I have used airsoft in the training of new pistol shooters when range access is limited. Buy a duplicate handgun to your real steel handgun and practice, practice, practice at home.
Builds good habits, helps you identify and deal to bad habits.
I designed and had manufactured, scaled IPSC falling target plates, laser cut from 1.5mm galv sheet, weighted to drop with a airsoft pallet out to about 15m. They are scaled so that at 7m, they represent a standard target at 25m. The falling plate is housed in a base that can be bolted or screwed to any surface. We set them up on pvc tube stands so that you are shooting them at different heights from ground to horizontal. I have about 20 individual bases with interchangeable falling plates, and a couple of speed racks. Makes for very interesting shooting when you set up a course of fire that is mirrored and you shoot man on man with one shooting from the left and one shooting from the right working to a centre stop target like the MGM Ironman competitions in the USA.
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