How do you guys/girls practice?

[Adam Helmer]

I posted in the past about a friend who acquired a handgun and only wanted SIX (6) ROUNDS to fit out his home defense handgun. Obviously, he never intended to practice with his house gun. Let us hope he is in the minority of handgun owners.

We folks on this site are handgunners and I was wondering how people shoot, how often and at what types of targets. I suspect many, if not most, folks here are handloaders.

I handload, cast handgun projectiles and have several ranges on my farm here in rural PA. I use a bench in the backyard on the 25-yard range to set sights and test loads. I use B-27 silhouetts starting at 50 yards and incrementally down to 25, 15, 7 and 3 yards for practice. I shoot most everyday unless it is raining or below 10 degrees.

I shoot some bullseye B-8 targets at 25 yards and have metal gongs at 30 and 75 yards for fun shooting. My local gun club is about a mile away and I have been a member since 1988. It is just handier to shoot in the backyard most days. The local bowling alley will be replacing some pins soon and will give me all the pins I want for the range table I will build out back.

Who practices, how and how often with their handguns?

Adam