I've never felt compelled to engage in any of the pseudo-combat games. Shooting is just a fun hobby for me. I've known a few people who've take the lives of others, but I've never known anybody who's had to make speed reloads; shoot with one hand broken; clear jams and cycle a pistol with their belt; fire upside down at night; etc., etc., ad infinitum.
One of the things that I agree with Col. Cooper on is that mindset is probably the most important ingredient in a gunfight. I have no doubts about my mindset.
The most likely scenario for my having to use my handgun in a case of self-defense would involve a carjacking or my being accosted in a parking lot. I feel pretty confident of my ability to defend myself in such a situation.
I have no practical use for being able to hit a target with a pistol at 100 yds. It's just another fun part of my hobby. On the occasion about which this thread started, I just decided, on the spur of the moment, to see what the .40 Super would do at 100 yds. I fired three shots, just to see if I could hit the target, and if so, where. After returning to the bench from viewing the target, I shot five shots from rest on a Midway rifle rest, not from a pistol rest of vise. I was pleasantly surprised that the five shots went into a group under four inches. I was equally surprised that three of the shots measured 1.748".
Now that I've found that the .40 Super, shot out of my G21 platform, is capable of pretty decent long-range accuracy, I'll probably be doing some more 100-yd shooting. My ultimate goal is to be able to make headshots on crows at 150 yds, so I have a lot of loading and practicing ahead of me.
I'm accustomed to one-hole groups with my rifles at 100 yds. I'm equally pleased with the accuracy of my pistols. (I include my Accu-Match-equipped Gold Cup in that group)
Hope everybody has as much fun this weekend as I plan to.
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Shoot to kill; they'll stop when they're dead!