Re: 186000 to 8992
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: pickpick</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Not, that I've gotten bored with the information, I've just fallen into the trap most humans fall into on the WANTS in life. One of the first questions I asked when joining the forum was, how do I learn to hit what I'm aiming at. I think it was Sterling that answered with...get a sheet of paper with 1" dots on it and a 22 rifle. When you can hit every time standing, go to kneeling, then sitting and so on. I sucked too bad to do that, where is the fun in missing, that's what I was already doing. </div></div>
Adding to what Pick said, there's methods to the madness.
Being a top notch shooter takes tons of practice, and mountains of ammunition.
All that costs money.
For many, that money is in limited supply due to family needs, a mortgage, car notes, food, and so forth.
And that's OK. We all have our challenges to deal with, right?
In speaking with a member of a major shooting supply house, they informed me of one very interesting thing - 90% of the stuff they sell is to the wanna-be operator, or as I've seen them named in here, the "Mall Ninjas".
True operators/shooters are rare. Most don't use much of the new whizz-bang freaky toys that come out on the market, from laser sights, to widgets, to antennas for your airsoft that tell you where the targets are coming from.
Most shooters I know just want to be the best they can be, whether they shoot 100 rounds a year or 50,000.
Granted, shooting 100 rounds a year won't get you real far precision wise, but I bet you'll hit that deer that's 75 yards away on your next hunt.
My brother and I are pretty stark opposites in this topic.
We both love shooting. I reload ammo for us both.
He's a "peace through volume of firepower" type shooter, decimating targets with volume fire.
I draw smileys on their heads with my rifles.
He's got tons of ninja toys on his rifles and handguns, mine are all pretty bare, except for good quality sights.
He practices loading lots of magazines, I practice getting my finger just right on that trigger, hitting that pause in my breathing cycle, and that slow and steady squeeze to the rear.
And, doing it the exact same way every time.
To add on to that, I also suck at offhand. I'm aware of it.
But, I practice every position I can.
Prone for warmup and kicking my confidence into high.
Then sitting, to loosen up my old bones, and to work on my natural point of aim. For whatever reason, that's my achilles heel in the sitting...go figure.
Then, offhand. Not a ton of shots, as my shooter is pretty heavy, but I usually shoot the same number of shots I took the last time, plus another 5-10.
Then, it's back to the prone/bench, to wrap up with the tight group, sealing up the day with high confidence building small groups.
That seems to mitigate the beating I give myself for my poor accuracy (I'm my own worst critic) in the standing position, and enhances my performance across the board in the long term.
Just a few thoughts...
