I have seen tons of guy shooting hunting handguns at the range, at 25 to 50 yards.
Not many can turn in three shot groups at 50 yards of three inches or less.
Not saying it can't be done, but it will be a rare bird that can do so on demand.
Personally, I keep the ranges for hand gun hunting deer and hogs to around 25 yards. Even at that 'close' range, when the old adrenaline is pumping, and the animal is moving, it is damn hard to hit the target.
Most people I see at shooting ranges are horrible shots, I'm suprised at how many would be hard pressed to hold a paper plate sized group at 25 yds, heck quite a few couldn't even manage that at 10 paces. That's not to say that their skills couldn't be greatly improved if they desired to do so. I do know some exceptional handgun shots, and they can easily shoot the level of accuracy I described, and with a hunting handgun can shoot paper plate groups at 100 yds, iron sights, offhand.
