bullets add up pretty quick too, depending on your budget. Novice shooters tend to shoot for the head and hit the target 60% of the time at 3 feet for a stationary target, 24% at nine feet. Its less for moving targets.

Missing a target thats literally 3 feet from you sounds crazy but once you try it you will see how frustrating it can be to hold a pistol right and line it up right to the target. I’ve walked up to stationary grouse on roadways (they come in the morning to eat rocks to aid digestion) and blasted all around them missing each time from 5 feet away. Luckily they are incredibly stupid and just stand there, or look at the spot where the bullet hit on the ground, confused.