There may be a time when you’re called upon to fight at long range. Keeping this in mind, I took a cross-section of commonly carried handguns and shot them — at long range.

This is not a scientific study, but merely a look at the ammunition shot, the handguns, and at what range. The same 12"x16" steel plate target was used for all the guns, and we used a simple hit or miss system. This target was selected since it’s about torso size. To reduce some error and to replicate firing from supported cover, all firing was done resting the hands and arms on support. There were no sighters or practice rounds. We shot it once, and documented what was shot and hit.

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