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Hey I was wondering what gun or guns I should practice with before I enter the police academy. Like hand guns not so much machine guns.

Hey I was wondering what gun or guns I should practice with before I enter the police academy. Like hand guns not so much machine guns.

You should practice running at the sound of a gun, because far more recruits bounce out of academies due to failing PT or an injury resulting from PT.

You're putting the cart before the horse on this one. Listen to G35 above, work on getting in the best shape you can. The academy will teach you about shooting and what you need to know there, don't do that stuff before hand, you could learn bad habits that you'd have to unlearn there.

So the most you recommend to do is work my *** off.

So the most you recommend to do is work my *** off.

Yes. It's the absolute best thing anyone can do to prepare for a police academy.

PT is the only subject matter you've got to have SOME skill in for day 1...

You should practice running at the sound of a gun, because far more recruits bounce out of academies due to failing PT or an injury resulting from PT.
Beautiful! Tried to rep, but couldn't.

You are likely better off, if you have no previous experience with firearms, to just let the academy instructors teach you how to shoot. Concentrate on getting into shape and you will do much better than if you concentrate on shooting.

Unless you have an expert instructor as a friend (and being a good shot is not the same as being an expert instructor) you are more likely to simply be practicing bad habits than actually improving your shooting.

As someone with more than a dozen years as a police firearms instructor, I can tell you it is far, far easier to teach a person who has never picked up a gun than it is to teach someone who already thinks they can shoot.

Thanks a lot