Rifle: Thanks for that - I had never heard of that 22 L.R. training technique/regimen til you mentioned it.
When I went through my police academy we shot every week day for 14 weeks.
We shot open eared (no ear protection!) and to this day I blame my poor hearing on that class of 32 officers firing 50 rounds per day, again with no hearing protection (late 1960's).
This mass firing noise was SO painful that many of us would insert 38 wadcutter bullets into our ear canals to try and stave off the pain and subsequent ringing in our ears.
And indeed I was 21 years of age and had only on a handful of occasions ever fired a pistol - even though I was rather proficient with shotguns and Rifles.
I could have done better with my Whamo slingshot than I did at the beginning of that academy with my issued Model 10 S&W!
By the end of the academy I was somewhat proficient with it though.
Pistol shooting is a discipline that requires much practice and much intensity of endeavor!
When I left my department I was allowed to buy my later issued S&W Model 66 for $60.00!!!
It was unfired by the way when I bought it - but that is another story.
I still have it and its still unfired to this day.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy
