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Termyn8or -> RE: First Olympic Gold (8/6/2016 1:34:24 PM)
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ORIGINAL: Cinnamongirl67
Its target practice:
Hit the bulls eye.
It's not easy to be a sharp shooter.
A lot of people here still hunt. It's a way of life.
We live off the land. We sharp shoot for food or kill predators.
It's them or us.
According to your profile you are in Nevada ? I am pretty sure there you can just drive around with the barrel of a shotgun sticking out the window. I think that's cool, I bet the armed robbery raste there is damnear nothing.
As far as sharpshooting, yes, it is not that easy. In a contest though, the target does not move. And to shoot humans, very few move fast enough for it to be a problem. But if you got a raccoon eating your garden in the middle of the night, it can be damn hard to hit its ass. Especially in the dark when to have to sit there with the lights off to catch the motherfucker.
I used to be a deadeye but I doubt it now that my eyesight has deteriorated. However it is as much a matter of geometry as eyesight at least. I mean, 20 years ago I could hit a bird in flight with a BB gun. I actually had witnesses but they died off, my neighbors. They didn't fuck with me. But I used the sights.
Shooting from the hip, envisioning the geometry is much more important than visual acuity. I can do it, but never practiced the fast draw. Maybe I should. Wonder what the neighbors would think.
T^T
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