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MTIcop - Thanks for your post. I hope my post didn't come across as too harsh, as that was not my intent. I think I have 2 hot button issues when it comes to guns: safety and accuracy. On the latter, I've seen guys high-fiving at the range over a man size target with holes all over it. Scary if you ask me, if that person intends to carry and try to save a life some time. I think it is important for all of us who carry to aspire to be accurate shooters. One CHL shooting the wrong folks due to poor marksmanship will reflect poorly on us all. So that's why I urge folks to get training. We men have to put our egos aside, which is hard. Ego is probably the biggest impediment to good shooting skill. For the record, I put my money where my mouth is. I have (and continue to) sought out high quality training. If that means I don't buy another gun and use the cash for a class, so be it. I feel that's a good trade off. Better to have one gun and be able to shoot really well than to have a house full of guns and be a poor shot. My 2 pennies.

Let me share my thoughts, for what it's worth. One, a wise and experienced BTDT instructor told me you'll likely experience 1/2 your standard accuracy when in crisis mode. So if you train for 4 inch groupings you'll likely end up with 8 inch groups when it counts. With movement and other things going on, are you comfortable that is going to end the threat and not end up with a friendly getting shot? Two, it is certainly possible to shoot a golfball size grouping under duress, and I've seen it done by folks who train hard. I'm talking about small groups after dozens of rounds fired, on the timer and from 3 to about 20 yards (and from the draw). We can all do it if we train hard. Three, aim big miss big. Put an index card on your target and aim for it. Aim small. Start slow, start close. When you can shoot a small hole from 3 yards move back to 7 yards. And so on. Start from low ready, then work in from the draw. I don't mean to offend, but if you're all over a man sized target from 7 yards, that doesn't work. Get some instruction.

"Good enough" is your enemy.