Adjusted point of aim skills are an acquired skill indeed . Its goal is, if all you have is a sidearm you can, and i do on a regular basis in training, make 300 yard plus shots to H & I a shooter so you can move to cover or give time to others to do such an evade a kill zone.
Of course hits are minute of dumpster accurate at that range but at the range this officer engaged the shooter a hold on the killers left shoulder would have made a center mass torso hit at 312 feet...just under a hundred yards.
Adjusted point of aim .....is close to artillery at ranges I speak of but try it. Find a place with a large canyon back drop, shoot yer pistol about 80 yards at the two o’clock position above and beyond your target..... walk the rounds in as you “adjust your point of aim “ accordingly....... Ive seen me do it...:o)
Stay safe ....
I shoot all pistols to 100 yards every time I go to the range. Some pistols are very accurate to 100 yards, easily minute of bad guy; 3 MOA or less. I don’t get where this notion from some people comes from that a pistol is a worthless firearm and should be used only in fire fights in phone booths and glove boxes. I shoot several calibers, the 357, 40, 44 mag, 45, to 500 yards at an iron range. They all hit targets at that distance. Of course, not so reliably, but it shows what they can do. I like to stretch shooting from the mere 7 yards that most people shoot to the very limits. Knowing the lunatic fringe is the best way to know how to shoot up close. Handloading also helps the accuracy and power, but even factory ammo can be shot reliably past 7 yards. At 50 yards I pop the head off daisies with a few shots. It isn’t hard if you keep in practice. I just don’t let normal “limits” be my limit. I also dare anyone that claims pistols are useless instruments to stand back at 500 yards and let me pop off a few rounds. They should put their ass where their mouth is, since they are anyway.
Well, yes, you can believe what you read, or you believe your own lying eyes in what you can do.
P229 Equinox bump!
Thanks for the link. Dropping em in from the corner is brilliant.
Anyone who thinks .40 @ 100 yrds is a fools errand needs to stand out there holding a frisbee.
Yep... me and one of the kids took your advice a few years ago and spent a Saturday afternoon shooting 1911s at 170 yards. After an hour or so, we were able to hit a paper plate 70% of the time standing up using NO rest. All rounds were “minute of man” though at that distance. Even so, the LEO placed a good shot. :-)