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Warm Up shots

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Who allows warm up or practice shots prior to the shooting proficiency ? I recall when I took my original class, our instructor telling us it had to be cold shots, no warm up shots. :fire
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If you need a warm up shot to hit the silhouette of a 300 lb man at 3 yards, you may want to get in a little more range time.
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The first 20 rounds are ALL warm-up shots.
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sjfcontrol wrote:The first 20 rounds are ALL warm-up shots.
:iagree: :lol:
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My thoughts exactly ! Had a friend (student) mention to me that his best friend also took a class, but they were allowed warm up shots prior to the proficiency and I thought it odd. Wasn't sure if anyone else allowed it.
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I don't think the CHL rules have anything to say about that, so in the mode of "what's not prohibited is allowed", sure - why not? I would, though, charge a nominal fee (Say $5-10 extra) for the extra cardboard target.
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at DPS Chl Class in 95' I think they had us shoot 5 rounds at the small silhouette to start..
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My classes are often quite small so if someone has a new gun, or they're using my loaner, or if they just feel that a few practice rounds would put them at ease for the test (and it won't otherwise disrupt the normal flow of things), I don't have a problem with it. I don't charge anything extra because I usually just grab a target frame with a used B27 still on it.

People are usually satisfied with half a dozen rounds or so. And we only do it at the 3-yard line. Fills them with confidence being that accurate with their test shots.

With a larger group, I tend to stick to the program because it would slow things down for everyone else.
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Thanx guys !!!
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dogflight wrote:My classes are often quite small so if someone has a new gun, or they're using my loaner, or if they just feel that a few practice rounds would put them at ease for the test (and it won't otherwise disrupt the normal flow of things), I don't have a problem with it. I don't charge anything extra because I usually just grab a target frame with a used B27 still on it.

People are usually satisfied with half a dozen rounds or so. And we only do it at the 3-yard line. Fills them with confidence being that accurate with their test shots.

With a larger group, I tend to stick to the program because it would slow things down for everyone else.

:iagree: This, although I've offered many times, never had any takers.
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As stated the first 20 shots are warm up shots.

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C-dub wrote:
sjfcontrol wrote:The first 20 rounds are ALL warm-up shots.
:iagree: :lol:
:iagree: :iagree:
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cw3van wrote:
C-dub wrote:
sjfcontrol wrote:The first 20 rounds are ALL warm-up shots.
:iagree: :lol:
:iagree: :iagree:
The bad guy's not gonna give you any warm-up shots. :nono:
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