Hows your range time spent?
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T2K
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I always bring at least two pistols and at least two centerfire rifles (I don't shoot much .22 since I only get back to the US to shoot once or twice per year).
I shoot pistols from standing, two handed grip, 10-25m. I have a spinning plate that I like a lot, easy to know if you've got a hit and it never needs replacing.
I teach and coach my wife a bit on shooting her S&W .38. She only likes to shoot wadcutters due to the mild recoil.
I shoot rifles seated / supported at 100m and free hand at 50m.
I would not say I am "training", I am just target shooting. It's better than not shooting at all though.
I shoot pistols from standing, two handed grip, 10-25m. I have a spinning plate that I like a lot, easy to know if you've got a hit and it never needs replacing.
I teach and coach my wife a bit on shooting her S&W .38. She only likes to shoot wadcutters due to the mild recoil.
I shoot rifles seated / supported at 100m and free hand at 50m.
I would not say I am "training", I am just target shooting. It's better than not shooting at all though.
1911 guy
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I shoot handgun at 25 yards for accuracy, then move to close range (10 yards or less) for speed drills, trying to maintain the fundamentals just practiced at 25.
Reloads are part of the drill, too. Both reload from empty and "tactical" (I've come to hate that word) reloads.
I usually have to practice drawstroke at home. The range I frequent will allow me to shoot from drawstroke only if there's nobody else there. They know and trust me to not "darwin" myself, but they have no process to "holster check" everyone and therefore cannot allow everyone to do it. Bottom line, I can't be seen by other patrons who will then complain "But the guy over there is doing it."
When shooting rifles, I start at 50 yarsd with an open sight .22 bolt action and shoot offhand, kneeling and prone. Then I take the centerfire of the day to 100 yards and do the same positions. If it's been a while and I'm having trigger control issues I'll spend a little time with the .22 from a bench to concentrate on trigger management before I move to 100 yards.
When I can make it to a range that offers more distance (only a few times a year) I usually take either my .308 or my .223 bolt guns and run them from kneeling and prone with a few offhand sessions at 300-500 yards.
Reloads are part of the drill, too. Both reload from empty and "tactical" (I've come to hate that word) reloads.
I usually have to practice drawstroke at home. The range I frequent will allow me to shoot from drawstroke only if there's nobody else there. They know and trust me to not "darwin" myself, but they have no process to "holster check" everyone and therefore cannot allow everyone to do it. Bottom line, I can't be seen by other patrons who will then complain "But the guy over there is doing it."
When shooting rifles, I start at 50 yarsd with an open sight .22 bolt action and shoot offhand, kneeling and prone. Then I take the centerfire of the day to 100 yards and do the same positions. If it's been a while and I'm having trigger control issues I'll spend a little time with the .22 from a bench to concentrate on trigger management before I move to 100 yards.
When I can make it to a range that offers more distance (only a few times a year) I usually take either my .308 or my .223 bolt guns and run them from kneeling and prone with a few offhand sessions at 300-500 yards.
Reloadron
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Off work today for the start of a nice 3 day weekend and since my wife is working I'll wander to the indoor range. I figure 2 - 3 hours of shooting and jaw jacking. Worked up some .357 loads for a Python and I have been tweaking a Colt Government Series 70. Check out the for sale stuff at the range and then wander to a nice local gun shop for more conversation and looking for things I simply must have or would be nice to have.
Range time for me be it indoor or outdoor is always a combination of shooting and conversation, that makes for enjoyable time well spent.
Ron
Range time for me be it indoor or outdoor is always a combination of shooting and conversation, that makes for enjoyable time well spent.
Ron
Fishslayer
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If the wife is with me it's usually about her having a good time. She usually runs 100 or so through her .22 & 50-100 through her nine. I'm generally taping her targets & fetching her brass.
By myself depends on the mood & what I brought.
