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Originally Posted by Whitwabit
From my experience (I am in my mid 60's) police are much worse shooters then many non police shooters .. Their targets don't have much of a pattern to them .. as the spray is over the whole target including missing paper completely !! I have only seen a couple put his rounds in about a 4 inch circle and one was a deputy sheriff .. they shoot between 1 and about 4 times a year where those I know and my self shoot multiple times either weekly or monthly .. I shoot 50 to 75 or more times what they shoot in a year .. 200 verses over 3000 rounds for me .. other friends who reload shoot even more rounds then I do .. just because of the amount of practice we should be more proficient ..
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Remember anyone on this forum is at the far end of the bell curve for civilian gun ownership too. I would agree that a civilian firearms enthusiast probably shoots more often and better then your average officer (I'm a full time LEO, and just did 4 years on our range staff). However your average civilian gun owner probably shoots less often then your average officer, which I would guess translates to less proficiency. On the flip side, some officers are serious shooters just as some civilians are.
If we took 25 random civilian gun owners (not self selecting mind you) and had them shoot a qual course I think we'd see the same thing we see from officers.
So with that said:
Using a firearm in defense of others changes the equation a bit. Using a particular type of gun with a small ammo capacity does not magically allow the end user the ability to be cool under fire and exercise the fundamentals. Being highly proficient in the gun and confident in their abilities with it, will allow for a positive application of the fundamentals under high stress. For most people this is not a revolver, for some it is.
I've got a few more thoughts I'll add after I finish off the chore list for the weekend.