None of this response is brag worthy. I do a lot of shooting at the range which makes a big difference in my hunting all year, and I get to see the effects of practice at the range, in live action, moving and such, dealing with cover, breathing and addrenaline in which accuracy usually decreases slightly for most people, myself included. It is reasonable to assume, that under some butt-puckering return fire, accuracy will not be the same and decreased even further, but at least I am more comfortable with the weapon's and my limitations in these various conditions.
The range work is setup to mimic and aid hunting situations, off-hand, uncomfortable situations, etc. Rarely benchrest except to sight in scopes.
two .22 bolt-action rifles (1 is a Mauser action and long barreled that makes almost no noise), open sights, 2 inch spreads at 50 yards, off hand. Minute of rabbit at 50 yards in the field consistently.
.223 semi-auto, 16 inch barrel, with 1.5 x 5 scope for in CQB set-up that does minute of head at 100 yds all day long and lays 3 inch spreads at 50 yds with both eyes open, fast action, off hand. No field work.
7.62 x 39 semi-auto, 16 inch barrel, with fast-acquisition open sights, 2 to 3 inch fast action spreads at 50 yards, 5 inch or so at 100 yds, off hand. An absolute boar harvester open sighted at 50 yards. Commonly worried about getting charge or knocked down by an unseen produces tons of addrenaline.
.30 -'06 Santa Barbara Mauser, 3 x 9 scope, 1 inch all day from a rest at 100 yds, 2 - 3 inch spreads, off hand, at 100 yds. Use always off hand while hunting, vitals always hit, behind shoulder, 4x at 50 to 75 yards. Lots of addrenaline processing.
.22, .380, 9 mm, .45 cal semi-autos, 4 inch shooter at 25 ft. (I am not a great pistolier) draw/fire drills and movement drills. As many have stated before, I should only use my pistol to fight my way back to my rifle.
Short barreled 12 guage defense shotgun and 3 choke system compensated long barrel bird gun. I have never used them at the range but I am more than competant with the later in the field and what can you say about a defense shotgun loaded with .00. buckshot except... run! This thing qualifies as a total room clearer as would anyone elses in that common configuration.
proficiency qualified .45, M16, 12 guage short barreled folding stock.
Although I am sure that I could achieve greater accurate distance with the
.30 - '06, or the .223 without CQB scope, and 7.62x39 without ghost sights, I have no experience doing so. All of these weapons are far more accurate than I have experience or ability with, but in potential defense situations I feel reasonably confident within a hundred yards. Outside of 100 yds., I think that I would be very quiet and move slowly away.
My favorite weapon to fire....22's. I dont know why, I just love them!
lima-charlie