Most of the time it's the first string HD bottom feeder. Usually DA/SA doubles & triples at 7 to 10 yards and slow fire at 15 yards. 50-100 rounds of .45ACP.
Lately I've been taking the 22/45 and 10/22 along & putting 150 or so rounds downrange.
Last trip by myself I had my shiny new sight pusher tool so I spent most of the time futzing around. After 4 years my KP90 actually hits where I point it.
The revolvers get a SA & DA workout. Some light target & some Magnum Big Dogs. Brisk DA at 10 yards on the human outline.
I'm a member at my range so there's no charge for time. I also don't get down there as often as I like so it's not unusual if I'm by myself to spend 3 or 4 hours on a session. Ammo is not really a concern. I may have an extra box or two of my handloads laying around here somewhere...
Come to think of it... I do spend a good percentage of my time shaggin' brass...
By myself depends on the mood & what I brought.
Most of the time it's the first string HD bottom feeder. Usually DA/SA doubles & triples at 7 to 10 yards and slow fire at 15 yards. 50-100 rounds of .45ACP.
Lately I've been taking the 22/45 and 10/22 along & putting 150 or so rounds downrange.
Last trip by myself I had my shiny new sight pusher tool so I spent most of the time futzing around. After 4 years my KP90 actually hits where I point it.
The revolvers get a SA & DA workout. Some light target & some Magnum Big Dogs. Brisk DA at 10 yards on the human outline.
I'm a member at my range so there's no charge for time. I also don't get down there as often as I like so it's not unusual if I'm by myself to spend 3 or 4 hours on a session. Ammo is not really a concern. I may have an extra box or two of my handloads laying around here somewhere...
Come to think of it... I do spend a good percentage of my time shaggin' brass...
easyg
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The only range close to me is a pay-per-hour range, so time is money....
I preload as many magazines as possible, bring some silhouette targets with me, and usually just two of my CC pistols.
I start out with the first target at 7 yards and rapid fire a couple of magazines into it, one in the head and one in the chest of the target.
This is mainly to just relax me and get my senses back in to shooting mode (sound, recoil, muzzle blast, smell, etc...).
I then place the target at around 15 yards and slow down and practice some two-hand slow shooting, some one-hand slow shooting, and some weak-hand slow shooting.
And I wrap it up with some rapid-fire two-hand shooting and some rapid fire one-hand shooting.
One range session will usually last around 1 to 1.5 hours.
I preload as many magazines as possible, bring some silhouette targets with me, and usually just two of my CC pistols.
I start out with the first target at 7 yards and rapid fire a couple of magazines into it, one in the head and one in the chest of the target.
This is mainly to just relax me and get my senses back in to shooting mode (sound, recoil, muzzle blast, smell, etc...).
I then place the target at around 15 yards and slow down and practice some two-hand slow shooting, some one-hand slow shooting, and some weak-hand slow shooting.
And I wrap it up with some rapid-fire two-hand shooting and some rapid fire one-hand shooting.
One range session will usually last around 1 to 1.5 hours.
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Typically, checking to make sure my guns are still shooting where they should be at any distances previously shot.
If I am working up a load, I will chrony my loads to compare speeds.
If I am taking a rifle to shoot, I will usually also take a handgun or two to fire off to be sure they are still zeroed while the rifle is cooling. I typically stop as soon as I realize I am right-on, I typically don't go with the plan of just burning up so many factory rounds or reloads. I am very conservative in the number of rounds I shoot as I don't have much money and don't plan to reload a lot more of the same rounds!
If I am working up a load, I will chrony my loads to compare speeds.
If I am taking a rifle to shoot, I will usually also take a handgun or two to fire off to be sure they are still zeroed while the rifle is cooling. I typically stop as soon as I realize I am right-on, I typically don't go with the plan of just burning up so many factory rounds or reloads. I am very conservative in the number of rounds I shoot as I don't have much money and don't plan to reload a lot more of the same rounds!
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