Practice/Training sessions

[1911whore]

How many rounds do you guys typically fire in a practice session and do you normally have a goal or specific skill enhancement in mind?

I will give my answer as well as the advice I got(years ago) from a NOW very well known trainer in a bit.

[billped]

I used to shoot 200 per gun, but found that I lost focus after 100 or so, just blasting away. I now stop at approximately 100 per gun.

I *typically* bring two guns to each practice session.

[JTROKS]

I usually don't shoot that much rounds. I do a lot of dry firing at home and with my defense guns I will practice holding the gun at ready position and shoot 1 round at he target as smooth as possible. Not going for break neck speed but smooth consistent deliberate shots. I'll do that for 20-30 rounds until I feel I got the feel of it. Then I do the same position but doing smooth double taps. 20-30 times until I'm satisfied with the rythm. Then I practice Mozambique drills as fast as I can consistently hit the target until I run out of ammo or feel satisfied. About 150-200 rounds during a serious session. During Mozambiques I'll run the gun dry and practice mag reload, and/or do tactical reloads.

[Mr. Gillious]

Yesterday I shot at 40 yards with my 9mm CZSP01 - maybe 250 rounds or so. With my TRP I shot about 200

After 40 yards I shot my CZ about 200 more rounds at 15 yards

My accuracy was failing a little bit but I wasn't trying to shoot dead center bullseyes - I just wanted to know that I was cutting up paper and chipping away at my groupings and making fist sized holes in my target. It's nice to shoot a lot of rounds because you get to see how your accuracy goes down.

[ThortheDog]

I used to shoot 200 per gun, but found that I lost focus after 100 or so, just blasting away. I now stop at approximately 100 per gun.

I *typically* bring two guns to each practice session.

This has been my experience as well.

I shoot no more than 100 rounds through two guns, concentrating practice on trigger control, sight picture and grip. Also practice difference stances.

I do have the advantage of being able to got to the range about every other week.

[Stumpfenhammer]

I expend about 200 rounds per indoor range session, whether I bring one pistol or two. My goal is to verify that I'm doing my dry fire drills correctly.

I start off with 3-4, 20-round, 25-yards groups. Then I shoot the Dot Torture drill twice at 5-yds (which includes unsupported and non-dominant side shooting) then I finish with another group at 25-yds.

I get better results and save a bunch of money if I do most of my training at home with dry fire. Until the Sheriff's range closed to civilians, I was going to that range once a week and then shooting a steel match every 2-3 weeks. Now that it's closed I'm going to cut back to an indoor range session every other week (the Sheriff's range was $7 bucks and never had a wait, so it was in and out in an hour

If the local indoor ranges allowed working from the holster and rapid fire, I'd be mixing it up with Bill drills, and would probably bump it up another 50 rounds.

If I want to induce realistic stress into my training to simulate combat conditions, I leave a bunch of dirty dishes out and make sure I'm doing my dryfire drills when my girlfriend comes home from work.

[Novmiech]

I always try my best to get maximum training out of minimal ammo, if the range permits that kind of stuff.

Have a friend (so you can't cheat) load a magazine with a random amount of 1-3 rounds, and maybe some snap caps for good measure.

Draw, shoot, reload/fix malfunction with appropriate movements.

So going through a draw, 2 reloads, a malfunction is under 10 rounds.

You can get a lot out of just dry firing, so I see no reason to go to the range and blaze your money away all willy nilly.

[SDDAVE56]

200 per gun. First 100 bullseye targets, focus on grip, stance, breathing, sight alignment, trigger control. Second 100, sillouette target, practice drawing from holster,
movement etc.

[el_clingon]

If I have a brand new gun, I usually start with 200 to 250 rounds to break it in. After that I will put 150 rounds. I Will put more rounds with the gun I carry the most. Right now my VP9 is taking all the trigger time.

[hossb7]

Dot Torture is a fantastic drill and only requires 50 rounds.

http://pistol-training.com/drills/dot-torture

Above link has a printable PDF file ^^

[tacos3]

Practice/Training sessions

I usually shoot 200 - 300 rounds with 2 guns. I start out with focusing on trigger pull at 5, 7 and 10 yards, 10 rounds at each. Then I focus on Mozambique's at 10 yards from a draw for 100 rounds. I'll use a timer if the range is not crowded.

I then practice strong and weak hand at 5, 7 and 10 focusing on trigger control for 100 rounds. I finish with 25 yard freestyle.

I do this about once a week.


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[1911whore]

So, back when I was in the Army I shot a LOT on my off time. I would reload on the week nights if I was around and shoot 500 to 1000 rds a weekend when I was home.
I met up with Dave Harrington at Mckellars and I was hammering away, he was SLOWLY drawing his pistol, taking a deliberate single shot on target and holstered. Over, and over again. I was making golf ball to fist sized holes in my targets and putting them where I needed them....he turned to me and said.."you do this every week?" I replied, yup. His response made me rethink my range time. Here is what he said...
" You sure are wasting a lot of money, physiologically the body, mind, eyes, etc become exhausted after 250rds at the most with any one gun, so after 250rds you are simply looking for something to shoot at and then banging away. Also, make sure to have a clear training objective for the day, some day's mine are small groups at distance, some days it is a fast drawstroke, today it is a smooth drawstroke and a clean hit on target."


So, from that day I keep it under 250 rds per type of firearm 3 max. And always have a clear set of things I want to work on, hitting at distance, specific drills I want to practice, small groups, small targets at distance, speed, etc....I often have a few different things I will work on but keep each drill to a box worth of ammo, unless it is an iron cross or something like that with a higher round count.

When I started doing that, I noticed I became surgical with my guns very quickly, i was more familiar with them and my skill sets improved greatly. So did speed.

[hambam105]

Always bring double the amount of rounds you think you might need for the day. And bring lots & lots of magazines.
Good instructors & good shooting schools will keep the range open as long as the student(s) has enough energy & enough ammo to keep shooting.

[patriot_man]

I wish I ran into Super Dave and got advice lol

[1911whore]

We did not just run into each other, it was a planned outing.