I’ve been shooting all my life, it’s not that hard. I’ve never understood the challenge. You got sights, line them up, hold your breath, and squeeze between heartbeats. Do it few times, and you get the hang pretty quick.
All my friends are amazed at my shooting, and I have terrible eyesight. I occasionally will put a round through a previous hole in the target. It’s not that hard, I’ve taught it to lots of people with great results. Even people who think they already know how to shoot have improved. It’s shocking how many people don’t know to hold their breath while shooting. I think it’s because a lot of people start breathing harder when they have a gun in their hand, heartbeat goes up, etc.
Keeping your cool while rounds are coming at you at the same time? That’s a bit more challenging. But hitting a static target can be picked up in a single session. You might not make consistent head shots, but body mass shots will be good enough.
Well on the topic of anecdotal stories, the first time I shot a rifle, when I was 38 (just like a lot of people who haven’t been shooting their entire lives) I missed paper at 25 yards. I didn’t know how to zero the sights, even though I had watched YouTube videos explaining it. I needed to get some help from someone else that was at the range.
Second time I went shooting, I found out that somehow my BCG was re-installed wrong after I cleaned it, consistent failure to eject.
Noob mistakes. There’s a lot of people that are completely noobs. You’ve shot your whole life; but you need to realize a lot people that you and I likely agree with have probably never even held a rifle, let alone shot one.
Valid, and to clarify, nearly all of target shooting has been handguns. I’m not a hunter, so I haven’t had that much experience with long guns, which are much more complicated. Handguns are generally just point and shoot. The safety is the only real complication.
I got a lot of my experience in a buddy’s basement. He was jeweler, and his workbench was in this enormous basement of his ranch house. It was so long, that he actually set up a shooting gallery in it, firing at targets taped onto a big box of old phone books. He’d work on jewelry, and I’d shoot until I got bored, and then I’d go dig through his box of loose jewels, and look for the prettiest ones. I love rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. I think I’m off topic here, nice talking to you.
That just means old guys have all the guns, but they can only hold one of them at a time.
They are old. Push them over, and take their guns.
All those guns out there? We’re going to take them away, and use them. And the supply is endless.
This may come as a shocker to some people, but you actually need to practice shooting in order to to be effective.
I’ve been shooting all my life, it’s not that hard. I’ve never understood the challenge. You got sights, line them up, hold your breath, and squeeze between heartbeats. Do it few times, and you get the hang pretty quick.
All my friends are amazed at my shooting, and I have terrible eyesight. I occasionally will put a round through a previous hole in the target. It’s not that hard, I’ve taught it to lots of people with great results. Even people who think they already know how to shoot have improved. It’s shocking how many people don’t know to hold their breath while shooting. I think it’s because a lot of people start breathing harder when they have a gun in their hand, heartbeat goes up, etc.
Keeping your cool while rounds are coming at you at the same time? That’s a bit more challenging. But hitting a static target can be picked up in a single session. You might not make consistent head shots, but body mass shots will be good enough.
Well on the topic of anecdotal stories, the first time I shot a rifle, when I was 38 (just like a lot of people who haven’t been shooting their entire lives) I missed paper at 25 yards. I didn’t know how to zero the sights, even though I had watched YouTube videos explaining it. I needed to get some help from someone else that was at the range.
Second time I went shooting, I found out that somehow my BCG was re-installed wrong after I cleaned it, consistent failure to eject.
Noob mistakes. There’s a lot of people that are completely noobs. You’ve shot your whole life; but you need to realize a lot people that you and I likely agree with have probably never even held a rifle, let alone shot one.
Valid, and to clarify, nearly all of target shooting has been handguns. I’m not a hunter, so I haven’t had that much experience with long guns, which are much more complicated. Handguns are generally just point and shoot. The safety is the only real complication.
I got a lot of my experience in a buddy’s basement. He was jeweler, and his workbench was in this enormous basement of his ranch house. It was so long, that he actually set up a shooting gallery in it, firing at targets taped onto a big box of old phone books. He’d work on jewelry, and I’d shoot until I got bored, and then I’d go dig through his box of loose jewels, and look for the prettiest ones. I love rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. I think I’m off topic here, nice talking to you.