I've heard of people taking snubbies out and shooting and hitting targets at 50 yards or more. Just a matter of walking your shots to the target, as long as you can see a puff of dust or something where the shots are hitting.
At that range, or maybe closer to 40 yards a S&W 629-4 Classic .44 mag with 6" barrel loaded with magnum practice rounds, shot a smaller group than a Chinese copy of an AK. Using a rest and iron sights.
I was using a large pizza hut carryout box as a target, and aiming at an orange dot I placed about 1/3 the way down from the top. The AK did shoot closer to aim, while the 629 was a couple of inches below the AK group. I ended up with about a 3.5-4 inch group from the AK, and close to an inch smaller group from the 629. That was some time ago, when my eye sight was much better. I was a bit surprised at the results, and tried it a couple more times, with about the same results.
Tom
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