit on the first shot. In the desert puffs of dust can substitute for a spotter. It takes so long for a .44 bullet to fly 600 yards that there is no problem seeing your own puffs of dust.

I should add that Keith inletted horizontal lines of gold into his patridge front sights to use as reference lines while holding the top of his front blade above the top of his rear blade.
 
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To say Jerry's shooting ability is awesome would be an understatement, and I used to think his 200 yard shot with a Bodyguard was impressive.
 
Keith even admitted it took some luck to hit the deer at 600 yards but he also said it's easier with a 4" barrel than a longer one because you hold up less front sight.
 
Always liked Jerry and of course 44's. Thanks for sharing.
 
k22fan said:
The same as with the 9 mm revolver he does not actually hit the balloon. He relies on bullet splatter off the steel plate to break the balloon. Watch closely. You can see the impact of the bullet that broke the balloon taking paint off the steel about one and a half balloon diameters below the balloon. Want a higher hit ratio? Use a bullet designed to fragment. None the less, 1,000 yards is a long way out there.

By the way, Watchdog, as I recall Keith's story he did not take down a healthy elk with one shot at 600 yards. He was working as a guide for elk hunters. Keith finished off an elk that a client had wounded. He did it sitting with one arm extended behind him to keep his back up and rested his gun hand on a drawn up knee. He used multiple shots. He did not claim to have hit on the first shot. In the desert puffs of dust can substitute for a spotter. It takes so long for a .44 bullet to fly 600 yards that there is no problem seeing your own puffs of dust.

I should add that Keith inletted horizontal lines of gold into his patridge front sights to use as reference lines while holding the top of his front blade above the top of his rear blade.
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Keith was hunting with a younger acquaintance who wounded a deer. The rifle the younger man had was low on ammo and was set to zero at 100 yards rather than 3" high which EK preferred. IIRC, he was able to see his shots in a light, fresh powdered snow.
 
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