A case for distant shooting (Pistol)
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Indoor Range:
i practice 30 feet for squeeze, sight alignment, and stance, i then get serious at 5-15 feet and practice some tactical shooting, stance, drawing, rapid fire 2-4 shots using point and front sight shooting, mostly front sight.
Personally i like an outdoor range, since retiring i don't get to do as much combat/tactical/defensive shooting as i use to.
i practice 30 feet for squeeze, sight alignment, and stance, i then get serious at 5-15 feet and practice some tactical shooting, stance, drawing, rapid fire 2-4 shots using point and front sight shooting, mostly front sight.
Personally i like an outdoor range, since retiring i don't get to do as much combat/tactical/defensive shooting as i use to.
A realistic test
This is just a test, shot at the end of approximately 100 rounds of .38 Spl or 9mm various drawing and firing, gun at ready, poor light, man on man, voice challenge shooting,etc.
The twenty round test was based on the .38 Special test, which was also based on actual rounds carried, 6 rounds in the Model 64 S&W, plus two speed loaders. that's 18, but I added two to be loaded individually for two reasons, first to show that the operator knew the direction of rotation, second to make a mathematically sensible score possible.
The thought pattern being, why have a test, not based on the reality of the street load? Like who carries 60 rounds on them?
Pass was 80% or more, more than two misses was a fail, one re shoot was allowed.
Normal score was in the mid to high 90s, a class of 8 would maybe have one possible (100) also = 100% All from the holster or ready position.
This is just a test, shot at the end of approximately 100 rounds of .38 Spl or 9mm various drawing and firing, gun at ready, poor light, man on man, voice challenge shooting,etc.
The twenty round test was based on the .38 Special test, which was also based on actual rounds carried, 6 rounds in the Model 64 S&W, plus two speed loaders. that's 18, but I added two to be loaded individually for two reasons, first to show that the operator knew the direction of rotation, second to make a mathematically sensible score possible.
The thought pattern being, why have a test, not based on the reality of the street load? Like who carries 60 rounds on them?
Pass was 80% or more, more than two misses was a fail, one re shoot was allowed.
Normal score was in the mid to high 90s, a class of 8 would maybe have one possible (100) also = 100% All from the holster or ready position.
jhenry said it right. police work is a very up close and personal occupation. you can not do your job from outside the house, you can not catch the bad guy from 21 feet away, and citizen really hate it when a cop watches them get the crap kicked out of them while you stand there 21 feet away shouting encouragements like: "hang in there, your doing fine", or "try hitting him back a few times", and the classic "your doing it all wrong, try to AVOID the punches". the simple fact is police work is dangerous. we can try to minimize the dangers, but we also have to be in those situations, thats why chicks dig us 
, just kidding.....sorta.
, just kidding.....sorta.