Confidence in your shooting ability

[Tennvol12345]

Same as grant except I don't have any IDPA targets so I use a paper plate.

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[bullittmcqueen]

Having been a lifelong competition shooter, I noticed a dramatic increase in my accuracy when I started practicing on smaller targets. Now instead of using NRA or torso targets, I prefer to practice on 3x5 index cards. This really makes me focus on the front sight and a good trigger press. With the rifle, one thing that has helped has been doing things like Modified Navy Quals, but out at 100 yards instead of 50. If you are not pushing yourself, you aren't improving.

As far as under stress, I think competitive shooting is about as good as it gets without really being on a two way range. The type of shot you described Grant comes up frequently in competition.

[wahoo95]

Aim small miss small. Its one of the reasons I purposely take all head shots during some of the local matches as it gives me more practice shooting smaller targets. When I find my A Zone hits spreading out I know its time to get some small target practice in.

[Dobie]

I can reliably hit a 5 inch target at 8 yards shooting at cardboard. I wouldn't likely worry to much about your stationary mannequin but in real life people move. Stress would be high and that's the difference. Guess if my life depended on it I would take the shot.

[C4IGrant]

I can reliably hit a 5 inch target at 8 yards shooting at cardboard. I wouldn't likely worry to much about your stationary mannequin but in real life people move. Stress would be high and that's the difference. Guess if my life depended on it I would take the shot.

Pie a doorway (minimizing your exposure to the threat) and see if you can still make the shot.

It is one thing to do it on the 2D range and entirely different on the 3D range.


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[TX Rancher]

C4IGrant & Tennvol12345:

How much time do you allow for the shot at 25 yrd?

For myself it's about 5 sec from holster to breaking the shot. If i try to speed up my accuracy starts to suffer. I know that's not fast, but I never claimed to be "high speed"

For me shooting at those distances represents good practice and is indeed a confidence builder (or sometimes shows me how bad I really am cold), but I doubt I would take the shot in real life unless forced to. Shooting a cardboard target, thats not moving, at 25 yds is one thing. Pulling the trigger with two live targets down range in what is likely a dynamic situation is a little different. Please note I said for me and should not be construed to reflect on each of your abilities. My assumption is both of you are much better shots than I am and are perfectly capable of doing what you state.

[Dobie]

Pie a doorway (minimizing your exposure to the threat) and see if you can still make the shot.

It is one thing to do it on the 2D range and entirely different on the 3D range.


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I would love to have that kind of set up or a shoot house to train on but my club doesn't offer it.
It is an all purpose range that I can draw, move etc on but they don't have any barricades or frames to shoot through.

[polymorpheous]

Dot torture drills.
I still can't run one clean.
I suck so bad at pistol, but I keep driving on.

I do get discouraged and wonder if I or my wife and kids were in danger, would I be more harm than good.
My wife has more confidence in my shooting abilities than I do.

[NeoNeanderthal]

8 yards? Of course i can make that shot! Jesus christ. Just slow down and it should not be an issue. Now if you impose a 2 second time limit from the holster id be a little nervous of pulling the shot into the friendly.

I have found the single most detrimental thing to peoples handgun skills (besides lack of practice of course) is that they believe that handguns are just inherently inaccurate(which there is some truth to). If you are accurate with one, they think you have some innate magical skill. This causes people to hit human sized targets and deem it good enough because hand gun rounds seem to just fly all over the place. I had a kid tell me handgun shooting was so hard, i mean anything can disrupt the shot, the wind, bullet weight, how much powder the manufacturer put into the bullet.... And im talking at under 25 yards.

The fact that police are considered highly trained with a pistol and yet their quals are shockingly easy leads people to believe that human sized targets under 25 yards no time limit is "good enough" for an average civy.

[C4IGrant]

8 yards? Of course i can make that shot! Jesus christ. Just slow down and it should not be an issue. Now if you impose a 2 second time limit from the holster id be a little nervous of pulling the shot into the friendly.

You are staring at someone with a gun. How much time do you have? 1-2 seconds would be max in my book.




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