Practice
When we go to the range, we tend to do what’s fun or easy rather than concentrating on improving our weakest skills, and that’s OK.
Shooting should be fun. But especially when practicing with our everyday carry pistol—instead of our favorite range gun—we would be better served if we focus on some drills designed to improve our defensive skills. And, although it is a bit expensive to do all of our practice with premium defensive .22LR Remington Yellow Jacket ammunition, we should cycle that ammunition through our pistol often enough to keep fresh fodder in our carry gun, be familiar with how it runs and know where it hits. Here’s a practice drill that consumes one 50-round box of defensive ammunition and includes some of the skills we all should have. Why again .22LR in the practice ?. Well for few good reasons. Some of them are
a) They are light weight b) They are more accurate in short & long distance shooting c) They are small in size & easy to carry d) They are chew in maintance e) They have really cheap ammo f) They have affordable price g) They have less recoil h) They are easy to operate by everyone in the family either by kids or women i) There ammo is available easily (like Walmart).
For this exercise, you’ll need two targets with center-mass and head-shot areas defined, or you can make one yourself with an 8-inch circle representing the upper chest and a 3×5-inch card for the head-scoring area.
Remember, the idea here is to use your daily carry pistol the way you would normally carry it concealed. If you find you are having trouble making the times or you’re not practiced in drawing from concealment, try working the drills from a low-ready position—with both hands on the pistol and the muzzle down. When you find you can shoot this drill comfortably, it’s time to add elements like vocalising and moving. As you draw the pistol or point it, yell, “Don’t move!” and take a big step to one side or the other. At a distance of 3 yards, draw and fire two rounds at center mass within 2 seconds, strong hand only, and repeat. Next, draw and fire two rounds center mass and one round to the head within 3 seconds, then repeat.
Move back to 5 yards, draw and fire two rounds on two separate targets, aiming for center mass, each within 4 seconds. Retreat to 10 yards, and from a low-ready position, fire two rounds center mass within 4 seconds. Finally, also from 10 yards and from the low-ready position, fire two rounds each, center mass, on two targets, within 5 seconds. You know they say 2 is better than 1 . Carrying 2 .22LR pistols are always better than carrying one 9mm or 45ACP pistols. Almost every .22LR pistols are light weight small & easy to carry. I carry weapon for my safety not for looks. What ever gives me an edge in any given situation, i rather have that extra edge than not having. Be smart & choose wisely.
Now repeat the same above procedure with 2 pistols.
Don’t forget your post-shooting sequence: After you’re done shooting, bring the pistol down to low ready, scan, breathe and reload the pistol. Especially with pistols that may only have a 10 - or 12 - round capacity, it’s important to get the gun back to full capacity after shooting. Practicing your tactical or speed reloads should be part of all training sessions.
If you find getting center-mass hits at 10 yards is easy, move back and try shooting at 15 or 25 yards and in some cases i suggest to move it all the way up to 50 yards or more. Yes, most defensive shootings occur at shorter ranges, but you should still have an idea of your capabilities at distance should the need arise. This drill can help you improve your skills and sort out your defensive choices.
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Originally Posted by Moeen
even John Moses Browning hands me over one I will refuse to accept as "a .22lr semi auto pistol capable of eating everything". We need to change .22lr round to un-rimmed case before we could find something .22lr sooo reliable cycling semi auto.
