Posted: 1/22/2008 2:04:49 PM EDT
| I am going to start a shit storm of an argument – I have been retired from the military for almost 30 years – I took my real M-16 out last week – the one they issued me 40 years ago and I lost – I haven’t fired it since 1980 – I always wondered about these people spending all that money shooting up those rounds – well here’s where the shit storm starts – I went into the woods in a deep snow a week ago and placed 10 black 8 inch paper plates on a spaced out bunch of trees a measured 100 yards away – ran around a little – I would guess 200 yards or so and came back to about a hundred or so yards from those plates ( a line was drawn depicting 1 hundred yards) and went through the old viet nam routine of combat fire and I be dammed if I didn’t hit all those plates – used 10 magazines of 18 rounds each – (that’s what I had in em) had 15 to 16 rounds in each plate – same as I would have done 40 year ago on a real combat course of fire target – and they wasn’t nobody shootin back at me – that may or may not have made a difference – I cannot run 4 or 5 miles anymore and I aint goin to either unless a bunch of real zombies is dead on my ass – I never could shoot a pistol even after 20 or 30000 rounds fired through a 38 and a 45 – I had great teachers and even spent extra time on the free military range and free bullets with the best instructors money could not buy – yep I said could not buy these were dedicated military people – so my next project was to shoot the combat course I used in the military – 10 new half man targets ( I made em out of butcher paper) – only range was cut down to 7 yards – I drew big line in snow where 21 feet was – yep u guessed it – I did the same as I did about 30 year or so ago – I kept all the bullets on the target but they wasn’t even close to being in a group pistol was a S&W 4 inch 357 revolver with wad cutters – I just aint a pistol shooter – some can and some cant so don’t tell me practice makes perfect – so I am trying in my heart to figure out why a person has to expend all those rounds to become proficient – well I can understand some of it – some people can shoot and some can’t – and they somehow i guess forget how to shoot from one week to another – if you have ever been in a combat zone where people are shooting at you I will gaaaranteee you will never forget how to place that little peephole and front sight on somebody who is shooting at you – i sometimes forget that some shooters have not had the benefit of military training in their shooting - but that another topic - and that is my rant and rave for this new year – I will not say another word about it .- I expect to get blown off the planet for sayin what I said and reported. |
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i was never in the military, so i havent had the formal training. i was taught to shoot by my dad when i was little when he had his yearly qualifying time at the range for the police department. about a year back i bought an ar15, and my proficiency is pretty good. i do agree that there is some natural talent to shooting. but I also think that there is some skill that can be acquired from range time, and putting the lead down range. I believe that you can improve you shooting with time at the range, but i think ur right you can improve it only so much. maybe its a waste of time and money to shoot so much, but, i try to go once a month to the range, i do it more as a stress reliever then just target practice, but thats just me i suppose. |
