Originally posted by Gregg
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I set the target at 5 ft. It seemed like I was standing right on top of it. No doubt I could hit it. I decided to move it back to 7 ft. I leaned my gun hand on the shelf in front of me and pulled it up and fired 5 shots as fast as I could. All hit the target. The first one was a bit low left the other four were in a grouping of about 10 inches in diameter. I was pleased with the results for shooting fast and one handed. I also understand that this is quite different than if I had to draw it from a holster and in a stressful situation.
One thing I am learning about guns from a defensive position is that it is more about muscle memory than thinking. Both my wife and I are in a much better position should the need arise to defend our home than if we just went and bought a gun out of fear and had no practice. Truth be known we cannot get to our guns and load them fast enough to help us should we have the need. 125lb Fergus is our home protection. I am not sure if that will change in the future or not.
We still have not sent in the paper work for conceal and carry. I do believe we will but we are not in a hurry.
I found out our range has classes for drawing your weapon. One of the classes is for conceal and carry the other is for western fast draw. One sounds necessary and the other sounds fun. It is my understanding they use wax bullets so no one can hurt themselves. We didn't have time to get into the details of either, but we will find out what the classes entail in the upcoming weeks.
My groupings remain pretty tight (21 feet) with a fair amount in the bulls eye and some low left. I am seeing improvement, but I still haven't shot out the center as I want to. More practice is needed.
My wife still has the tightest grouping. She has drifted a little left. She was able to work it back in towards the end of the session. She did not have the issue with the .22 and was all over the bulls eye. This would indicate that she is anticipating the recoil on her .380. Came out of the session all smiles and having fun.
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