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my idea of having fun is shooting a gun and round you can get good at. i can zap the hell out of targets obviously with a .22. some of my times thru yesterdays stages were 3.79 seconds.................and I WAS SLOW! my son was constantly under 3.25 seconds and the pros were blinding fast if not faster!
i can nail the hell out of targets with my 9mm.
my 45's and my .44 mag.....................well thats a different story. you will always PERCEIVE RECOIL! just like once you see a rattlesnake your brain perceives a threat. when you shoot for the first time a .44 mag or a .45 your brain says " HOLY BAT BALLS BATMAN THERES SOME FREEKING RECOIL HERE! and then each and every time until you master the weapon your brain will perceive a threat and you will flinch, or grab grips too tight or not too tight etc etc.
if your gonna shoot alot and yer a cheap ass like me, shoot .22's. then gradually progress to larger calibers. kind of like riding a 80 cc dirt bike then a 125cc than a 250cc than say a 350 and finally a 500 cc.
get the picture? its a progression that takes time.
we are now going to shoot every 4th sunday at rio salado the .22 matches. great practice/fast paced/great people/ and better than sex.
prior to my sons bull elk hunt i had him in the back yard shooting the rws pellet pistol and rws rifle damn near every day for an hour or more at our target 35 yards away. and we went thru SCADS OF PELLETS! I MEAN MEGA SCADS!
then as the hunt approached, we started shooting .22's and then 9mms and lots of 45/70s. yes it got spendy. but the kids a dead eye and can hit either a standing target no problem regardless of range or a moving target. his elk was moving away from him on a dead run when he nailed it with the stainless 45/70 marlin built by me and nelson ford(the gunsmith.com).
practice practice practice.
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