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John H.[_5_]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 07:35:59 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Friday, October 2, 2015 at 9:16:57 AM UTC-4, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 02 Oct 2015 01:37:02 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 1 Oct 2015 20:55:50 -0500, Justan Olphart
wrote:

Why in the world would he be doing self defense drills at 75 feet? It
doesn't make sense.

That is just target shooting at that point. I know hunters who train
at those kind of distances and even out to 50 or 75 yards. It will be
a large bore pistol tho.
The military typically shoots at 25 yards (I assume meters these days)

All of my .45 shooting (familiarization, not qualification) was done at about 7
yards. I can't imagine trying to hit a target at 25 yards with those old military
.45's. Well, maybe if the target was a tank.
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True, but I have a custom built one that has a match grade barrel and an adjustable trigger. It's very accurate. It just wouldn't last long out in the field, as a few grains of sand would probably lock it up. It's built very tight, unlike the military versions that are built loose for a reason.

I have the Kimber which is much better than the old Army .45's, but is probably not
up to par to yours.

I've not tried the Kimber at 25 yards. Will have to give it a shot.
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