On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:58:25 -0600, Califbill wrote:

"F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 2/6/14, 12:08 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Thu, 06 Feb 2014 10:09:31 -0500, KC wrote:

On 2/6/2014 9:57 AM, HanK wrote:
On 2/6/2014 8:52 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 2/6/14, 8:46 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 23:05:48 -0500, wrote:

On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 12:58:37 -0500, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 11:23:44 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 2/5/14, 11:19 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Wed, 05 Feb 2014 10:24:14 -0500, "F.O.A.D."
wrote:

On 2/5/14, 10:20 AM, Poco Loco wrote:
...is great! Took it to the range yesterday and put a hundred
rounds through it. That gun is smooth
as silk. Two law enforcement folks saw the gun and asked what it
was. I let them shoot it, and they
loved it also. I will admit right up front that these guys were
much more accurate than I was! They
were hitting the man-sized silhouette targets at 25 yards with
no sweat.

They got me thinking of taking a shooting class.


They were hitting man-sized targets at 25 yards, and that makes
them
more accurate than you are? They should be able to put six shots
in a
pie tin sized area of that man-sized target at 25 yards, and that
would
only make them "OK" shots.

Don't get into a gunfight.

They demonstrated their abilities to out shoot me at the 7 yard
range. I didn't try any shots at
their targets. I can't see well enough to see where they were
placing their rounds in the big
targets.


Oh, seven yards. Yeah, that's the typical cop range, and also the
"self
defense" range most of the instructors use.

The 'tests' they were doing had them shooting at targets from about
2 yards (quick draw and fire)
out to 25 yards. Probably more at 7 yards than anywhere else.

You should be able to shoot
offhanded and put six in a circle no larger than a navel orange at
seven
yards if you can see decently with your glasses. Rx shooting glasses
might help, with one lens set for the distance from your eye to
about a
foot beyond the front sight, and the other set for distance.

That is a problem. My computer/reading glasses are just right for
the front sight, but the target is
a blur. My distance/reading glasses are great for the target, but
the sights are a blur. As for the
navel orange...I'm thinking more a mandarin.

And, I hate the idea of some MS13 guy breaking into my house and me
having to say, "Just a minute, I
have to find my Rx shooting glasses!"

You sound like the perfect candidate for a laser

At the range the other day someone had a laser on their gun. The
target was at the 7 yard range, and
all I could see was the red spot. It was dancing all over the target
like the guy was playing with a
cat. It was obvious he was trying to use it to aim, but he couldn't
get it still enough. So, he shut
it off. Of course most of the folks there were laughing under their
breath.

Anyway, I learned never to take a laser to the range. I'm not steady
enough.



I have a pair of "shooting glasses," as I described above. Call your
opthalmologist, tell him you are bringing an unloaded pistol so he can
fix you up with a pair. You'll be astonished at the difference it makes
in your accuracy when you can see the rear and front sight *and* the
target.
Do you keep your shooting glasses on your night stand at night? Do you
wear your shooting glasses when you carry?

Why, you don't think honing your skills with the glasses would help you
in a situation where you didn't have them? I totally disagree, we train
for muscle memory and repetition of form. Lets put it this way, you
train for form and ideal reaction in the gym with everything controlled,
so when you are out there and are out of control or things are happening
faster than you can consciously process them or the situation is not
ideal, your instincts take over.... and you perform as close to perfect
as your training is... In Johns case, (well maybe not John sounds like
he needs a bit more range time say Tim, I suppose he could take out a
burgler in the dark, without his glasses anyway...

I'd think honing your skills with the equipment you normally carry would
be the appropriate thing to
do. Like I said at the beginning, I don't want to have to tell those
MS13 guys running rampant in my
neighborhood, according to Harry, to wait while I hunt down my 'shooting glasses'.


A shotgun is much better for home defense than a pistol.

That is debatable. Hard to swing the weapon fast enough in close quarters
and you can hit the barrel on a table or chair. If you take a position
behind a bed or other fixed position yes. If you hit them with the shot,
that will end things. Your 9mm maybe not. No real stopping power. 45 acp
stopping power and will not kill somebody down the block after passing
through a couple houses.

Hollow points in the 9mm? That should slow 'em down a bit.