bigtim6656

not really preparing for the day, just the handgun is for defense, no reason to sit on a bench and shoot at 50 yards when I will have no bench to sit on when I need to use the gun. I have done a good amount of holstering, firing, reholstering and just, even some dropping the mag out putting a new on in and firing, though with the glock 17 17 rounds should do it, though with the small bullet that is like 8 1/2 45s lol.

fritz1

Yeah, he is the biggest I have ever owned. Alot of people ask me if he has mastiff in him, but he dosent. He is just a monster. I got him from my cousin in Florida, he breeds them. I named him Nitro, he sure has lived up to his name.

Blackelk

Jeepkid is right the excitement alone will cause all sorts of things to happen. That's why most statistic's of use of handguns in self defense is under 25ft. Because that's point blank range for most people and pistols. After 25ft. the odds of someone getting shot in a typical fast situation is a lot less.

Don't get me wrong there's plenty of shooters out there but there's those that are born of steel and those that think they are. I'll be bluntly honest when it comes to being excited while in a tense situation I've already found out that i'm more like molten lead I'll run away to live another day if I can. Had a instance with a black bear that I'd shot at 5 yards with a handgun. While the initial shot floored him, he rolled down hill right at my feet. As he's rolling down hill I fired a second shot, shooting over him as he fell. Before I could even take a step backwards to get some distance from the bear he was up on his feet and I was in the process of back peddling. The bear was up and off into the brush in a flash. The only thing that saved me from one hell of a fight in my thinking is when the bear was shot and rolled down hill he became disorientated when he came up. The bear weighed about 350lbs and all this happened in less than 2 seconds. I found out that day I wasn't the guy saying well I would of done this or I would of done that. I had a split second to finish off the bear right there but my mind went right into the lets get the hell out of this mess mode. Most of us are not going to stand there if we think we can get to safety. That's called self preservation.

When it does happen your not going to have time to plan it out it's just going to happen. After a little instance with an animal I couldn't imagine the craziness of someone coming in my home in the dark armed with bad intentions. I'd hope to think my protective nature for my family would have more salt than my protective mode for myself. It better.........

rybohunter

I shoot any where from 10 ft to 100 yds depending on the gun & what I feel like doing that day.

BOWHUNTERCOP

at the most 25 yards

Pawildman

..... I think I remember someone telling me that the Cowboy Shooters handgun shoots are at 7 yds. Could be wrong...

newton29

7 yards should be fine. Practice drawing from concealment and pulling that trigger until it is automatic. Also practice clearing a misfire or stovepipe. As stated above, when you hear the muzzle blast of your opponent, you don't think real clearly. My Department makes us qualify out to 25 yards, but the most practical, in my experience, is 5 shots, from the holster, in 4 seconds at 3 yards.

Jeff Ovington

Inside 21 ft. It's awfully difficult for an amature, to unholster and fire a handgun at someone. Most self defense classes will tell you that.You have to be very very fast and a skilled shooter to be able to draw and hit a skilled person who has amature fighting skills, or martial arts or military training.So if your find yourself in trouble, and you have a handgun, and you are forced to use it, use at a distance greater than 21ft.And use the 21 ft rule as your defence. LOL .
Just helping.

SecondChance

We do draw and live fire drills from touch to 25yds. Most confrontation distances are at 7ft or less. We do do most of our shooting from holster to fire in under 2 seconds with 2 rounds. Alibys result in laps to top of berm and back in gear!!!!! Once you can handle the weapon without question at distances of 15-25yds, anythng else is a chip shot!!!!!!

hoghunter59

cleet has us shoot from 3 feet out to 25 yds