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Post by Lee Martin on Apr 15, 2014 13:40:50 GMT -5
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Post by Fowler on Apr 15, 2014 13:49:21 GMT -5
This is a lot of fun to try, although I find it is also deeply humbling. Its is certainly not as easy as it looks.
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Post by cmillard on Apr 15, 2014 20:21:47 GMT -5
I will be impressed if you can do that left handed with your eyes closed ;-) just kidding, nice shooting
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Post by porterhouse on Apr 16, 2014 8:13:50 GMT -5
Nice shooting!
The targets that are moving farther away is more difficult to hit than the targets thrown straight up, I think. I have done some aerial shooting myself, trying to hit some spent shotgun shells or .223s or something thrown straight up. Never got sufficient. If I hit 2 out of 50, I 'm having a great day but I consider this nothing but accidental. With current ammunition & loading stuff shortage, I don't think I can ever be serious about it...
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Post by whitworth on Apr 16, 2014 8:16:27 GMT -5
Nice work, David!! Great pictures!
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Post by bradshaw on Apr 16, 2014 9:19:05 GMT -5
porterhouse.... hrad enough to hit a damn jug! Reckon to hit an aspirin I'd be filling the sky full of bullet holes. Dry fire is one way to handle the mendacious ammunition shortage. You want a flash sight picture when at all possible, and it is not always possible. Practice dry fire on crumpled paper, or even a paper airplane----which stays in the air longer. While I sometimes see the front sight and sometimes don't, I don't take me eye off the target. And wherever the target is going, your front sight has to be there first, so that bullet and target are in the same place at the same time.
Follow through is important, and it is easier to follow through with two hands than with pistol in one hand. As for hip shooting, there is no follow through. Get the pistol out in front of you (unless you're stuck in a doorway, or other emergency). A flash peripheral picture of the pistol helps triangulate eye to target. For any moving target, a handgun that fits----points----is a huge advantage. For hip shooting it is an absolute necessity.
Keep ammunition completely away from gun during dry fire.
David Bradshaw
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Post by porterhouse on Apr 16, 2014 20:13:05 GMT -5
Mr. Bradshaw,
Thanks for the tips. Dry fire on paper airplane - I should definetely try this!
By the way,did you get any snow last night/this morning? From what I see, you are not far from where I am, but not sure.
Kenji
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Post by bradshaw on Apr 20, 2014 12:42:14 GMT -5
porterhouse.... yes to recent snows. Sap was still boiling for maple syrup, although the run was tapering off. Some of the town roads heavily rutted, enough for 4-wheel drive, especially on the uphill. Saw a huge moose on the side of the road three a.m. the other night, 5 above ZERO. Looked to be a bull, minus antlers, of course. A remonder to always drive with peripheral vision. In Louisiana now.
David Bradshaw
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