Minute_Of_Torso
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Besides the choices of caliber and size, what kind of check out do you do on a handgun before it becomes a CCW? Is there a certain amount of rounds that must be fired without a failure? Is there a minimum amount of accuracy at a certain range? Would you even consider carrying a CCW that you had never fired? Is there any requirement for the type and function of controls?
For me, I typically put about 500 rounds through a new or used handgun and test my accuracy with it from anywhere between 7 and 25 yards. As far as accuracy goes, I'll never be a competition shooter again and I don't get to practice as much as I think is necessary, but I like to be able to keep it (as my nickname says) somewhere in the torso of a human-sized target at any reasonable range. I also don't like to carry a gun that has had gun-related failures within that 500 round window. I also like to have a handgun that is an "instinctive pointer" so that I don't have to concentrate too much on where my sights are lined up.
I would be very interested in what everyone else does for consideration of a CCW just in case I've been missing something all these years.
For me, I typically put about 500 rounds through a new or used handgun and test my accuracy with it from anywhere between 7 and 25 yards. As far as accuracy goes, I'll never be a competition shooter again and I don't get to practice as much as I think is necessary, but I like to be able to keep it (as my nickname says) somewhere in the torso of a human-sized target at any reasonable range. I also don't like to carry a gun that has had gun-related failures within that 500 round window. I also like to have a handgun that is an "instinctive pointer" so that I don't have to concentrate too much on where my sights are lined up.
I would be very interested in what everyone else does for consideration of a CCW just in case I've been missing something all these years.