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I was a little nervous till I saw how big the targets are (especially at 3 and 7 yards). I practiced at the range a few times before I took the test as I had not shot a pistol for several years ... I passed easily. If you get a chance take a peek at the B27 targets they use (a test question) you will totally relax afterwards.

I sucked! Scored a 231. I didn't have time to come back to this thread, wife was very sick last week.
Hurried through some of the strings. Drifted a couple off the ink (okay, I flinched them) at 15 yards. One low in the ink at 3 of all things. Two in the 7 ring. Not happy at all with my shooting, planning more range time ASAP.

231 is not perfect, but it is far from sucky!
I shot slightly better than you did, but i STILL need a lot of range time.
I was at the range this weekend, and with older eyes, am having a hard time staying in an 8" target at 15yards

231
While not perfect, would still beat the qualifying score
needed to be an instructor.
225

Well, Andy, we are grateful you are not in charge, then!

Last time we requalified (2009), it was during a monsoon in Austin. We could barely make out the targets at 9 feet. At 21 feet, they were just a green blur. And at 45 feet, we were just shooting in the general direction and hoping that, if we didn't hit our target, maybe our neighbor would!

AndyC wrote:Hmmm... if I were in charge, would-be instructors would have to do 250 to qualify

I assume that you agree with me that would-be instructors should have to qualify shooting with their weak hand.

Wife was actually asking me why don't I work at becoming an instructor. I'm actually considering it....

I scored 233 2 years ago and was new to handguns at the time. My only previous experience was with rifles. That was with a .380 Bersa with a 3 1/4 barrel which is not the most accurate gun I own but low recoil. I was so worried it would be hard even though everyone told me it was easy. Like my instructor said, "If you can't pass you probably shouldn't even be shooting a handgun at a range without more training". Makes me wonder what I could shoot now after thousands of rounds of practicing in various calibers. I have never practiced specifically for the chl qualification; only accurate grouping at various distances with a fairly quick rate of fire.

I remember there was a woman who had a snub nose .38 Smith who had only fired a handgun twice before the chl test and she scored in the 2 teens. Everybody was scared to be next to her. In the end she scored higher then several who were not new to handguns. I was always one of the last to finish during the various stages and took my time. Some would just unload as fast as they could get it back on the paper and they still passed with flying colors.

Needless to say there were 2 guys who acted like they were around guns their whole life and one was an ex corrections officer who had a 3in .357 mag and he was all over the place. He was shooting .357 hot loads even though the instructor told him to shoot .38 special. He was a CHL renewal and said that’s what he carried all the time. He was the only one to score below 200 in a class of almost 20 and was quite embarrassed as I recall considering all his talk.

I think the only reason you could fail is if you are a naturally nervous person and are to jumpy with a gun or you are trying to pass with a .44 mag. My instructor said he has been doing it since the 90s and only a handful have failed out of thousands of applicants. He is a retired police officer and thought everybody should score at least 210 just to pass and with proper practice be close to a 95% or better within a few months of passing your initial chl qualification. Of course he told us to forget our score so it could not be used against us for either being to accurate or to low. Don’t know if that is a good idea.

CC Italian wrote:Of course he told us to forget our score so it could not be used against us for either being to accurate or to low. Don’t know if that is a good idea.

Another urban legend.

AndyC wrote: After 10 pushups and a 100-yard sprint - yep

With full kit, on muddy ground.

In the snow. Barefoot. Uphill. Both ways.


and when we got home our dad would slice us in two with bread knife.