Originally Posted by Matthew Temkin

First of all, Happy New Year to everyone.
Being married with kids my New Years Eve was quite tame.
As to accuracy....Fairbairn and Applegate wrote about a six inch group as the standard of acceptable accuracy for a beginner.
Cirillo mentioned groups about the size of a clenched fist.
This is a fine standard but one that can be improved upon with practice.
Then again, I have had students who,within minutes of training, could place a thumb size cluster of bullets into the target just as fast as they could pull the trigger.
One of my long term students calls this system, "Aimed fire accuracy with point shooting target focus and speed", which sums this method accuracy potential quite well.
Lastly, practicing with airguns, airsoft and Sims is just as helpful as shooting live ammo.