100-yard Pistol Cartridge?

Load a 30 Mauser case with something like a 110 VMAX (or similar). It's a pistol cartridge. The light .30 cal varmint bullets will have a much better BC and the bottleneck case should be more inherently accurate.
 
Just a personnal comment on Magnum revolvers & bullet drop...Mid 80s when metallic silhouette was popular I remember shooting the 100yds Pigs with 4 inch Pythons / Mdl 27s with about no hold over. Used to get them down good too...At 150 yds on the Turkey the 357 magnum was starting to show ``limited punch`` (no pun intended) I'm talking 158grs Cast with a heavy charge of 296. From there on the 44s was ``the one to have`` !!

Since then, I have good results up to 150 with Keith 44 Special loading in a 4 inch Mdl 624 but there some bullet drop, most noticeable at 150. By comparison my 4 in Mdl 29 will have a bit less drop. For very serious stuff (200yds) I use a vintage 1958 6.5 in 29 and that puppy is a very accurate one as I've had 7-8 inch groups at 200yds on a good day...Limited time devoted to this long range stuff has prevented me from going tighter as I'm sure this S&W could do much better than that...

One guy had a Python Hunter on the EE 1-2 weeks ago. This piece would really deliver !! But I cant find the 2.4 K to get it....Mk
 
dan belisle said:
It's a Contender, go with a 7 TCU or 7 Int-R. If you want to shoot flat shooting one hand guns, those are two of the top choices. - dan
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Those look like interesting rounds, but I'd like to stick to pistol calibres.

.357 Maximum looks pretty potent - is that a readily available round? Haven't seen anything chambered in that before....
 
At extended range what makes the difference is the ballistic coefficient of the bullets. All pistol bullets have relatively low ballistic coefficients. This means that they lose velocity faster and are more prone to drift. I took a look at lee precision website for their molds which have the ballistic coefficents listed. The best of of the worst is a heavy grain 357 magnum.
 
9mm Luger - 115 gr. FMJ
.45 ACP - 230 gr. FMJ

Both rounds can hit 100 yards with practice. My Beretta M9 a little more accurate & deadly than the 230 grain ball at that distance, but both do'able.
 
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