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<blockquote data-quote="CDFrom" data-source="post: 2297818" data-attributes="member: 115905"><p>Mental attitude and a desire to learn. </p><p> As a Marine vet I had been a mediocre shooter until I had a bad weapon. Firing at 200m I had to aim a target left and adjust windage to impact on my target, 300 & 500 m exponentially worse. Coach would not believe me until after our session and putting a round down range for himself. I was able to draw a "new weapon" for qual day. </p><p> I fired a 222 on an unproven weapon. Expert, barely. Next go around a 246 of 250 high score for the year. </p><p> When the Gulf war started I had a broken wrist so I could not deploy (Yet). Due to my score I was assigned a spot as a PMI ( primary marksmanship instructor) ( coach) </p><p> With necessity looming, the 26 unqualified I was given, had a desperate desire to learn, an unforgiving need to know. 19 of my shooters made expert and all qualified. I could foolishly attribute that to my superior skills, but the truth is, focus was greatly intensified by the expectation of rounds coming down range and strong senses of survival. </p><p> The fundamentals, body alignment sight picture, trigger control, breathing. All necessary and needed for the ONLY shot that counts. The next one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CDFrom, post: 2297818, member: 115905"] Mental attitude and a desire to learn. As a Marine vet I had been a mediocre shooter until I had a bad weapon. Firing at 200m I had to aim a target left and adjust windage to impact on my target, 300 & 500 m exponentially worse. Coach would not believe me until after our session and putting a round down range for himself. I was able to draw a “new weapon” for qual day. I fired a 222 on an unproven weapon. Expert, barely. Next go around a 246 of 250 high score for the year. When the Gulf war started I had a broken wrist so I could not deploy (Yet). Due to my score I was assigned a spot as a PMI ( primary marksmanship instructor) ( coach) With necessity looming, the 26 unqualified I was given, had a desperate desire to learn, an unforgiving need to know. 19 of my shooters made expert and all qualified. I could foolishly attribute that to my superior skills, but the truth is, focus was greatly intensified by the expectation of rounds coming down range and strong senses of survival. The fundamentals, body alignment sight picture, trigger control, breathing. All necessary and needed for the ONLY shot that counts. The next one. [/QUOTE]
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