Quote Originally Posted by Tom Freeman
If your goal is to be a better shooter in the Military, get a Beretta 92 and a full size AR-15. Put a lot of ammo downrange and get some good instruction on how to do it right. Perfect practice makes perfect.
This is good advice. Tom knows what he's talking about.

I wish I'd had more "trigger time" with the weapons I carried (M9 / M16 / M870) before I joined the Air Force. The only time I actually got to SHOOT was when I qualified every 6-months.