Most people have no idea how many rounds are required to stay at your best. Her's an excerpt from an interview with Kim Rhode:
Randy: For readers to get a good idea of how extensively and repetitively you train and practice, how many shooting days a year is it, how many shots per year, and how many clubs do you shoot at when you do practice?
Kim: I practice everyday that I'm home, 500-1000 rounds per day. I also have the opportunity to train at three different ranges. I see this as a great advantage because each range has it's unique environment; backgrounds, windage, targets, etc.
As to handling, shooting from the hip has nothing at all to do with how well a gun fits you. True story: Years ago, at a big SC tournament at Elk Creek, when Jon Kruger was at his best, he was waiting in line to shoot a 5 Stand with a good friend of mine. As they waited a couple young guys were standing behind them talking. One of them said "If Kreighoff gave me a $25K gun like his I could shoot like that too". Jon didn't let on he heard him. When it came Jon's turn to shoot he turned to the young guy and said "What kind of gun do you shoot?" Guy replied "Beretta". Jon asked if he could shoot it, to which the guy replied "Sure". Jon pulled the trigger once or twice on an empty chamber to see how it felt (he has to pull the trigger with his little finger, other than the thumb it's the only one left on that hand), then cooly ran the 5 stand with it ............from the hip. He walked back over to the astonished young shooter and handed his gun back to him with the comment "There's nothing wrong with your gun, son". The two young guys left.
SRH
