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Wow!!!

1,000 yards
Off hand
9mm
Revolver

Wow!!!

He didn't hit the balloon with the shot, it burst due to the bullet splatter from the impact low left of the balloon. Still not bad for 1000 yds.

If I could hit that close to the target, from that distance, using these old eyes, I would call that a great day at the range.

When I used to shoot long range, including 1000 yards, I considered that pretty good WITH A RIFLE!

Very impressive!! I would love to have one of those 929 JM revolvers!

Joe

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=jJ3XwizTqDw[/youtube]

Keith B wrote:He didn't hit the balloon with the shot, it burst due to the bullet splatter from the impact low left of the balloon. Still not bad for 1000 yds.

Seeing as he said that it was a 150 foot holdover, I think it was pretty darn impressive to hit the steel on the second shot. Better than "not bad" in my book.

Jumping Frog wrote:[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=jJ3XwizTqDw[/youtube]

Keith B wrote:He didn't hit the balloon with the shot, it burst due to the bullet splatter from the impact low left of the balloon. Still not bad for 1000 yds.

Seeing as he said that it was a 150 foot holdover, I think it was pretty darn impressive to hit the steel on the second shot. Better than "not bad" in my book.

Oh, yeah, not trying to play down Jerry's skills by any means, just an observation. He is an awesome shot and gun handler! I would almost give my weak shooting hand to have even part of his ability.

Jerry Miculek is an awesome shooter.

But remember, this is a video . . . how many previous "takes" were shot before this one was posted on youtube?

And . . . I'd like to know what the 1000 yard accuracy of that revolver would be if it were clamped in a machine rest.

Look at the elevation of his revolver. It is almost parallel with the ground and the ground appears to be rising. He said he had to elevate the gun to allow for 150' of drop. Also said the bullet had to come in from the top like a rocket. I don't doubt he made the shot but I think this particular video was staged.

howdy wrote:Look at the elevation of his revolver. It is almost parallel with the ground and the ground appears to be rising. He said he had to elevate the gun to allow for 150' of drop. Also said the bullet had to come in from the top like a rocket. I don't doubt he made the shot but I think this particular video was staged.

At 1000 yards the elevation of the pistol for 150' holdover is not very much. The farther out you are the less gun elevation is required to aim high.

This guy shoots well over 50,000 rounds a year and I'm sure all of us would improve with that kind of practice.

howdy wrote:Look at the elevation of his revolver. It is almost parallel with the ground and the ground appears to be rising. He said he had to elevate the gun to allow for 150' of drop. Also said the bullet had to come in from the top like a rocket. I don't doubt he made the shot but I think this particular video was staged.

My geometry skills are pretty rusty now days. However, I suspect a 150' holdover out at 1000 yds is probably an inch or two at the muzzle.

I just wish I could see a target at a 1000 yards much less hit it with as handgun.

I am happy to be consistently on paper at 25 yards.

mojo84 wrote:My geometry skills are pretty rusty now days. However, I suspect a 150' holdover out at 1000 yds is probably an inch or two at the muzzle.

I just wish I could see a target at a 1000 yards much less hit it with as handgun.

Yes, it's all geometry skills. They calculated "offline" everything that they needed to do to hit that target. It's similar to how the stunt drivers/motorcycle riders have to calculate everything for their world record jumps. They know the exact speed they have to leave the jumps at in order to make the jump. Similarly, he knows the muzzle velocity, the bullet drop rate and all that. It's just simple physics.

He even says in the video (towards the end) that he setup his red dot to take all that into account, so he just had to put the dot on the target.

Still a good shot, but the majority of the work was setting up the gun. Give that same gun to a competent shooter (the one he shot, all properly setup for 1000 yards) and I bet they could hit it too. These kinds of "trick" shots don't impress me much...but his fast (and accurate) shooting is a totally different story for me. Those I'm definitely impressed with.

ETA: And he does a great job of selling too...I'll admit that I looked up that gun after seeing this video (too rich for my blood though).

Is it just me or are miculek trick/fast shot videos getting lame? What next shooting a moon