How many shots before you start to fade?

[Matthew Courtney]

I do not shoot as often as I should. My shooting actually improves through the first 2 magazines. After about 150 more rounds, I start to lose my mental focus unless I am involved in some sort of competetion.

Excepting .44 magnum and full power 12 gauge loads, I cannot recall physical fatigue preceding a loss of mental concentration.

 

[larryw]

Kinda depends on the circumstances of the day and caliber. Generally I can count on 100 to 200 rounds before I need to really think about it. When I find my concentration wandering, I take a mental "walk" and get back to it. If that doesn't sort things out, I call it a day before bad habits develop.

 

[dev_null]

Kinda depends on the caliber, doesn't it?

40 rounds of .308 through the T/C Encore and I start getting a bit shaky. OTOH, I can shoot 600 rounds of .45 LC c'boy loads and feel fine. .22, I get bored before I get tired.

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[BigG]

100 rounds. After that my groups start to look like patterns.

 

[Mark IV Series 80]

After about 50 rounds, I'm doing my best.

After 200 rounds of .45 ACP, my groups will open-up.

If I mix-in .22 LR's, .38 Specials, and 9mm's, then I'm good for a few more rounds.

 

[Trisha]

I practice tactical drills when I go to the range, instead of slow-fire target shooting, so I suppose I don't fatigue the same.

I also work on shotgun, and transitions; as well as precision with one of my .44 magnums.

I'm usually good for at least 5-600 rounds of .45acp; 70-100 rounds of 12ga, and the same for .44 in one day at the range.

Trisha

 

[Ryder]

About 100 toe touches picking up brass and I'm done for! I can shoot a lot more when I take the kid to help out with that task. Thinking about getting some knee pads to crawl around on

 

[BerettaNut92]

I get tired after about 200 rounds of .45. Not so much from shooting, but from loading magazines. I don't like the ergonomics on my KZ45 much, either.

My Beretta I can shoot all day. I'd probably die of thirst before I got tired from shooting it.

 

[coonan357]

we ussually start at 11 am and we run either out of sunlight or ammo before we get tired ,last time it was ammo. over 2 k of .357/.38 and 2 bricks (5500 rds) of .22 lr ( 50 rd mags eat alot quickly ) amongst the 5 shooters some of us were tired after the first 2 hours but I ussually last the whole day by pacing myself , I shoot till my gun gets hot then switch off to another one and shoot that for a while , the 10 /22 should be worn out by now but it isn't . and the coonan sees regular times also .most peoples thumbs are worn out from reloading the magizines , thank goodness for caluses

 

[Monkeyleg]

When I shoot my handguns, it's for accuracy and not speed (usually). Four targets, twenty-five rounds each. The second or third target is usually my best, and on the fourth accuracy starts to fall away. Lack of concentration, I suppose.

Shooting for speed doesn't affect me until 200-300 rounds.

 

[DAL]

As others have said, it's caliber dependent. 200 rounds out of my Glock 26 9mm is more tiring than 200 rounds out of my CZ75BD or 200 rounds of my reloads out of my 1911. Of course, 300 rounds of .22 LR is just a warm-up.
DAL