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Originally Posted by JimFloyd 
IMHO, if a person can put a number of hits in the center section of a standard paper plate at 7 yards that would be accurate and effective fire under stress conditions (hold a paper plate over the center of your breastbone and you will get an appreciation for this).
Jim |
I agree with Jim completely, and I use standard nine-inch paper plates with the five-inch center circle outined with a Sharpie marker both for my own shooting and for my students.
If all your shots are consistently well within the five-inch circle, speed up your shooting until some shots are falling outside the center circle but still on the paper plate. If quite a few shots are missing the paper plate entirely, slow down until they are all on the plate with some in the center circle. That is a pretty good protocol for defensive accuracy.
Bob Aldridge, NRA Certified Firearms Instructor and Range Safety Officer
Fort Wayne
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