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Help, I recently realized I don't know how to shoot.
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1652814" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>This was an <strong>excellent</strong> response. One thing in particular struck a chord with me. You wrote something here that addresses something that has been one of my pet peeves for a long time <strong>:</strong> <strong>Knowing when the rifle is going to fire.</strong> I have read countless time that it should be a surprise when the gun goes bang. This is completely wrong, and I don't know who ever thought up this notion. It may work well enough in some situations, but in most shooting of live game, it doesn't work well at all. </p><p></p><p>I have shot a boatload of whitetails that were running like bunny rabbits through brush and/or timber, fifty or sixty yards from the muzzle. It's actually easy shooting, but only if you know exactly when the trigger is going to break. If you don't, you're not going to hit very many running deer. Worse, you're probably going to hit a few of them "around the edges." If your deer are standing still, they had better be close to the gun, or the results will be very similar. <em>One of the reasons we practice is so that we KNOW when the trigger is going to break and send the bullet down range.</em> Of course, there are many other things that are equally important, but this one shouldn't be left out of the equation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1652814, member: 109113"] This was an [B]excellent[/B] response. One thing in particular struck a chord with me. You wrote something here that addresses something that has been one of my pet peeves for a long time [B]:[/B] [B]Knowing when the rifle is going to fire.[/B] I have read countless time that it should be a surprise when the gun goes bang. This is completely wrong, and I don't know who ever thought up this notion. It may work well enough in some situations, but in most shooting of live game, it doesn't work well at all. I have shot a boatload of whitetails that were running like bunny rabbits through brush and/or timber, fifty or sixty yards from the muzzle. It's actually easy shooting, but only if you know exactly when the trigger is going to break. If you don't, you're not going to hit very many running deer. Worse, you're probably going to hit a few of them "around the edges." If your deer are standing still, they had better be close to the gun, or the results will be very similar. [I]One of the reasons we practice is so that we KNOW when the trigger is going to break and send the bullet down range.[/I] Of course, there are many other things that are equally important, but this one shouldn't be left out of the equation. [/QUOTE]
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