Alright Guys - STOP! If you want to go to the range, do it because it's fun/theraputic, not because you expect to "get ahead of the training curve". At this point you will derive greater benefit from a quality physical conditioning program than you will from ANY quantity/quality of time spent "plinking" on a range. Do not protest my choice of "plinking" to describe your proposed activities. That is my professional opinion. If you succeed to the point that you are in SF, people who know what they're doing - probably with recent combat experience, will dedicate themselves to providing you with the skills needed to fight and survive. They would rather not have to correct bad habits. Trust me - you will be programming bad habits and it's a lot harder to "overwrite" bad habits than it is to learn the skills correctly in the first place. For those of you who want to know more (than I'm willing to type right now) check out the June issue of S.W.A.T. Magazine. It has a good article by Pat Rogers - "Self-Training Myths, Deadly Drawbacks" that is worth the time to read. (There really are a couple of "gun gurus" with opinions worth paying attention to.
) My .02 - Peregrino