Shooting at a charging target

[SideShow Bob]

What range allows you to do holster draws and rapid firing ?
I would like to practice the same moving target shooting, all the indoor ranges I have been to have rules against drawing from the holster and rapid firing even a short string of shots.
I have been warned about doing double and triple taps even from raising the pistol from the bench, let alone holster draws.

[DenverGP]

BluCore is the range I go to. You need to demonstrate safe gun handling during the draw to one of their range officers before they let you do holster work. And semi-rapid fire is fine as long as it's controlled/aimed. I'm sure if someone blasts away rapid fire, they'll at least be watching closely to make sure they are being safe.

[Doc45]

Centennial Gun Club also allows holster work with the same policy as BluCore. For close up (7 yards and in) work I've always allowed my pistol to silhouette on a target, and agree with "punching" it out at the target. Able to easily keep my hits in the "center mass" of human sized/shape target.

[boomerhc9]

12" is not much bigger than a dinner plate. I'd probably have trouble getting good shots on a charging dinner plate.
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dinner plates don't attack me, I attack dinner plates

[Tim K]

Ask yourself this..... Are you trying to rush or hurry the shooting? Verses being patient and waiting to see the sights on the target then press off a clean shot?

usually when we "try" to shoot fast the fundamentals go out the window and you revert to mashing the crap out of the trigger as you double tap at the target.

having your wife video your drills is a very good idea. You can review the performance and easily identify issues when looking at a third person vantage point of your shooting. If you focus on eliminating wasted movement during the draw it will allow you to get the gun on target sooner. The sooner the sights are on target ther sooner you can start shooting without feeling like you have to rush to achieve the goal.

Good advice from a skilled shooter. Pay attention.

[earplug]

Go shoot some USPSA or IDPA, more fun and lots of feed back if you ask for it.

[DenverGP]

Yeah, I've been planning to hit the clear creek IDPA... just haven't gotten my ass up the mountain early enough. And I'm definitely listening close to all the advice here, all is much appreciated.

[O2HeN2]

Keep using the sights but slow it down. Don't rush.

I've done a lot of coaching, and "slow down" is the worst advice you can give to any shooter.

You can only really work on one thing at a time. If "slowing down" is that one thing, you'll make all the same mistakes but slower.

But the advice isn't that far off. You need to figure out what you want to work on to solve your problem -- perhaps a better sight picture, perhaps a better trigger press.

Realize that working on something like that will CAUSE you to slow down. Allow it to happen. Slowing down becomes a side effect of solving the problem, not the goal.

Note the difference -- the object of your exercise is to solve a problem. As a side effect you allow yourself to slow down to solve that problem, versus slowing down being the object of the exercise.

Don't clutter your mind with "slow down". Focus (pun intended) on "better sight picture", "better trigger press", "better follow through" or whatever.

O2

[DenverGP]

Don't clutter your mind with "slow down". Focus (pun intended) on "better sight picture", "better trigger press", "better follow through" or whatever.

I did exactly that when I was practicing shooting from the draw at a stationary target. First few shots were off, and i realized I hadn't actually seen the front sight over the target. So before each draw, I was saying out loud "see the target", and all the rest of the shots were much better, and didn't really seem any slower.

I tried the same thing on the moving target, and still had the issue, so I know I'm seeing the sight on the target, but guessing I'm rushing the trigger pull due to the moving target. Feels like I need to hurry more, even though I know I have plenty of time to get off 2 shots.

[Mazin]

Some very good advice in this thread.

Maybe your pushing outward on your strong hand while pulling the trigger, IE not pulling in enough with your weak hand? That was a hard habit for me to break. I would see the sight and engage the target but unconsciously push forward on follow through of the trigger and give the barrel a slight tip down.