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"Why do you own a gun?"
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15-03-2008 5:48pm#1
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:DGood one:D But What is behind the ownership and passion behind owning a firearm? We all spend alot of time following our sports and if we were payed for our time at it we would all be rich:p
What brought you to the sport and why do we put it ahead of most other activities we do? inc our other halfs most of the time:D
Hmmm. Okay.
To be all poetic about it, it's that little moment of focus you get when you execute a shot perfectly. Mounting the rifle done right, mind in the right frame, breathing correct, the sight alignment is right and the sights drift down onto a solid sight picture and the trigger pulls itself and you put a round right through the ten ring. Dead on perfect.
That sense, that moment, is the only reason I shoot (there are other reasons for the other stuff I do in shooting, like the admin stuff - you see an Irish shooter on a podium wearing her gold medal with the anthem playing and the flag flying and you'll know what I mean). I don't care about the gun that much. I recognise the degree of engineering that went into it and it's got a degree of familiarity that a pair of old slippers has, but if I had to hack lumps off it to shoot better, I wouldn't think twice (in fact, that's the reason I stay with WTSC even though it's a haul to get out to the range - when they were starting off, they had a rifle that was too big for the junior shooting it, so the hacksaw came out and the rifle's stock got several inches shorter. Very important lesson, that). Actually, I just spent a few days last week with a dremel gouging large chunks out of the pistol's grip for that reason. I don't seem to get this love for a chunk of hardware that others get about their guns. I mean, I look at a CZ or whatever and I mostly just see an inferior design for the sort of shooting I do. I know, I know, it's only inferior if you're shooting 50m ISSF, it's optimal for hunting or informal target shooting, but this isn't a subject with rational and politically correct answers. I don't mean to put anyone's favorite firearm down, it's just that I don't get it at a very fundamental level.
To be frank, if I'd picked up a bow when I started shooting instead of a rifle and found that moment, I probably wouldn't be in this forum, I'd be over in Archery
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Hmmm. Okay.
To be all poetic about it, it's that little moment of focus you get when you execute a shot perfectly. Mounting the rifle done right, mind in the right frame, breathing correct, the sight alignment is right and the sights drift down onto a solid sight picture and the trigger pulls itself and you put a round right through the ten ring. Dead on perfect.
That sense, that moment, is the only reason I shoot (there are other reasons for the other stuff I do in shooting, like the admin stuff - you see an Irish shooter on a podium wearing her gold medal with the anthem playing and the flag flying and you'll know what I mean). I don't care about the gun that much. I recognise the degree of engineering that went into it and it's got a degree of familiarity that a pair of old slippers has, but if I had to hack lumps off it to shoot better, I wouldn't think twice (in fact, that's the reason I stay with WTSC even though it's a haul to get out to the range - when they were starting off, they had a rifle that was too big for the junior shooting it, so the hacksaw came out and the rifle's stock got several inches shorter. Very important lesson, that). Actually, I just spent a few days last week with a dremel gouging large chunks out of the pistol's grip for that reason. I don't seem to get this love for a chunk of hardware that others get about their guns. I mean, I look at a CZ or whatever and I mostly just see an inferior design for the sort of shooting I do. I know, I know, it's only inferior if you're shooting 50m ISSF, it's optimal for hunting or informal target shooting, but this isn't a subject with rational and politically correct answers. I don't mean to put anyone's favorite firearm down, it's just that I don't get it at a very fundamental level.
To be frank, if I'd picked up a bow when I started shooting instead of a rifle and found that moment, I probably wouldn't be in this forum, I'd be over in Archery
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In a word
Craic
I went to a shoot in the club once upon a time - pure novice - got to try my hand at a load of stuff - got the bug. The criac in the club is mighty and heading off to a shoot with a load of the lads is brilliant.
Clay Pigeon, Sporting, ABT, DTL and Compact - Browning 425 U/O
Static Pistol - Taurus .38 revolver (not mine - have to get one)
Practical Pistol - Glock 34 9mm
Have dabbled in ISSF, 1500, Practical Shotgun, .22 Benchrest Rifle, etc but there's only so much time in the world. Have shot some centrefire but nothing in competition.
Have been out hunting a few times with the lads aswell - did more of that back when the gun was taller than me
Spend a fair bit of time instructing people aswell - nothing official but just giving lads a hand, tips, pointing out stuff they are going to do wrong, range etiquette etc.
There's a lot of time on the organising side of Practical Pistol stuff. You need to start prepping for those many weeks in advance. When they go off well though it's brilliant.
As someone said - anything that has you out of the house early on a Saturday or Sunday morning is all good.
Probably do it too much - herself cannot understand how I have most weekends out to December already earmarked for stuff but forget stuff she organised
She eventually came to a shoot in the club and got a look in the gun room and saw the lads with all their gear heading down the range - that on top of the fact that we head off at 6 or 7 o'clock many Saturday or Sunday mornings (there is no word for Saturday Morning in her language) has lead her to believe we're starting a cult. I did ask her to get me a Glock for my birthday once - she got me a clock - it's all progress.
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