target ranges are for socializing
Like taking sports judo to learn street fighting.
´`Now, I understand that most self-defense shootings take place from 3-10 yards``
Forget them yards! The stats are 0 to 20 feet. Can you visualize 0 feet? Can you shoot somebody while you are jabbing him in the throat? How good are you at butt strokes and pistol whipping?
Can you move and shoot at the same time (without, among other things, the range master jumping all over you)?
Try to find a friend`s farm or public lands or something.
To simplify things, I practice at 10 feet most of the time. I practicing to shoot felons, not to impress people. Not even myself.