Practice/Training sessions

[wsmc27]

Great advice 1911whore, thank you for sharing.

[1911whore]

He gave me a lot of nuggets of wisdom during that time in my life.

[Beendare]

" 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."
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Great advice

I do a lot of bowhunting and its about as mental as you can get. Much the same as a scenario where you would be defending your self with a firearm [of course without the shooting back-grin]

Practicing for a encounter is just that...draw,aim,fire....repeat.

Poking a bunch of holes in targets is fine for working on sight picture and trigger control- essentially your form. But if you only practice in that fashion it will hurt you in an actual encounter as you don't have all day to acquire the target.....and/or squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze.

[Lead Waster]

I bring about 100 - 200 rounds per range trip, since I have to pay for indoor range time, might as well shoot alot, right? Typically I'll bring two guns for variety. Typically I always take my 5" PPQ because it's my USPSA gun so I might as well keep in practice with it.

[patriot_man]

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

That's even better!