I am a lover of distance shooting with a pistol. Always have been. One of the things I do in training quite often is movement between a very up close target, to a far target at 20-50 yards. Sometimes I will post a bullseye target on multiple targets at varying distances, and shoot for time and score. At least once a session, I'll shoot a slow fire group at 25 yards. It's where I feel at home. I'll then move to speed at 25. I start with one shot draws, and then multiple shots at a faster pace. Some guns require a little sight work to get them to zero out like they should. I have spent the day trying to get a pistol to properly zero with aftermarket sights and it has been a struggle.

I picked up another already zero'd pistol and shot a couple of 2-3 inch groups at 25. Optics definitely make it easier for me.

Who else likes to shoot distance? Tell me about what you like to do.

Question:
Do you like to shoot distance with a pistol?

Choices:
Yes
No

Question:
What distance do you normally shoot if you shoot distance?

Choices:
I do not
25 Yards
50 Yards
75 Yards
100+

Question:
What do you work?

Choices:
Accuracy
Speed
Speed and Accuracy

 

I voted for accuracy since the range I normally shoot at only allows 1 shot/second. If I get to an unincorporated and opportunistic 'range' I try to pick up the pace a bit though.
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Pistol, 25, accuracy.
RDS is great, but I like to challenge my eyes with iron.
Would like to do 50, but my nearest range (indoor) only has 25 yards.

When I completed your MOAC class in Epping I felt really tuned in shooting a pistol at distance. Since then, I've been caught up in the LE 3-7 yd drills for speed. Recently, I took a class and the instructor did allot of 25 yard pistol shooting and I wasn't ready for it. I'm back on track now but I wasn't prepared. It won't happen again. Gotta keep up with all the skills, 0-50+ yds.

I do not one bit, but that's just because I can't shot worth a &$#+. USPSA size/distance are my preferences for target/distance/level of accuracy.

at range i go to the handgunners have a couple of choices ,, shoot paper at 5-25 yards , place orange clay pigions up on the backstop at 25 yards lately i have got board sh
ooting paper so lining the clays up and using a bench rest to shoot those I have been enjoying that .I saw one guy bring a little double a frame thing and hung some steel targets on it to shoot I will have to look for something similar

It depends on the pistol I am shooting that day. If I am shooting a service size (4 inch + barrel) pistol, I will work from 3 yards out to 25 yards. Working both speed and accuracy.

If I am shooting a sub compact (3.5 inch or less barrel) I start at 3 yards and stop around 10 or 15 yards. Because the guns mission and design is for up close and personal. But I still work speed and accuracy with the small guns too. Regards 18DAI

I voted no as it’s something I rarely do and it’s not “training”. Every once in a blue moon I enjoy shooting a flat shooting cartridge out to 50-75 yards into something reactive (steel/old propane tank etc.). Most often this would be a revolver (.357, .41 mag) but I have done so with .357 SIG as well.

I don’t have the skill to do it with a more “normal caliber or weapon”. Hell I don’t have the skill to do it regularly at all, but when you get that ring/clank it’s a good feeling. Been a long time though.

The range I shoot at is 25 yards. My biggest challenge at that distance is that my front sight covers most of the target, so I have trouble with accuracy at that distance.

One of the stages at our local steel plate matches is 24 8" plates at 25y. I work on being better at that all the time. Better means faster, lots faster. If I go at my own pace I am quite proficient at it. I tried practicing at longer distances to see if it had the effect of making me think 25y is no challenge but that wasn't really effective. Given time I can make good hits to 50y with a 9mm handgun. I really haven't tried longer.

I start most sessions at 25 yards. Not shooting with any time limit I stay at that distance until I can keep 4 rounds in a 5 inch circle. I then move closer adding a bit of speed at each interval. I end up point shooting at 3 yards. If I don’t practice at distance, I don’t hit at distance.

