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Catholic Damage · 03-12-2008, 10:02 AM

went out to the indoor range near my shop on lunch today.
boy do i need practice!!!
15 rounds at 5 yards, 25 rounds at 15 yards, and 10 at 25 yards
every bullet hit the target, which was a standard NRA 25 yd target, but i used to be alot better. still had great clustering at 5 and 15, but 25 i could really use some practice. i pulled the target after every 5 rounds to check.
im gioing back after work, and gonna get a new target for each distance, and do 15-5yd, 20-15yd, and 15-25yd, that will give me a better idea of where im shootin.

**TMP** · 03-12-2008, 10:15 AM

It's getting hard to shoot as much as many of us would like to with the rising cost of ammo. Still gotta do it as much as possible to keep those groups tight.
Still better than a lot of people that I see at the range!!!!!!!!

Catholic Damage · 03-12-2008, 10:22 AM

thanks. i cant wait for my tax check to hurry up and get here so i can go buy my new toy and play with that!(XD45 two tone 4")

**mhillsing23** · 03-12-2008, 10:37 AM

Not too bad considering there are some 25 yard shots in there. I don't shoot at public ranges much, but I was at one last weekend qualifying for my CCW. There was a guy in the lane next to me (not part of the CCW program) who was littering a full size silhouette with no control, and it wasn't rapid fire..

NavyFC · 03-12-2008, 10:44 AM

You should have seen my target the first time I shot my XD. Everything was on the target but I was very disappointed. Considering I hadn't touched a gun in about 4 years I have to take what I can get though. Can't wait to make more trips to the range and tighten up.

jtkratzer · 03-12-2008, 11:05 AM

That's not too bad. Hold that target up to your chest and see where all the holes would end up if you were shooting at a person. Secondly, don't worry about it, you're more than likely never going to need to engage a threat beyond 10 yards anyway in a self defense situation.

Catholic Damage · 03-12-2008, 11:09 AM

thanks, and yeah, i know that in a defense situation 10yds would be just about max, but i go hog hunting, and god forbid, i miss with the shotgun, it would be quicker to unload a mag of RBCD rounds than to relaod the shottie.

k-dog · 03-12-2008, 11:11 AM

I went to qualify for my CCW this past Sunday and there was a girl there who was rather petite (5' and maybe 100 pounds) and she was shooting her boyfriends tricked out 1911 .45. She was all over the place, hitting the sides of the tube. It was quite the site. It looked like the gun was way too much for her. Then I saw a rather rough looking female go out with a sweet looking .357 magnum revolver with a 8" barrel and put down one hell of a group. We were only shooting at 7 yards.

MamaTried · 03-12-2008, 12:37 PM

I feel your pain on this. I havent shot in a long time took my XD 40 out sunday and I shot HORRIBLE

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Originally Posted by Catholic Damage

went out to the indoor range near my shop on lunch today.
boy do i need practice!!!
15 rounds at 5 yards, 25 rounds at 15 yards, and 10 at 25 yards
every bullet hit the target, which was a standard NRA 25 yd target, but i used to be alot better. still had great clustering at 5 and 15, but 25 i could really use some practice. i pulled the target after every 5 rounds to check.
im gioing back after work, and gonna get a new target for each distance, and do 15-5yd, 20-15yd, and 15-25yd, that will give me a better idea of where im shootin.

**magnumize** · 03-12-2008, 03:38 PM

Looks to me that about every shot hit the torso area,I wouldnt worry to much about it.But of course practice always makes better.IMO good job.

03-12-2008, 10:02 AM	#1
Catholic Damage XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In a van, down by the river. Posts: 435	wow, i need practice went out to the indoor range near my shop on lunch today. boy do i need practice!!! 15 rounds at 5 yards, 25 rounds at 15 yards, and 10 at 25 yards every bullet hit the target, which was a standard NRA 25 yd target, but i used to be alot better. still had great clustering at 5 and 15, but 25 i could really use some practice. i pulled the target after every 5 rounds to check. im gioing back after work, and gonna get a new target for each distance, and do 15-5yd, 20-15yd, and 15-25yd, that will give me a better idea of where im shootin. __________________ HS2000 9mm Pretty Blue-Metallic Slide Remington 870 Express w/ Modified Barrel Blasting Clay, Bird, or whatever else gets in its way. Stevens .22LR 13 rd. Tube Fed Little Furry Animal's worst nightmare Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine 7.62x54 Killing Deer, Hog, and Nazi's Since 1891

