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Originally Posted by jyl
I think it is a question of priorities.
If someone has the time and energy to become truly skilled at everything - reaction shooting at 6 feet in darkness from different positions as well as long-range precision shooting, two shot drills as well as many shots with rapid reloading, etc - then, great.
But suppose one isn't expecting to become such a pistolero. What is the one thing that he should spend his time training for?
The data says, that one thing is: to hit a moving vital zone at <10 feet, with a shot fired in 1 second with no preparation and no time for stance or careful aim, in the dark, from any position including potentially after being knocked to the ground.
Police officers appear to hit the enemy less that 1/3 of the time in that situation. I seriously doubt that the average CCW'er does better. (Wasn't there a Pelican who fired on an armed robber, at point blank range, while laying on the floor - IIRC he either missed or grazed the guy's finger.) Such a low hit rate in the most common situation suggests a lot of work to do, before moving on to hostage rescue shots from across a six-lane road while speed reloading in a hovering helicopter, and similar "movie" situations.
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THE VERY BEST TRAINING YOU CAN GET as a civilian................go to gunsite and buck up for their courses...................or as i have mentioned countless times JOIN A CLUB that shoots COMBAT WOMBAT!
combat wombat aint no punching paper from 7yds. from 7am til high noon you will shoot 325 rds in every position/various distances that you can think of and THEN SOME! moving targets/thru windows/thru doors/around corners/strong hand/weak hand/damn near behind yer back shooting. its FREEKING NUTZ! and every damn match THEY CHANGE IT TO SCREW YA UP AND MAKE YA THINK!
and i guurrantee yer gonna be crying "MOMMY" when it all over the 1st couple of times. i sure did. its a BEAATTCH! i was physically emotionally pyschologically DRAINED! i was soaked to the skin with sweat. it is FAST PACED and you will not realize the time fly by.
you have OEM outta the box class and HOT ROD CLASS! since i am a cheap azz we went with a ruger 22/45 and then jumped into a tactical solutions threaded barrel and compensator. we run against brownings and walthers mostly. HOT ROD class is run what cha brung. and there is some trick azz stuff out there with crazy azz OPTICS! we dont run optics so we are still in OEM class despite barrel change out.
the most fun and rewarding part of it are hitting the moving dinger dongers from inside a culvert pipe thats about 6foot long. what a hoot. once ya get the format down, its a gas.
if ya wanna buck up and shoot what yer gonna carry, have rob leatham(mr springfield) or his wife give you one on one instruction with yer 9mm or .45 or whatever the hell ya carry.
MONKEY SEE MONKEY DO....................watch rob slap leather quicker than spit and watch his drills for a couple of months and the other hot shoes and you will pick up real fast whats right/whats wrong/ and what REALLY WORKS in a COMBAT situation.
best money i EVAR SPENT and MORE FUN THAN SEX! my younger son and i broke the FUN BARRIER and LEARNED A HELL OF ALOT!