Hmmm, I think I could make a body shot at 100 yds. I don’t miss much at 50 feet though.
This is making me rethink my training a little bit. I kind of like the idea of using a pistol as a quick and dirty sniper rifle. I guess I will go spend some time shooting a pistol at a hundred yds to see if it is feasible for me.
My gut is telling me that I would be better off carrying a rifle in my vehicle, but that would probably be way too slow.
I don't know if it is still true or not, but the Secret Service used to have certain agents that carried Thompson Center Contenders (that were scoped) under the jackets. The purpose was to act as a counter-sniper. I wish I could recall for what caliber the T/C's chambered.
As a trick, I used to shoot the steel silhouette targets (small bore) at 100 yards, with my Beretta 92. We would run the 7 yard Women's Personal Protection course on the rifle range, because it was the only range with enough lanes to hold the entire class. The silhouettes would be down there at 100 yards, and I had plinked them enough times while just kicking around the range that I had actually mastered it. With the audience of many single women there, I (being single myself at the time) would only shoot about 3 of them (before I felt like I was pressing my luck toward a miss) and I would then reholster my pistol as if it was no big deal to me to shoot at that distance. I always had my choice for a date on those Saturday nights after we had conducted a class. ;-P
Regards,
Raven6