Quadkid
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The range i usually go to has a RSO standing behind everyone and isn't afraid to yell at idiots. Some people don't like it, but I find it comforting.
Would you ask a baseball player to only field pop ups and not grounders as well? Would you ask a basketball player to practice with no shoes? Would you ask a football player to practice on a 25 yard fied? If you did would you expect the players to even come close to playing to their potential?Is there some reason that those things cannot be done with five rounds in a magazine or at 25 yards?
Pete
Just shows that you don't know how to properly drive on ice. Neutral is not the way you do it, you don't have nearly the control if something happens, leave it in gear and let off the gas. But since you are in Texas you may not spend 6 months of the year practicingThere was a guy tailgating me as I approached a bridge that I guessed to be already coated in black ice. I just clicked my truck into neutral to coast across when the guy behind got so infuriated at my slowing down that he just had to show me how its done.
Ill have to check that out... its just that the R&G is about 10 minutes from where i live, and for the most part I like shooting with other people and shooting the bull in between sets. had an enjoyable time this afternoon sharing a lane with a couple other soldiers. There is a good place to shoot in santa teresa also, been wheeling out there.. next time ill bring my guns and pop off a few rounds out there.Definitely been in this situation before stratman26.
That's why I go shooting out in the desert east of town, out on Montana past Red Sands.
Go all the way east on Montana, and turn right when you see a big white sign that says 'Montana Quarry'. It leads to dirt and gravel roads out into the middle of the desert. Plenty of safe, isolated places to shoot out there.
If you are practicing defensive shooting, then yes, practice in the 3 to 7 yard range is just as important (perhaps more so) than practicing shooting tiny groups at 25 yards. My local range has target points at 5, 10, 15, and 25 yards on the pistol side. Shooting skillfully and well at 5 yards from the holster is indeed quite different from shooting at 25.Don't take this the wrong way since I do agree with the idea but....about Bill drills (a new term for me. ??), controlled pairs and learning to handle recoil in rapid fire.
Is there some reason that those things cannot be done with five rounds in a magazine or at 25 yards?
Taking the time to set up a finer sight picture for 25-yard shooting is quite different than picking up the front sight as the gun is pushed out, breaking the shot as your arms lock out, and breaking the second shot as soon as the pistol settles from recoil. If all you ever practice is sedate 25-yard shooting, then you'll know you can shoot slow and sedate single-hole groups at 5 yards, certainly, but what you won't know is how well you'll do under a much more compressed time scale.How is shooting at 25 yards more limiting than shooting at three or seven? if you can hit what you are shooting at at seventy five feet, you can probably hit it at ten. If you can shoot five shots accurately rapidly, then, chances are, you can shoot ten or fiffteen well also.