Apparently it is my day to post stuff from GunNuts.
Caleb has a good article about "feel-good training" that people who are
serious about being good with a gun should read.
Remember back at the NFOA meeting in Grand Island when I asked people if they were any good with their pistols, and then I asked "How do you know?"
And then I made them shoot on a timer in front of everyone?
For those who did that---bearing in mind that a normal person can cover slightly over 20 feet in 1.5 seconds (on average) from a dead stop--how was your time? (As a conversion, every 3 seconds is about 15 yards.)
Do you practice feel-good training? Or are you going to actually try to get
good with your firearms? (Whether for competition OR self-defense?)
http://www.gunnuts.net/2013/12/17/feel-good-training/(I find it amusing that he specifically describes one particularly well-known "feel-good" instructor, but doesn't call him by name. Probably because that guy has a lot of connections.)
Best part:
"If you want to feel good about your shooting, train for a year. Then go to a public range. I guarantee that you’ll feel smug about your shooting for at least a week. But after that, go to a class that kicks your ass."
