LockedBreech
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We often discuss the importance of training, obviously on this subforum but in most of the other ones as well. A common saying is "Get the biggest cartridge you can shoot well." Another is "A .380 that hits is better than a .45 that misses."
I practice frequently with my Beretta PX4 and have fired it enough that even when I haven't picked it up in a while, I'm usually relatively on target by a few rounds in. This is aided by bulk purchases of .40 when it goes on sale - still possible during the current ammo crunch.
However, one of the rounds that has been harder and pricier to find is the .380, so I haven't trained on my LCP in a while. So last week I saddled up, grabbed the two boxes of 50 rounds of Winchester White Box that Wally World happened to have, and headed off to the range.
I set up my spinner target and decided to start easy. I stood about 5-7 yards away, and my spinner target is about the size of a medium paper plate. In the past with regular practice, I can land 5-6 of the 6+1 rounds in the LCP on that target with relatively rapid fire.
It had been about a month and a half since I cleaned out the LCP and it was rather dusty and not particularly lubed, despite daily carry (a no-no, I know). I decided it would be a handy reliability check, and I aimed and fired the 6+1 102-grain Remington Golden Sabers.
Reliability was no trouble. My LCP, like always, ate the rounds happily.
I was the trouble. Of those 7 shots, not a single one landed on the target. At 5-7 yards, in a zero-stress situation.
Needless to say, it hammered home the point of how important it is to practice - especially since I'm a pretty fair shot. Have you ever had a rude awakening that you needed to keep your skills sharper?
I practice frequently with my Beretta PX4 and have fired it enough that even when I haven't picked it up in a while, I'm usually relatively on target by a few rounds in. This is aided by bulk purchases of .40 when it goes on sale - still possible during the current ammo crunch.
However, one of the rounds that has been harder and pricier to find is the .380, so I haven't trained on my LCP in a while. So last week I saddled up, grabbed the two boxes of 50 rounds of Winchester White Box that Wally World happened to have, and headed off to the range.
I set up my spinner target and decided to start easy. I stood about 5-7 yards away, and my spinner target is about the size of a medium paper plate. In the past with regular practice, I can land 5-6 of the 6+1 rounds in the LCP on that target with relatively rapid fire.
It had been about a month and a half since I cleaned out the LCP and it was rather dusty and not particularly lubed, despite daily carry (a no-no, I know). I decided it would be a handy reliability check, and I aimed and fired the 6+1 102-grain Remington Golden Sabers.
Reliability was no trouble. My LCP, like always, ate the rounds happily.
I was the trouble. Of those 7 shots, not a single one landed on the target. At 5-7 yards, in a zero-stress situation.
Needless to say, it hammered home the point of how important it is to practice - especially since I'm a pretty fair shot. Have you ever had a rude awakening that you needed to keep your skills sharper?