retsupt99

7 - 10 yards here...except on our 'iron' range...
The dropping plates, spinning plates, the line of plates, the torso's, and the vertical drop plates allow me to move side to side, draw from retention (on multiple targets) at distances for 10 - 25 yards...

Stay armed...stay safe!

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...'cause I'm stuck in Europe. (Army)

Anyway, I usually oscillate between 5m, 7m, and 10m.

However, a Master Sergeant I know recommended also firing at 25m. His rationale was that firing at that range would highlight incorrect technique (e.g., trigger jerking, etc.) that might be masked at closer distances.

In my own shooting experience, I have used his advice to good effect. That is how I discovered a trigger jerking problem that was causing a slight shift to the left, but which wasn't very very pronounced when I shot at 10m. However, that trigger jerk problem might have been magnified in a 7m gunfight where adrenaline is flowing, lighting is sub-par, etc., etc. Now, at least, I have a chance to practice, practice, practice and resolve this bad habit early on.

FIREARMZ

The MSG is correct, Dave Sevigny says he shoots better at close distances becasue he practises everything at 25 and 50 yards. How ever in CQB with an adversary weapons access, employment and the successful use requires special training also. 25 Yards requires the goo duse of cover/concealment and marksmanship.

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jmiked

Correct your skills practice at 25 yards. Actual carry practice at no more than seven yards.

The two shooting distances are for practice of two different skill sets. That being said, trigger control, sight picture and breathing can be honed at any distance. 25 Yards just happens to be the most reliable distance for most handgun calibers.

My $.02 worth anyway.

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lightningstrike02

Start with a "contact with the target "distance. When you draw and fire against a soft but substantial target and find out that buttons blow off, hot gas and unburned powder blow back and things dont cycle as well as you thought at 4 yards, you just learned something valuable. Training is to help you and others learn the limits of your abilities. Your abilities will be greater with practice. Keep all safety rules in mind and try something new.

I dont recommend practice on soft or liquid filled tissue though.

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gfmun

If you can hit the target at 15 yards, then you can hit the target at 5 yards, and at 3 yards, but maybe not the reverse of that. I now train at longer distances than I used to, because I found that I was getting really good at push the weapon and pull the trigger without really, really aiming. At bad breath distance that might work, but beyond that I need to be better. Now that I know that I can do head shots at 15 yards, the entire program changes. I have found that I can be fast and I can be accurate by extending the distance that I practice at.

thanks, George

mw1311

anywhere from 7 - 25 yards.

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frankmako

i would train from contact to 10 feet. to me anything other is not real world, just something that you see on tv.

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ccw9mm

... the distance that I'll need as the next situation unfolds. What distance would that be? Dunno. What's most likely? WAG suggests < 15ft, but if the news is any indication then anything's possible.

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airbornerangerboogie

I'm old/new to target shooting, since most of my training and practice was done in the military some 30 years ago, (M14/16, M-60, 50 cal, M-60 grenade launcher) very little pistol. I've got an XD 45 Tactical and an XD 9 mm SC I've been shooting for about 2 months now twice a week at an indoor range.
Question is this:
How the heck do you see the 25 yd targets much less hit them? I can shoot both pistols and stay with in the 7 inch circles from 3 to 9 yds, at 12 yds I start straying low and left and at 15 to 25 yds...well lets just say those target are always good for the next session. I started with the thumb over thumb grip and moved to the thumb in line grip, used iso and weaver, but those distance targets just sit there laughing at me...what can I do?

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