03-12-2008, 10:15 AM	#2
TMP XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,060	It's getting hard to shoot as much as many of us would like to with the rising cost of ammo. Still gotta do it as much as possible to keep those groups tight. Still better than a lot of people that I see at the range!!!!!!!! __________________ ______________________ XD45 Tactical XD9 subcompact Wilson Border Patrol 870 Ruger 10/22 Beretta U22 Neos 6.0 INOX "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms. . . disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes. . . Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man." -- Jefferson`s "Commonplace Book," 1774-1776

03-12-2008, 10:22 AM	#3
Catholic Damage XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In a van, down by the river. Posts: 435	thanks. i cant wait for my tax check to hurry up and get here so i can go buy my new toy and play with that!(XD45 two tone 4") __________________ HS2000 9mm Pretty Blue-Metallic Slide Remington 870 Express w/ Modified Barrel Blasting Clay, Bird, or whatever else gets in its way. Stevens .22LR 13 rd. Tube Fed Little Furry Animal's worst nightmare Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine 7.62x54 Killing Deer, Hog, and Nazi's Since 1891

03-12-2008, 10:37 AM	#4
mhillsing23 XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: +38 26 31 -90 22 48 Posts: 2,426	Not too bad considering there are some 25 yard shots in there. I don't shoot at public ranges much, but I was at one last weekend qualifying for my CCW. There was a guy in the lane next to me (not part of the CCW program) who was littering a full size silhouette with no control, and it wasn't rapid fire.. __________________ Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. - Ronald Wilson Reagan

03-12-2008, 10:44 AM	#5
NavyFC XDTalk Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 53	You should have seen my target the first time I shot my XD. Everything was on the target but I was very disappointed. Considering I hadn't touched a gun in about 4 years I have to take what I can get though. Can't wait to make more trips to the range and tighten up. __________________ Sailors belong on ships. Ships belong at sea. Land is just a navigation hazard. Anonymous

03-12-2008, 11:05 AM	#6
jtkratzer XDTalk 15K Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Lancaster Co., PA Posts: 17,478	That's not too bad. Hold that target up to your chest and see where all the holes would end up if you were shooting at a person. Secondly, don't worry about it, you're more than likely never going to need to engage a threat beyond 10 yards anyway in a self defense situation. __________________ "I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it." - Thomas Jefferson The Gun Lounge Pennyslvania Firearms Owners Association Hockey Forum

03-12-2008, 11:09 AM	#7
Catholic Damage XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: In a van, down by the river. Posts: 435	thanks, and yeah, i know that in a defense situation 10yds would be just about max, but i go hog hunting, and god forbid, i miss with the shotgun, it would be quicker to unload a mag of RBCD rounds than to relaod the shottie. __________________ HS2000 9mm Pretty Blue-Metallic Slide Remington 870 Express w/ Modified Barrel Blasting Clay, Bird, or whatever else gets in its way. Stevens .22LR 13 rd. Tube Fed Little Furry Animal's worst nightmare Mosin Nagant M44 Carbine 7.62x54 Killing Deer, Hog, and Nazi's Since 1891

03-12-2008, 11:11 AM	#8
k-dog XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: WV Posts: 97	I went to qualify for my CCW this past Sunday and there was a girl there who was rather petite (5' and maybe 100 pounds) and she was shooting her boyfriends tricked out 1911 .45. She was all over the place, hitting the sides of the tube. It was quite the site. It looked like the gun was way too much for her. Then I saw a rather rough looking female go out with a sweet looking .357 magnum revolver with a 8" barrel and put down one hell of a group. We were only shooting at 7 yards.

03-12-2008, 03:38 PM	#10
magnumize XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ky Posts: 2,394	Looks to me that about every shot hit the torso area,I wouldnt worry to much about it.But of course practice always makes better.IMO good job.

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