What's your best shooting with the 2 inch J frame?

[tacotime]

Just wondering what is practically the best shooting that can be done with the 2 inch J frames, especially the 36, 37 and 60...

Instead of watching Madonna's bones creak at Super Bowl halftime, I walked out and shot 3 of 5 into a Clorox bottle at 50 yards. Made me wonder if anyone is making an effort to get really good with an open sighted J frame.

If not, I think I will do it then.

I'd like to see a shooting competition for only the 2 inch J frames!

 

[ikor]

MY best? Maybe something similar to what you managed. But I once watched Bill Blankenship stand flat-footed with a Colt Detective Special and put 6 wadcutters into a 6in circle at 100 yards...offhand with one hand. Now I know this was something he had practiced many times (being 6 time National Pistol Champ didn't hurt either) but it was sure impressive! I don't much doubt he could have done the same with a good J frame he was familiar with and 5 shots...well, except for that thing about working for Colt at the time.

 

[arjay]

That's good shooting.Bought an old model 60 several years ago,hung a 7 inch sawblade from a tree up in the hills.Was able to consistantly hit it at 25 paces.Kept that gun.

 

[hawgleg]

I like to shoot the snubbies and shoot a lot at the 25 yard mark. 3 out 5 at 50 yards is fine shooting. I'm sure I would been kicking up dirt and might have found the bottle. They are accurate guns people just have to put in the practice.

 

[Rapidray]

Glad you brought this up...

Because I am going out this Saturday to see just how well my 49 will do at 100 yards. I have no doubt in my mind that it will do it. I can do it with a 4 inch gun no problem. I have never tried it with a 2 inch gun. I am picking up a couple of B27 - full size as it is a big target and I might need it all.

 

[ContinentalOp]

I'm not as good as you guys, but I think I do alright. This is my best documented shooting. I shot it last year with my 642. It was 25 rounds of PMC 132gr FMJ, fired in 5-shot strings as quickly as I could maintain a decent sight picture at 10 yards, standing, 2-handed Isoceles stance, no rest used. What I thought was interesting about this group was that it had been 6 weeks since my previous range visit and all I did in the meantime was dry fire practice. Oh, and these were the first 25 rounds I fired that session.

I will try longer distances at some point, but my main interest is self-defense so I tend to prioritize my shooting with closer range distances and quick shooting. Plus the 10-yard indoor range I use is more convenient than the 25-yard ranges I have access to.

 

[5-Shot]

Hope you don't mind too much but this is slightly off subject. I've always been fascinated with the mathematical side of accuracy. At some point several years ago I delved into the arithmetic of sighting errors. Without going into the fairly hair raising number crunching behind this, a shooter with 20-20 eyesight using the above-mentioned J-frames with 4 inch sight radii should be able, on average, to "aim" 5.04 inch 5-shot groups at 100 yards. That, of course, makes the ridiculous assumption that there are no other types of errors taking place.

Ed

 

[tacotime]

Interesting info on the math. Perhaps a new thread could be useful for iron sight shooters. I have done some 100 and 200 yard open sight shooting with a Rem. Model Seven, and at that distance the factory front sight totally covers the target, so you have to mentally "extrapolate" where the bullseye is, because it can not actually be seen by the shooter.

Back on the J frame, I did one time shoot a bird out of the sky using a 2 inch 34-1 .22LR. But not ever again after that...

 

[photoman]

Bob Munden -- Impossible 200 Yard Shot - YouTube

 

[Larry from Bend]

My best shot with a (38) J frame-- I was on the tractor, mowing, when a wounded (broken wing) Dove kept flapping out of my way on every pass. I decided to end its misery. I stepped on the clutch, pulled the model 60, and shot the Dove's head off @ maybe 40 feet with the tractor still running. These were 158 grain SWC handlloads @ about 750 fps.

 

[ACP230]

I shot a four-inch, five-shot, group, double action at 50 yards with one of my 649s once.
Better than the groups I shot single-action at 25 yards that day.

 

[snubbiefan]

Pop cans at 5-yards....coffee cans at 10-yards. I am not into "grouping". I am just into center-of-mass body shots at around 20-feet and under. No...I do not expect to win any shooting competitions any time soon. If I want to take the squirrels (in or out of season) out of the wife's favorite pecan tree in the yard, I drag out the 617.

 

[DesertFox]

I have personally met and shot with Bob Munden. He is the real deal. Saw him hit a target with a snubbie, sighting in at 90° through a big diamond wedding ring. First shot.

 

[NE450No2]

3 out of 5 at 50 yards is plenty good IMHO...

The deal is, what ever handgun you carry, you should practice with it.

Over the years I shot perfect scores on my Depts. Qual course with my Airweight S&W Bodyguard. I have killed "several" rabbits with it as well.

I "practiced" with it. A LOT.

My life depended on it.

 

[K-framer]

I routinely shoot 2" groups at 10 yards....about 2.5 - 3" at 15, with my hand loads.

 

[tacotime]

Nice tractor and Mod 60.

Think I may get serious this weekend if there is little wind and set up a 50 yard paper target and give it a whirl.

The handloads are a little suspect, just cranking them out using a Lee autodisk deal to charge them, and the Speer lead bullets have a rough and not necessarily uniform texture and surface shape. Seem to work reasonably well anyway though.

 

[OK Hog Shooter]

I pocket carry a M60-7 and practice at 5-7 yards as my interest is mainly SD. At that distance l'm only concerned about shot placement in areas of critical mass. I typically shoot at the center chest and head. I'd hate to get shot in either area by any caliber!

 

[M3Stuart]

My best so far is about 3-4" groups at 15yds with either a 36 or 60 2".

 

[79ipa]

gong

I smacked an eight inch gong 4 out of 6 times with a two inch model 36 one time.

 

[Sebago Son]

I can shoot minute of largemouth with this 60....

I had no choice... I was in my kayak and it was an unprovoked charge...

On paper this is about as good as I can do at 22 1/2 of my paces, which is roughly 25 yards...

Drew