I enjoy it, mostly just shooting for best accuracy, not speed. I don't have anywhere to shoot where I can start from a holster, so mostly, I bring my S&W Model 41 and see what I can do with it. 20-25 yards is about as good as it gets at the indoor ranges I go to. If I feel like dealing with outdoors and a really busy range, there's one I can go to where I'll shoot 25 and 50 yards on occasion, but mostly I go there for rifles.

Used to do a pretty fair amount of plinking with it at 50-100 yards when I lived in NY. Soda cans full of water and the like so there's little doubt when you've scored a hit.

Just irons so far, but I really wouldn't mind picking up a threaded Clark barrel with a rail on top and see what I can do with a red dot on it. But again, more for fun than for any kind of training beyond the fundamentals required to put rounds on target.

Your post made me make an small addendum. I had assumed that jljones is talking defensive handguns and calibers. If you move to the .22's (like the 41 above, ps. get a rail and a red dot on your 41 and your life will be totally different) then I shoot way longer as we have pistol siloutte shooting at our club (or did anyway) and that's a hoot. While there is a time limit, it matters not and the little f**** animals are annoying to hit. Try it someday to find out how much you suck with a pistol at distance with a round that drops like a rock.

I used to shy away from anything much over 15y with a pistol because I was so bad at it and it just turned into a frustrating exercise.

Now fast forward a few years and with the completion of both Practical and Applied fundamental classes, I can still hear Mr. Hawkins in my head, it is a skillset that I practice most times I go shooting. I will do work at my local indoor range out to 25y and when we are outdoors I will push it out to 75y+++. I also participate in a league match that will have us shooting various targets with movement out to 30y.

I have recently started shooting a CZ P10F with a Trijicon SRO and combined with the OpSpec training I have seen a vast improvement at distance with both speed and accuracy.

Shooting small groups at distance is not my favorite thing to do but I do it simply because it is a part of the skill.
I regularly, not frequently bur regularly, work with the headbox and upper A of a standard USPSA target at 25 with both carry and competition gear.
One range I shoot at has a steel torso at 100 and I shoot it any time I get a chance.
Most of my 25 yards work is USPSA oriented, looking for speed with good hits but the target is pretty big, of course.

I love to shoot at distances beyond normal handgun range.
Today we had clay birds on a sandy bank at about 35 yards.

Pistol was a P320 X-Five with iron sights and with the new Romeo1 Pro.
That red dot is like cheating.
One of our group could not believe that a pistol could hit consistently at longer ranges.

He was a "21 feet and in" guy.

I'm not crazy about distance handgun shooting, but I will tackle 25 yards occasionally for shits and giggles for accuracy. For me, I always practice 7 and 15 yards. The only time long distance handgun shooting comes to play is when I shoot objects on private land instead of paper at the range.

I like to shoot clay pigeons at 100 yards, see how many shots it takes to hit them. It forces me to slow down, watch the sites, and make a smooth trigger stroke. It's been too long since I've done it.

When I was instructing, there were always a couple of the less skilled who would whine that our issued P229 was "not very accurate".
I would then take their guns, walk out to the 50 yard line and proceed to clean off an 8 inch plate rack.
But I keep things under 25 these days.

I enjoy shooting at distance way more then close up with pistols, that being under 25 yards. I will gradually move the target out 10,20,40,60, and 80-90 yards eventually. I’m not a fan of red dots on pistols so I’m only using iron sights. Shooting at longer distances has help me tremendously with shooting at distances below 25 yards in terms of accuracy and speed.

A lot of us are usually confined to 25 yard indoor ranges, but if you get the chance do yourself the service and go outdoors. Mine is a 1.5 hour drive and it sucks but well worth it.
Regarding the outdoor range which makes/made a huge difference for me was natural sun light.
You can see your target A LOT better with natural sunlight, especially at longer distances.
Most indoor ranges have terrible lighting even out to 25 yards and I frequent a really nice remodeled one. It still sucks compared to Mother Earth.