25 meters for pistol shooting?

Ain't it the truth the computer warriors are bad ass until it happens for real and the kid next to you in the squad splatters his brains all over your face you can smell and taste the blood but you are too scared to, puke.
 
I wouldn't pay money to shoot anywhere I gotta use a target stand at all. If I'm paying to shoot I expect to have one of those pulley systems where I can put the targets out where ever I want and no body walks down range so we ain't gotta stop shooting.
The club I belong to is $100 a year, and it's rare that I go to the pistol range and find more than one other person there. In fact, most of the time I have the all range to myself. I ain't complaining. ;)
 
The club local to me all kinds of stupid "do it my way" rules. Using a concealed holster @ the defensive pistol range is prohibited. I wont pay for that kind of ignorance.
I know of a range like that. And no Bad Guy targets either. But they have an exception for LEOs. So if anyone asks, just say I'm a LEO and they leave you alone. No one has ever been checked for I.D. that I know of. They have a couple of "fuddy-duds" (Elmer Fud from Bugs Bunny cartoon fame) on the board who thinks shooting is just for recreation.
 
Our pistol range has steel and target frames all on the same line. No closer than 25 yds on the steel, but as close as you want on the target frames. If there are multiple people at the range, they must all go to 25 yds unless everyone agrees to shoot from the same distance. Can shoot from 75 yds back if so inclined. The 25 yds on the steel is a safety factor, even though the steel swings back and is 500 brinell.
 
I read and thought about all the comments in this thread and can understand them and why they have the conditions they have. 1) Probably the most common is "the powers that be" don't want a ricochet going over a berm and onto someone else's property. 2)Another thought is many new pistol shooters do want to practice not for competition, but for self defense. 3) I personally have been only seriously and consistently been shooting pistol for a short time and need those short range targets. I would like to compete at longer distances, however, I need practice and experience to do it. I really need an instructor and good advice to achieve my long distance goals. 4) Are you guys aware that many police departments quit teaching 25 yard training and are concentrating on 3 to 7 yards. Why? That is where 95% of Leos do their work. 5) I think the newbies and the old farts need to band together at board meetings and demand the "ancient ones" upgrade their rules and ranges to the likes of everyone. It is a new world and self defense is just as important as competition, but both need safe environments in order to practice.
 
Times change. There are still a few ranges set up around Bullseye Pistol, that is, 25 yard and 50 yard targets. Bullseye Pistol was a huge sport, thousands would go to the National Matches. Precision sports take time and work to get good at. That's why they are dying. Later generation's are so narcissistic that they have changed the rules to become legends in their own minds with hardly any effort. They have moved the targets within spitting distance, and think themselves great marksman with their three shot groups.

Or they are playing on video games. Heard a few claim they are good shots because of their performance in computer games, even though they have never actually fired a gun.

You should hear what indoor range personnel try to ram down your throat nowadays.

Nothing but alpha male sheepdog warrior tacticulosity.
 
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Grew up shooting 25 yards minimum at a club.
However, when nobody else on the range, we could move up and shoot.
Targets ALWAYS at the backstop.

Last club I belonged to had a 7 yard pistol bay.

Since I hunt with handguns, and have since I was a kid..........25 and 50 yard I like.
But also did IHMSA so 75 and 100 were a thing.
Have killed deer 75-100+

Its all what you get used to.

Have shot indoors, closer.
Some IPSC and plate stuff.
Other than knowing the vertical impact diff...........its no big deal.

Going fast- space relationship aiming vs slower w a defined point.....
Neither is hard, just different.
 
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I liked our local combat league yrs ago.
Used my carry gun/leather.
Did well too.

Its just different shooting, and different can be fun.

Bud wants me to do rimfire and centerfire bullseye at his club. Never tried it.
Might as well see how I do.

Heck, haven't shot IHMSA in 20 yrs, might do that this summer.
 
Played a friend of mine at his house. I got shot to heck. He is also a geezer, and told me young pups just annihilate him in the game.
Kids have faster relfexes. Speed in many instances, trumps tactics.
However, that can also be their downfall.

When I played the game host could decide who to allow. Playing with friends is what everybody old does now.

Open sign up, yeah some kid amped on Mountaind Dew is gonna clean your clock LOL
 
Theres an indoor range in my town.
And two others within an hrs drive.

While my old sportsmans club (45 min drive) has a 7 yard pistol bay, I see no reason for classic outdoor ranges to change.

Unless their membership supports such.

BTW, I have shot my P365 at close range, and out to 25 yards.
Have not tried it at 50 though.
Might be nice to know.
 
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My local outdoor range allows you to set up their wooden target stands from 5 to 100 yards and anywhere in between.

When I’m shooting something like a GP 100 or Redhawk, I like to shoot distances from 25 to 100 yards

However, I have several subcompact semi auto pistols and with those I stick with 5 to 7 yards.
 
yeah, but if you're there, and put a paper target on a post, what do they care as long as you're shooting at the same backstop? I might just start going and see what people really do, you might be surprised, but - it might not be readily available information that is discussed. inner circle kind of deal.
 
I wouldn't pay money to shoot anywhere I gotta use a target stand at all. If I'm paying to shoot I expect to have one of those pulley systems where I can put the targets out where ever I want and no body walks down range so we ain't gotta stop shooting.

I belong to 2 outdoor ranges. At both I have an entire bay to myself where I can set up cardboard targets on stands, steel, walls if I want to. I get that people in cities may be limited to indoor ranges without having to drive too far. Glad I can set up what I want. Of course you can't shoot appliances, bottles etc.
 
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