What is the furthest distance that you practice with a handgun/pistol?

8 to 10 yards because I practice my cc. Drawing from the holster, or shooting several targets in a timely manner. I practice one handed off handed etc. I have shot at 100 yards but don't practice it because I was taught to avoid the threat. If I am shooting metal it is 25 to 50 yards
 
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The vast majority of my handgun shooting is between 15 and 25 yards. 15 yards for double taps, Mozambique drills, and speed. 25 to practice draw and accurate fire as quickly as possible. The emphasis at 25 yards is accuracy though. Once in a while I will shoot out to 50 yards, but that's much more of a bullseye type shooting.

I know I'm not the best here... But I am pretty decent and I have put a LOT of rounds downrange. For those who do most of their defensive practice at 7 yards, try backing it out to 15 and practicing a little speed. You will be amazed how how much quicker and easier 7 yards seems when you come back to it. When you practice speed, you should be in control and hit the target every time, but if everything is in the 9 and 10 ring then your not pushing hard.
 
Depends on the skill you are working on ...Bullseye shooting is very different from Tactical ( drawing from a holster for Defense )....

If I'm working on Tactical skills.../ in drills like .. Draw to 3 shots ( 2.8 sec is my standard )/ speed reloads ( times from last shot - gun goes to slide lock - reload and fire 1 shot is 2.75 sec) / followup shots 0.45 etc.. ) ...my silhouette target is between 5 and 10 yds...-- and most of my drills are at 6,7 and 8 yds. My primary target is a tactical rectangle roughly nipple to nipple and about 11" down toward belly button.../ if my group gets too tight, to me, it meas I'm sandbagging the time and I need to speed up.

If I'm working on Bulls Eye ..slow fire... I start at 10 yds ...and move out to 25 Yds ...and my target is a 3" X 5" note card. But in my late 60's now ...and my eyes are the limiting factor now...not the gun. ( its hard to hit something you can't see clearly ).
 
My carry type guns are used at mostly 10 feet, (sometimes less), 15 feet and 25 feet. I shoot for fun at mostly 12 yards and occasionally at 25 yards.
 
I was elk hunting 3 years ago and a Coyote presented at about 150 yards and stopped broadside. Send a 210 .41Mag or a 225 grain from the .338...rolled him with one shot of .41Mag. There is value here and there. :D
 
Aren't most actual defensive handgun encounters at distances of under 10 yards?

I usually practice at 7-10 yards and work on quickly getting multi shots into a 3-4 inch area.

For target shooting I go out to the 25 yard max at my range but usually I'm using my target .22 rather than any defensive gun.
 
I have practiced out to 200 yards but that is the exception. I am a capable shooter to 100 yards with my pistols. I can hit a man size target easily at 200 yards but I can't be sure it would incapacitate him. The other part is that at 200 yards I have to fire from a rest, while at 100 I can fire off hand and hit the kill zone. Most of my practice has been at 75 yards but when practicing with concealed gun it is between 7 and 25 yards. I shoot steel challenge, falling plates, and full size silhouette with three upper body silhouette targets three yards apart at different distances from 7 to 25 yards. Most self defense shootings are going to happen at 7 yards or less because it will be difficult to explain how you felt you were in mortal danger from an "attacker" who was still 75 feet away from you.
 
I generally practice to 25 but when that gets old and I happen to be at a range other than my usual indoor range I'll set up sandbags and move to the 200 yard line.
 
I do most of my practice at 25 to 30 feet, but on most range visits I will run the target out to 75 feet (the max at my most-used range, indoors) for a mag or two out of one pistol. It is a good thing to challenge yourself a little. It's not that hard to get hits at that range with just a little practice, and it reinforces good technique. I'm to the point that I can keep shots on the head of a half-sized silhouette even with my smallest regularly-used pistol, a Sig P238. A couple of them might be closer to piercings than to stopping shots, but the ear is still part of the head, right?

("Smallest regularly-used pistol" excludes my inherited Libia, a little .25 modeled after the 1906 Browning Vest Pocket Pistol. With that thing, the best way to hit the side of a barn is to be inside the barn, and even then you might need to bench rest it.)
 
If you hunt with a handgun, the greater distances become important.

If your primary concern is self-defense, a number of rapid, well-placed shots at closer distance (maybe 20 yards or less) make more sense to me.

If I have to shoot at someone who is 100 yards away, I'm going to be looking for cover, a quick exit, better cover for when he (or she) gets closer, and hoping the other person isn't using a rifle...
 
I am limited exclusively to an indoor range. So, the furthest that I shoot is at 25 yards. These days, though, that's only for amusement.

I used to shoot at that range frequently when I had younger eyes and a steadier hold. 25 years ago, I was able to regularly hit a 12" gong at 50 yards with a Walther PPK/s. Now, 95% of my shooting is at 7 to 15 yards.
 
Depends on what you mean by practice? :)
I fired thirty or fifty rounds at a 3'x2' steel plate at 100+ yards, but it was more about entertainment than developing my abilities.
When I sight-in a gun, I always fire some rounds at 25 yards to confirm it's hitting where I'm pointing, but that's not really practice, either!
15-20 yards is probably the limit for any dedicated practice.
 
I was just at the range today with a bunch of handguns in 9mm, 45acp, 38 special, and 357. I shot steel gongs at 15 yards and 25 yards.

Most of the time I practice rapid fire "combat acurate" shooting on steel plates at 15y, but occasionally I like to make sure I can take a precision shot at longer range. Sometimes I'll even try a 50y shot with a long barrel gun (like my 6" model 28, or my full size 1911).
 
When shooting plates I start in the 15-17yd range and spend most my time there, shooting at 25yd once in a while. If I'm on the upper range or the other plate range I'll take shots at the 50 and 100yd gongs also.

I've found it somewhat easy to hit at 100 by aiming with my right eye, watching the hits with my left and moving my sites accordingly. Then you can get in a rhythm and just ping away even with something as small as a Shield or G2.

I find when shooting paper I shoot close 7-10 yards so I can see my hits, I like reactive metal targets much better, even when shooting the "shoot and see" type paper I still shot much closer.
 
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