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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3757271" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>The threat of your life by someone that needs shot I feel will be a close contact threat.</p><p>If they are 25 feet away and do not have a weapon then they are probably too far to be a real threat unless you are old and weak </p><p>and they are running at you to end you.</p><p></p><p>50 feet away is pretty far and gives you plenty of time to draw.</p><p></p><p>If they are in your house then decide how far is the longest room and go with that.</p><p></p><p>I like great accuracy and shoot deer and squirrels and rabbits with my hand guns so they need to be accurate to those distances.</p><p>I did hit a squirrel with the wife's 7" S&W 686 357 magnum with a cast powder coated 158gr swc at 130 yards.</p><p>First shot went way over it's head as I thought it would have a lot of drop so I held high.. My fault for not knowing that gun so well.</p><p>Second shot blew snow all over it and it went up a tree.</p><p>5 minutes later it came back down and headed for the grain bin and I shot right in front of it by maybe 2" and it turned to go back towards the tree and I shot again and hit it in the flank.</p><p></p><p>I need to be more accurate with my wife's revolver as I feel the ammo is plenty accurate.</p><p>Over 40 paces for my 1 shot dead right there deer hand gun kill and that was 45ACP</p><p></p><p>I usually only carry when I am in the woods.</p><p>So my accuracy could be different than yours. I do like shooting at clays, tin cans or milk jugs at 50-100 yards with hand guns.</p><p>Practice at all distances and get as accurate as you possibly can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3757271, member: 15054"] The threat of your life by someone that needs shot I feel will be a close contact threat. If they are 25 feet away and do not have a weapon then they are probably too far to be a real threat unless you are old and weak and they are running at you to end you. 50 feet away is pretty far and gives you plenty of time to draw. If they are in your house then decide how far is the longest room and go with that. I like great accuracy and shoot deer and squirrels and rabbits with my hand guns so they need to be accurate to those distances. I did hit a squirrel with the wife's 7" S&W 686 357 magnum with a cast powder coated 158gr swc at 130 yards. First shot went way over it's head as I thought it would have a lot of drop so I held high.. My fault for not knowing that gun so well. Second shot blew snow all over it and it went up a tree. 5 minutes later it came back down and headed for the grain bin and I shot right in front of it by maybe 2" and it turned to go back towards the tree and I shot again and hit it in the flank. I need to be more accurate with my wife's revolver as I feel the ammo is plenty accurate. Over 40 paces for my 1 shot dead right there deer hand gun kill and that was 45ACP I usually only carry when I am in the woods. So my accuracy could be different than yours. I do like shooting at clays, tin cans or milk jugs at 50-100 yards with hand guns. Practice at all distances and get as accurate as you possibly can. [/QUOTE]
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