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   The Natural Philosopher   wrote:   
   >I think the effective accurate range of a handgun is probably little   
   >more than 5 meters, and in the hands of the average person, not even that.   
      
   I usually set up man-sized silhouette targets 7-10 yards out when shooting   
   handguns.  It's not that difficult to keep most of your hits within the   
   silhouette, even though I don't practice nearly as much as I should.   
      
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