Acceptable Combat Accuracy
Or as I like to call it, Minute of Asshole.
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August 12th, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Acceptable combat pistol accuracy usually doesn’t involve the gun’s mechanical accuracy at all. Think of it as your ability to put hits on a reasonable target size at a reasonable distance in a short time. It’s a balance between speed and accuracy. If your groups are too small it means you’re shooting too slow. If you’re missing the target, you’re shooting too fast.
Once you get out beyond the statistically likely self defense range, then the gun’s mechanical accuracy will start to matter. Practicing at very close range, to 50 yards or more isn’t a bad idea.
There was supposedly a pistol defense scenario at Fairchild AFB, I think it was, in WA state wherein the defender tagged the bad guy at 100 yards with his service pistol, presumably the M9. That “combat accuracy” woule be damned good. It depended mostly on the shooter, but the gun must have been pretty decent too. The reports said he double tapped him. I don’t know.