The "average" gun owner...

[Guy B. Meredith]

Nah, don't want progressive for shooting, just front sight focal length plus some astigmatism adjustment. (I have astigmatism.)

 

[kmc_xd40]

i feel if you can hit the paper from 15 yards with all of your shots then you're above average. I typically have tight groupings of 4" or better at 7 yards and about 10" at 15 yards. If i were to enroll in more competitions I'm sure i would want to bring that in a bit.

 

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Hello friends and neighbors// OP XDemon(m) just wondering what type of handgun you are shooting.

 

[LexRex]

I can back up what was said about IPSC/IDPA. Again, it's not self defense training but it does help. When I was starting out I was lucky to stay on a pie plate at 7 yards slow fire. I used to shoot at the NRA range at their HQ and one of the guys there encouraged me to come out and try IPSC. I showed up and everyone was super nice and understanding of me as a newbie. I shot limited 10 with a Kimber Team Match. They do a great job on IPSC setups at that range and I got hooked. I put in the practice, practice, practice and after a month or two I was shooting VERY well. I had ranked top 10 a few times in match and I was able to put 4-5 rounds in a 6" group at 7 yards within 2 seconds, they had the moving targets there where they would start off profile and flip broadside randomly for the time you programmed. I started at 5 and worked my way to 2 seconds. All in all, a lot of fun was had and it was a great learning experience. In the end, it became too expensive to keep shooting at that rate (at least 500 rounds a week) and I didn't have time to reload (young family, job, etc.) so I stopped shooting the matches.

I took a bit of a shooting hiatus but now I am active again and I'm looking for an IDPA league to try out. I'll be reloading this time once I get everything set up.

 

[The Wiry Irishman]

I've been spending a great deal of time at a new indoor range in town, and I've seen a lot of other people shooting, from people that don't own guns and are just renting to people coming in with five or six of their own. From that sample pool, it seems like "average" is all shots on the torso (meaning neck to where it ends at the bottom of the paper) of a full-size silhouette at seven yards, firing a round every second or second and a half.

 

[Jonah71]

I just got new glasses. I don't care what the weather is like I'm spending the next 2 mornings at the range. But I sure was surprised at the upward surge in the price of .45 acp's around here! OUCH!

 

[Al LaVodka]

Dude, I'm 63, the eyes are going, and the shakes set in after a few minutes of holding that 2 pound chunk of stainless steel out there. At least I'm honest about my results.
Not to mention, I've only owned the weapon since December and have only put maybe 150 rounds through it at an outdoor range. How average are you "DUDE"?

Well, I hope I'm buying new guns and shooting at least as well as you when, if, I reach your age.
Mea Culpa
Al

 

[Guy B. Meredith]

Hey, hey, hey. 63 is a piece of cake if you avoid natural disasters, bad drivers and keep your favorite firearm at hand when the bad guys come around. The sixties really are the new 40s.

I blew through that one last year. Actually I feel better about myself now than I did in my 40s. The only difference is that I now know those irritating blocks on my vision are floaters and not dirt floating on my cornea.

Oh yeah and the increasingly strong urge to do what I should have done in my 20s and kick back to explore life.

Time to spend more time at the range and get better than average.