50 yards Braced kneeling, 2 shots on one target<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nActually, at the range I was using it was possible to get back to 60 yards so I shot from there as well. Somewhat to my surprise, I had less trouble hitting the plate at this distance with the LC9s than I did with the Commander because that large XS Big Dot front sight, while excellent for close range shooting, was covering up so much of the target at 50 and 60 yards I had trouble getting an aiming point. Remember the Novak Commander I mentioned earlier? It has a gold bead front sight and an extra wide notch rear. I broke it out, made repeated body shots at 50 and 60 yards and even managed some headshots at 60 yards. Needless to say, it\u2019s back to being my primary carry pistol.<\/p>\n
Is Michael\u2019s recommendation we should practice getting hits out to 50 yards reasonable? Some might not think so because there is a perception that shootings always take place at very close ranges. And frankly, a lot of folks disregard longer range pistol shooting because they aren\u2019t any good at it. Consider the distance across a four-lane street or from one side of a large room \u2013 think ballroom or movie theater \u2013 and it isn\u2019t hard to imagine finding yourself in a situation where you might have to make a longer shot. The drill I laid out here takes you from close to long range and I think it\u2019s a reasonable practice exercise. If your pistol, or your skills are not up to par, this drill will tell you what you need to work on. In my case, it gave me an appreciation for the compact 9mm I have been using and caused me to switch from one Commander to a better one.<\/p>\n
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Ed Head is a regular on Shooting Gallery, Gun Stories and Down Range TV. He has worked for almost 30 years in law enforcement, first in the United States Air Force and then with the United States Border Patrol, retiring as a Field Operations Supervisor. During his Border Patrol career, Ed worked in a variety of patrol, investigative and training capacities. Ed has an extensive background as a firearms instructor, having trained thousands, ranging from beginners to police, military and special operations personnel. Having taught at Gunsite for 20 years, Ed first trained there under the world famous shooting school’s founder, Jeff Cooper, then later ran the school as the operations manager for more than five years. Ed lives in Chino Valley, Arizona, where he continues to teach and write.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A reasonable practice exercise which takes you from close to long range with your handgun of choice for concealed carry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":36225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[116,117,1],"tags":[74,3623,3642],"class_list":["post-36223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bloggers","category-ed-head","category-featured","tag-concealed-carry","tag-training","tag-training-tip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.downrange.tv\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Can there be any doubt we\u2019re living in troubled times? Terrorist attacks, civil unrest and mass shootings are on the rise, both here and abroad. In fact, as I started to write this piece I turned on the news and there is a mass-shooting situation going on in San Bernardino, California. It should be clear these events are not going away any time soon and the likelihood that any of us could be involved in one is increasing.<\/p>\n