[xzins]

The problem might be age.

I think it's more simple. It's rounds down range. If you get 20 rounds a year, then you're in the lucky group.

If someone gave me a bucket of rounds and told me to go get good with it, then I could do it.

Walmart's box of 550 rounds for 10 bucks remains one of the best reasons why low caliber Ruger match pistols are deadly. There's not much knockdown power, but you can put 3 or 4 rounds in the target as fast as you can pull the trigger. Why? Because you practice, practice, practice.

Soldiers generally love to go to the range. They gripe about some of the range safety rules. But they gripe most about the number of rounds they get. Shooting is fun. Going all that distance to shoot 2 clips is stupid AND demoralizing.

[Darksheare]

Yes, it is.
My unit went to Fort Dix for weapons qualification one year.
While we were there, not everyone got to even fire their weapon, let alone qualify. And to make matters worse, not everyone was allowed to attempt to zero their weapon before qualifying.
And some people were told to let other use their weapon to qualify.
Which brings to mind a combat safety issue.
If someone else has rezeroed my weapon to suit them, and then hands it back to me, how can I sanely expect to be able to hit anything when I really have to without rezeroing the weapon to my settings?