I have seen Jerry Miculek shoot an egg at 100 yards with a scoped(obviously) snubed nose revolver. I have also seen him consistently shoot coins and even aspirin thown in the air. Jerry has been on tv many times. Jerry is probably the best shooter in the world today, and he uses a revovler in high speed shooting competitions against guys using semiautomatics, and Jerry wins.
As far as speed shooting, the time counts only if you hit the target.
Quality guns can be amazingly accurate, even with a snub nose. Misses are almost entirely the fault of the shooter.
As far as what size groupings you should try to achieve, first, put your gun in a vise to see what the gun itself can do. No gun will shoot better in your hand, than in a vise. Then, try achieving that same grouping with the gun in your hands.
Jerry uses S&W revolvers because the return spring on the S&W is the fastest. He says you cant shoot faster than what the gun is made for.
With single action revolvers, when Jerry does high speed shooting, you cannot hear the different shots going off, it all sounds like one shot.
As far as using +P or solid lead or hollow points, it is argued endlessly, so we recommend that for self defense purposes, you mix the type of bullets in your carry gun some for penetration, and some for fast expansion.
This article is from the Smith and Wesson website, and was shown on the tv show The American Shooter on TNN:
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:9gMBY59MIhQC:www.smith-wesson.com/misc/records.html+american+shooter+revolver&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
"Jerry Miculek Sets World Records With Smith & Wesson Model 627 Performance Center V-Comp Revolver. Shooting history was made July 24th in West Point, Mississippi when Jerry Miculek set three world records with Smith & Wesson Revolvers. Miculek, known as the world’s fasted revolver shooter, used a Smith & Wesson Performance Center Model 627 V-Comp revolver to establish a world shooting record of eight shots on one target in 1.00 seconds.
"The clock started on the first shot and stopped on the last and the time was one second, said Ken Jorgensen, Smith & Wesson shooting sports coordinator and director of public & media relations. “This had been a goal of Jerry’s for several years and although it took several attempts he accomplished what he set out to do.”
The Smith & Wesson Performance Center Model 627 V-Comp revolver, chambered for eight rounds of .357 Magnum¨, gives the shooter a choice of ported or conventional barrel in one American made handgun by allowing them to replace the three port comp with an unported muzzle guard. Miculek used the revolver with the unported muzzle guard for the record setting shooting.
Jerry also used the V-Comp revolver to put two shots each on four targets for a total of eight shots. Despite the need to move the revolver from target to target, the elapsed time from the first to last shot was a mere 1.06 seconds. The third record established at the Mossy Oak Outlet Center range, in front of several hundred spectators, saw Miculek fire six shots, reload, and fire six more shots on a single target in 2.99 seconds. A Smith & Wesson Model 625, chambered for .45 ACP and using full moon clips was utilized for the 12 shot record.
Timing equipment for the event was provided by PACT. An official of the NRA Competitions Division witnessed all record attempts.
The American Shooter program on TNN broadcast the complete story of Jerry Miculek’s record setting event, including the making of the Smith & Wesson Performance Center Model 627, on September 11, 1999. "