Posted: 11/1/2008 5:07:55 PM EDT
I'm no Elmer Keith, but I do have the opportunity to learn from the master, via his writings.
LazarusLong and I spent another day shooting from the long line. Shooting at targets in excess of 300 yards is not particularly difficult, but it does require knowledge of how to hold over your target with your sights. Once this is know, it's simply a matter of maintaining the basics of handgunning: steady aim, focus, breathe, trigger squeeze. It's imnpossible to see what we're shooting at in the video, but that's because I only have 3x zoom on the camera, and the target is some 400 yards distant. The target is a 2 foot wide by 4 foot tall sheet of plywood, supported by an old tire. good thing we had the tire, because the plywood blended in very well with the background, and the black of the tire was the only thing we could see. 
I'm pretty sure this is me shooting, since I don't remember me holding the camera this steady for LL to shoot. Next time, I'll be shooting off a tripod. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzfTtGD1eik |
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I've shot my M9 at 200 yards. Once I knew to hold at the silhouettes head, I was gtg. Although I admit, I only had one hole dead center in the torso. The rest were resting comfortably at the targets groin area and maybe lower. But still on the target.
I have 1 witness. And a picture of the target somewhere. I was pretty proud of myself though. But I have yet to even shoot any AR past 300 yards. I need to do that. I did shoot my 03A3 at 600 yards once. And you guys are probably getting sick of me saying that. Hopefully, that will change this next summer. |
This isn't quite in the same vain, when I go shooting, most of the times it's at my 60 yard range. And I frequently will shoot my pistols after shooting my rifles at 60 yards. I don't seem to have too much trouble keeping them bad boys in a silhouette at that range. If I go to fast I'll get off of the paper. But aimed shots as fast as I can aim and squeeze and they go in the torso. It's not a tight little group or anything but it's there. Now, throw in fear and stress and forget it.   15 yards would probably be a huge challenge.
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This isn't quite in the same vain, when I go shooting, most of the times it's at my 60 yard range. And I frequently will shoot my pistols after shooting my rifles at 60 yards. I don't seem to have too much trouble keeping them bad boys in a silhouette at that range. If I go to fast I'll get off of the paper. But aimed shots as fast as I can aim and squeeze and they go in the torso. It's not a tight little group or anything but it's there. Now, throw in fear and stress and forget it. 15 yards would probably be a huge challenge.I figure if he's 300 yards away with a pistola, and I've got my foty-fo, Ima bust a cap in his ass before he hears the boom.
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shooting long range 100-300 yards is alot of fun, i have shot my mark 2 govt and s&w 41 at 100 with good results
for 200-300 i like to use my 629/29 or freedom arms 454...smacking the 12 inch plate on the rifle range at 200 and 300 yards really gets alot of fellow shooters attention...btw this is offhand. the secret is finding the target to hold the front site on- might be a branch or a rock on the hill further up from your target...dont tell anyone cause once you get that mark your pretty much assured a hit every few shots. |
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shooting long range 100-300 yards is alot of fun, i have shot my mark 2 govt and s&w 41 at 100 with good results for 200-300 i like to use my 629/29 or freedom arms 454...smacking the 12 inch plate on the rifle range at 200 and 300 yards really gets alot of fellow shooters attention...btw this is offhand. the secret is finding the target to hold the front site on- might be a branch or a rock on the hill further up from your target...dont tell anyone cause once you get that mark your pretty much assured a hit every few shots. Devoted followers of Elmer Keith will have a different way of doing things. Hold your front sight up out of the channel of the rear. How much you hold out depends on the distance and load.Now prop the target up on top of the front sight just like you normally would and fire for effect. LazarusLong uses a Super Blackhawk that he's painted lines onto the front sight for certain distances. My 29 has the red ramp front and the top and bottom of the ramp serve the same function. For his 600 yard elk shot, Keith states that he hit low using the entire front sight of his 4 inch 29, so he had to hold up part of the ramp the sight sits on, as well. |
| Nice shooting there! I took my .454 and set up a large piece of cardboard at 550 yards out on the parents ranch one time. Took me almost a whole box of ammo before I ended up hitting it. It was fun but not something I can afford to do with 320g CorBon's very often and it gave me a whole new level of respect for men like Mr. Keith. |
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i guess at the end of the day, its what ever works for you. for my style i would find it very difficult to cover the "target" to have a holdover on another higher target and let it lob in is easier.
last week i decided i was going to shoot a penny out of the air with my s&w 41, it took many, many rounds but i shot a hand tossed penny out of the air. i hit several but they vanished, i was only able to find two with nice dents on lincoln at the end of the day. this weeks challenge is to duplicate the axe shot- shoot a lead bullet 44 or 45 cal, the axe blade splits the bullet and each fragment splits a balloon on their respective side. i know i can do this one, BUT the next step is trying to duplicate the axe shot and each fragment cuts a playing card on edge in half....i think this might, maybe, quite possibly be out of my reach...but i want to say "i did it just like Bob Munden... |