Jack K
Operator
i always used irons during my law enforcement career, dots had not become as popular as they are now, (as a matter of fact my first issued pistol was a s&w 686 357mag, then transitioned to the s&w 5906 9mm, then to glock 22 .40 cal), i still use irons on my edc guns as i have not mastered the dots yet, i try but its hard to teach an old dog new tricks. during my le career beginning in the early mid 80's our handgun qualification was a 50 rd course from 2 1/2 yds to 25 yds standing, kneeling, and prone, after that there was a combat course with all types of different stations we had to run from one to the other using whatever cover available, including all sorts of targets, balloons, moving targets, stationary targets arranged as bad guy/hostage and so on. the state minimum score was 70, however my dept made it 80, i am not sure i would want to be in a fight along side a 70 or 80 percent shooter. those of us that had ar15's issued ran a 4 position timed course 25,50,75, and 100 yds, standing, kneeling, and prone, and the 100yds was your choice. your ar score had to be 90% or above. we always had range time the dept supplied ammo, and we qualified twice a year. any off duty handguns you wanted to carry had to be qualified with just as your duty weapon. there is no such thing as to much practice, even being retired i still go to the range for practice as often as possible.
