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ELB wrote:

asbandr wrote: ... And when I'm shooting I'm not just trying to unload a box of ammo, I'm focusing on what I'm doing that I can improve on. So shoot a mag, I'm shooting low and to the left, so I'll spend the next mag focusing more on my grip....

This is an excellent way to practice. There is a lot of recent research into training that supports this. A few intensively focused repetitions that concentrate on weeding out errors makes you much more proficient than repetitions for repetitions sake, especially when fatigue and pain set in. (Bonus -- it's cheaper too).

What ELB said.

jbarn wrote:

TomsTXCHL wrote:

asbandr wrote:I had a ruger lcp, but it hurt my hand after about 50 rounds

But apart from the qualifying test, when would you ever need (or want) to shoot 50 rounds with it?

To attain and maintain proficiency.

Well, of course. But that doesn't have to mean 50 rounds one-right-after-the-other does it.

We shoot a mag or two, let someone else shoot, visit etc. before getting on the line to shoot again. Never 50 rounds at a time--that's all I was reacting to.

I would further argue that to simulate a real-world encounter that it'd be better to shoot as cold as you can be anyway (meaning longish pauses between mags at the range), not to mention that indeed after some significant number of shots your hand is bound to get tired, and then how good is THAT re: proficiency?

asbandr wrote:I had a ruger lcp, but it hurt my hand after about 50 rounds

But apart from the qualifying test, when would you ever need (or want) to shoot 50 rounds with it?

My wife loves her LCP. It goes BANG every time she pulls the trigger, and it's small & cute & compact i.e. easy to carry so IMO any gun that goes BANG and that my wife will/wants to carry is A Very (VERY) Good Thing.

Having said all that, she likes my gorgeous P938 and wants something cooler/classier for herself now. And I am Deliriously Happy that she now thinks that way--she never fired a gun in her life until the LCP, this after six plus decades on this planet. She never before understood my interest in firearms, then went from Total Disinterest to Love (at First Bang)!