Hey Gents , whats the longest shot on a game animal with a Contender Pistol ...what have you heard , witnessed ...thanks
a pd shot at 776 yards....

Ray,
I have never heard of a shot longer than yours with a Contender handgun. If it is not longest it sure is up toward the top.
Good shooting Ray

Thanks Ernie,I've asked around...but no success...

Ray,
Very few Contenders have the ability to get out to 776 yards on small targets, and even fewer out to 1k or just beyond it. Cartridge limitations, mount limitations, factory twists on barrels, and optic limits all add up quickly.
One of these days I will have a 22 & a 6 in fast twist barrels made off the 50R case and improved. I just have too many irons in the fire at the moment to buy two match blanks
I have no doubt that your rigs are capable of nailing a dog @ 1k.

game animal = 165 yds. buck antelope one shot right thru the lungs. 7-30 Waters using a 130 gr. Sierra SSP bullet.

non game animal = prairie dog 551 yds. lasered but not witnessed. .221 FB from a Bullberry 16 1/2" bull barrel.

Whitetail Buck at 225yds using 6mm-223 with 80gr. bullet

Tom Turkey at 275yds using the same.

Jack Rabbit between 350-400yds 6mm-223 with 60gr. Sierra HP.

NOT mine as I AIN'T close to that good, but
Ross Bates from our club took a whitetail at 200 plus MEASURED yards with his 14" 7 mm TCU before he sold it and the new owner took one a little further than that.
Ross could put them under 1/2" with that gun!

187yds---Mule deer in Wyoming

182 Mule deer/Wy..35 Rem 150 gr factory load

260 yds for a decent Kudu, 225 yds for a nice Gemsbok and 185 yds for a really nice Black Wildebeest(after crawling on my hands/knees/belly for 100yds). Used an Encore with a 12" bull barrel in 378GNR and 260gr. Accubonds @2350fps.

Whitetail - 225 yards
Turkey - 275 yards
Jack Rabbit - 350+

These shots were all with a 6mm-223 with the 80gr. Speer.

That's just about the extent of my comfort range.

202 yds - Buck antelope WY - 357 Maximum 180 gr Speer FP from a contender BB 11 1/2 inch barrel.
One shot kill

Whitetail at 256yds w/309JDJ, 150grn BT, 15" Contender and Burris 2x7 Bplex. Shooting sticks setting against fence post
Prairie Dog at 315yds w/15" .223, 50grn BT, w/TC 2.5x7 scope. Shooting bench.
Antelope at 425yds, .260 XP100R, w/2x7 Burris Bplex, 120grn Bt's from prone on back pack.

Mike

316 yards on a WY antelope 358 win 180 gr hornd bullet, 47 gr h322 at 2452 fps and a 18 inch steel palte at 410 yards olefish

271 steps (250+ yds). Antelope w/ a 7mm L&L. 120 gr. Nosler BT at 2500 FPS

Outstanding ... just outstanding ...really nice to hear about these ...pistols do shoot..

how about 10 ft, 8 pt. buck, 45/70 encore. maybe in the running for shortest shot.

Ray,
Hope to be in the Contender game before the end of the year. First one will not be a long range rig for PD's, but I will see what I can do.

excellent ...Ernie , mikes working on my 50r and the 22-250ai ...Ray

Sometime in 07 should have a 6mmx50R Improved (Not the Bellm version) in a Contender barrel.

Dang,

And I thought I did good popping a 1 liter Coke bottle on the 300yd berm with my 15" Encore (my whitetail gun) in 308... You guys are way beyond what I ever hope to do with a Single Shot Handgun.

$bob$

Longest Varmint shot, 485 paces on a woodchuck with a 14" 223.

Shortest Varmint shot, 2.5 feet on a cornered Norway Rat in one of our barns usng my 6" Bellm custom 22Short. This one was actually more fun

I've got a Pdog @ 275 with my 14" 223

My 10yr old made a Pdog dance a jig somewhere around 150 one day...he's still new to the pistol thing

That would have to be Prarire Dogs at 452 yards with a SS 14" .223 Contender / 3x12x Burris. Actually it took me 6 shots to walk my shots into that PD, but througout the afternoon I took 12 more PD's off of that same mound with 15 more shots.

For bigger game there are two that almost exactly the same. #1 was a nice 4x4 Whitetail Buck at 282 yards (if i remember right) with a 10" 7-30 Waters Contender / 2.5x8x Weaver / 120gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip. The other would have to be the smaller 4x4 Whitetail Buck at 286 yards with the 14" .30-30 AI / 2x7x Burris / 125gr. Nosler Ballistic Tip.

Larry

I have shot lots of grounghogs out to 300yds with my 221fb xp-100. i used to have a savage striker in 260 . i killed a few at around 400yds with it. both topped with burris 2x7x32xao scopes.

I think a lot of the distances that have been thought as unapproachable with specialty pistols of all kinds is up for grabs in the very near future.
So many advances have been made that the only thing that holds some distance records back is our own disbelief that it is possible.
Let the records fall

Ray,
Which barrels do you intend to use for Rich Mertz's LR handgun competition, June 14-16?
500?
750?
1K?

Ernie ,
I'll bring all the 22's , 223AI , 22-204Imp for sure ,and the 5.6x50R Imp and 22-250Ai which should be done very soon ...I'll try and shoot as many as I can , but planning on other's trying them also..The 335 OTTR Striker ,Hopefully . And possibly a new 7mm Encore ,if it's done by then ...
This should be a great time...
Ray

Sounds great!
What chambering in 7mm?

Ernie , working with a beltless 300 win mag brass...Ray

Sounds interesting