Jumping in a little late... but I have a question:
Who here honestly trains for that one in a thousand situation where you'll engage a target beyond 25M? 25M is the max range I train for with a pistol. Why? 90% of all shootouts happen within 25 feet. Do you guys realize how far 100M actually is? It's a bit longer than an NFL football field. Go to your local high school, stand in one endzone and look at the other, or have your friend stand in the other. See how small he is? I never train for engaging a target at that range with a pistol. Sure I can make steel sing at 600M with a 5.56mm AR- but the target is about 65% the size of a fullsize man! I guess all the superman hero types here would attempt to put down a threat at 65+ meters, but I don't plan or train for that particular situation and really see no need to. The #1 and 2 situations I train for is the thug with a knife trying to take my wallet or car and he's at about 2-10 feet. I don't train for a situation that would either A) get me fucking shot, or B) get me fucking shot a lot. I'm not sure about you guys, but the first time I handled an AK-47, it was not sighted to my eye, I had very little formal training on it (as this was the first formal training), and I hit damn near perfect every time. It's an easy weapon, point and shoot. You take a .40 pistol vs a AK-47, I don't give a shit if you're a 20 year veteran of SEAL Team 6 with over 2500hrs in the kill house with your Sig, at 65M the guy with the rifle has a far superior advantage, even if you manage to hit him you're coming under fire and you better hope whatever deity you worship likes you that day. Don't mean to be a dick, but I've trained for combat situations using weapons that range from a 50 Cal crew served weapon at 1000M, to a combat 9mm pistol at 15M, and I can tell you I'd rather not engage a target at over 35M with a pistol, and I don't plan on training for that long shot situation. It goes against my thinking. Why would I use my AR to try to engage a target beyond it's maximum effective range? Just to prove I'm a bad mofo? I leave that shit to Hollywood.
