AStone
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I went to the range today for the first time in a few months.
(Yeah, I'm a slacker. Well, no, just busy trying to make a business float.)
Took the 9mm pistol (K9) & .38 (642).
Wow, did I ever suck at shooting.
I expected to with the .38 snubby. No surprise there. (Even though I controlled that 642 better with the new Hogue full sized (three finger) monogrips I put on it today...but that's a story for the 642 club.)
But with my 9mm, I thought I'd do better. I always shoot it well with confidence. But today, my results were mediocre at best. I rarely miss the target entirely. Today, those kind of misses were all too common.
Clearly, I need more range time, more often, along with more dry fire practice. And maybe a good handgun class. So noted.
The range I use has only two relevant (for me) target distances: 12 yds & 25 yds. No 7 yd option.
I tried both. Worse of course at 25 yd. (Hit the target with about 25 of 35 shots, none of which were in bullseye.)
At 12 yd, the very first three were dead on bullseye. But it went downhill from there. (Predominant pattern: shooting left of the bullseye.)
All this led me to ponder this question on the way home: at what ranges (distances) do most handgun shooters with short to modest length handguns practice?
That is, what's the most reasonable/likely distance at which one would engage a threat using a handgun with a short to moderate length barrel?
Nem
(Yeah, I'm a slacker. Well, no, just busy trying to make a business float.)
Took the 9mm pistol (K9) & .38 (642).
Wow, did I ever suck at shooting.
I expected to with the .38 snubby. No surprise there. (Even though I controlled that 642 better with the new Hogue full sized (three finger) monogrips I put on it today...but that's a story for the 642 club.)
But with my 9mm, I thought I'd do better. I always shoot it well with confidence. But today, my results were mediocre at best. I rarely miss the target entirely. Today, those kind of misses were all too common.
Clearly, I need more range time, more often, along with more dry fire practice. And maybe a good handgun class. So noted.
The range I use has only two relevant (for me) target distances: 12 yds & 25 yds. No 7 yd option.
I tried both. Worse of course at 25 yd. (Hit the target with about 25 of 35 shots, none of which were in bullseye.)
At 12 yd, the very first three were dead on bullseye. But it went downhill from there. (Predominant pattern: shooting left of the bullseye.)
All this led me to ponder this question on the way home: at what ranges (distances) do most handgun shooters with short to modest length handguns practice?
That is, what's the most reasonable/likely distance at which one would engage a threat using a handgun with a short to moderate length barrel?
Nem