Posted on 11/19/2014 11:11:33 PM PST by Hugin
"I want you to do an article on how to shoot a handgun accurately," Dave Duffy told me. "Make it 2,500 or 3,000 words."
Long ago, I would have answered, "Sure, and while I'm at it, how about a history of the world in, oh, 10,000 words or so?"
Today, with more than 45 years of handgunning behind me (yeah, I'm old, but I started early, too) I realize that you actually can cover this topic in a fairly short article. The reason is found in the classic statement of Ray Chapman, the first world champion of the combat pistol. "Shooting well is simple," Ray said, "it just isn't easy."
(Excerpt) Read more at backwoodshome.com ...
Beats reading all 670 pages of Hickey & Sievers “Successful Pistol Shooting”.
No kidding.
Technique is important but other than a gifted few, nothing replaces practice, practice, practice.
I need to fire at least several hundred rounds a month if I want to maintain even moderate accuracy.
“Shooting well is simple,” Ray said, “it just isn’t easy.”
This is true of so many things in life.
Take golf. Use the stick to hit the ball into the hole.
How much simpler could a game be? But I understand doing it well is not at all easy.
How much simpler could a game be? But I understand doing it well is not at all easy.
Would that Obama spent more time on the course.
Massad Ayoob? Hmmmm.
Saved for later. Thanks
“The “not easy” part is taken care of in repetition. Fortunately, repetition means shooting, and shooting is fun.”
Yep.
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