15 yard headshot with carry gun

One of the most transformational things for my shooting, such as it is, happened a few years ago during a class run by Ricky Harris, retired SF team sergeant and damn fine pistol and rifle shooter/trainer.

At the beginning of his class he said “we are going to exploit your weaknesses”. The biggest eye opener (amongst all the others) during his 8 hour class was shooting at distance. A lot of 25 yard drills during the class, and 100 yards at the very end of the day, probably more for grins (or frowns, in my case) than anything else.

I was so disappointed in my “performance” the day after class that I was ready to quit shooting. Not because of the class, he was actually quite “gentle” with us, but because of what I learned about my abilities, or lack off. After about two weeks, I dusted myself off and determined my match scores (or defense capabilities) would never improve no matter how many matches I shot a month until I started devoting some range time to the weaknesses that were shown in that class.

As we’ve observed, good groups are not hard to make at 7, and 10 yards. At 15, 20 and 25 you start to see what your groups really are. And if confident, push it out from there. I like to finish range sessions at the steel bay where I can shoot at 40-50 yards when no one else is there. I don’t know if it accomplishes a thing, but it sure sounds good at the end of a session.
(Let me tell you, just because you can make most the shots at 40, doesn’t mean you can at 50 :))
 
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We don't shoot COM because it's Good...we shoot it because it's Big...Clint Smith
In all my shooting and seeing people shot, I have Never seen Anybody not STOP what they were doing when shot in the face. KH
I shoot Every day. I practice COM and head shots from no further than 15 yards. Odds are that's where I'll need those skills.
We must all seek our own salvation.....Jim Higginbotham
I shoot a couple times a week. Am I great, no, am I good? Maybe. But I practice at it. I'm going to take the first best shot that I get presented with and go from there.
 
I do my drills with my carry gun at 10 yards, I have the confidence in my ability to shoot and made a 15 yard head shot.
 
Small targets at distance (B8s, B2s, and index cards at 10-25 yards) make up the overwhelming majority of my practice. Especially my cold shots at the start of a session.

A 3x5 at 10 yards with a revolver from the pocket (S&W 642) with a 2 second par, shot cold with a hand on gun to start, is not easy, but it’s very, very possible and very much worth drilling. I have been starting my range sessions with that drill, the Wizard Drill, or Dyal’s 5 Yard Round Up for about a year now.

Seeing a turd get the Sig to the wig just validated that drill for me.
 
Huge dilemma. For me not one that I can answer universally. There are too many variables and consequences that would be difficult to live with either way.

I've decided I can live with action more than the consequences of inaction. And I'll not let the criminal decide what the outcome is without my input.

But everyone has to get to their spot on their own.
 
Since the Buccaneer match is cancelled, we need to meet at H2O tomorrow and shoot this.
We both have G17s like his, sans optics.
I have a stack of B8 targets.
How much time will you spot me?
...so I don’t go home in tears.
 
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