I have been shooting the interactive steel targets a local range a lot lately and it has considerably improved my pistol skills (I'm mainly a rifle guy but have been carrying now for a month or so).
My local range (Rangemasters in Provo, UT) has an interactive steel target system with 10 human torso shaped steel plates, from which pop up 10"-12" round steel plates (the head), you must engage the steel heads randomly as they appear and try to knock them down from distances from 7 yards to 25 yards. You control the whole system with a cordless telephone that is wired into the system. There are a ton of different numbers you can type into the phone for different sets of targets and randomness. Most targets stay up for only about 2 seconds. When you score a hit, the steel head is knocked down clearly showing a hit.
This interactive range is the only reason that I ever use indoor target ranges, in about 3 visits to the range, it has really helped me hone my pistols skills even more, including: drawing from a holster, faster target acquisition, long range accuracy (25 yards), and how to best engage multiple targets. I have even tried it with my Vector UZI 9mm carbine and it is a blast!
I have a lot more to learn and I need to practice a lot more to be proficient, but I would like to recommend to any of you that have an interactive range such as this that you try it out. To me it is totally worth paying the $12 fee, which is the same as using the regular paper target ranges too. Otherwise, I just shoot for free out in the open nearby.
My local range (Rangemasters in Provo, UT) has an interactive steel target system with 10 human torso shaped steel plates, from which pop up 10"-12" round steel plates (the head), you must engage the steel heads randomly as they appear and try to knock them down from distances from 7 yards to 25 yards. You control the whole system with a cordless telephone that is wired into the system. There are a ton of different numbers you can type into the phone for different sets of targets and randomness. Most targets stay up for only about 2 seconds. When you score a hit, the steel head is knocked down clearly showing a hit.
This interactive range is the only reason that I ever use indoor target ranges, in about 3 visits to the range, it has really helped me hone my pistols skills even more, including: drawing from a holster, faster target acquisition, long range accuracy (25 yards), and how to best engage multiple targets. I have even tried it with my Vector UZI 9mm carbine and it is a blast!
I have a lot more to learn and I need to practice a lot more to be proficient, but I would like to recommend to any of you that have an interactive range such as this that you try it out. To me it is totally worth paying the $12 fee, which is the same as using the regular paper target ranges too. Otherwise, I just shoot for free out in the open nearby.
