165 Yard Ground Hog

[justgoto]

I went out today hoping to get some footage of me shooting a ground hog with my 357... I got some.

YouTube - 165 Yard Ground Hog 357 Kill

Not that long of a distance, but for an iron sighted pistol I am pleased.

 

[flyin lizard]

Could not see the vid ,but 165 yds with a .357 very nice ..

 

[johnnyk]

justgoto,
Great shot man! JohnnyK.

 

[trebark]

Incredible shot. How far did you have to hold-over?

 

[jmason]

Holy Crap!! I can't hit a a sheet of paper at 50 yards with my wheel gun! Nice shootin for sure!

 

[justgoto]

Incredible shot. How far did you have to hold-over?

I have no luck at all when I hold over so what i do is drop the back sight to a specific level. That way I can still see the target.

This is how I held the sights, the ground hog where I want to hit it right at the top center if the front sight blade.

I have memorized the points I need to hold at, at 50 yard increments up to 250 yards. I missed at 300 yards 7 times so I'll have to wait until I get a scope to see if I can go even further.


Thanks for the compliments everyone!

 

[jghoghunter]

Thats some good shooting. I quite using a pistol years ago because I couldn't hit anything with one that had a scope on it. Keep trying and you'll hit that 300 yarder. Goodluck

 

[justgoto]

Keep trying and you'll hit that 300 yarder. Goodluck

Thanks!

I was going to try again tomorrow, I have a new target set-up I was going to try to see if i can hit a little better. It will not help me to hit a ground hog at that distance but at least I will know if the pistol will shoot that far consistently.

 

[Iron Worker]

Hey your forgetting some thing ! What was the load? How many grain bullet? Looks like a S&W 686 8" BBL .Is that correct?

 

[justgoto]

Hey your forgetting some thing ! What was the load? How many grain bullet? Looks like a S&W 686 8" BBL .Is that correct?

Yes, it was a 686 8" barrel. I was using Federal 125 gr 38 special +P half jacketed hollow points.