Don't you just love people who come up to you to tell you the "RIGHT" way to shoot.
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millertyme
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In short: No. Not really.
AJumbo
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On giving advice: I generally don't give unsolicited advice. If solicited, I'll give my best advice, the best way I know how, provided the "student" is ready and willing to listen. I occasionally get to turn non-shooters into beginning shooters. The deal is, first, I acknowledge that I know what I know, and can teach only what I know; and second, I can't teach anybody who doesn't truly want to learn. If the student will agree to do what I ask them to do, I'll give it my best effort. If not, the lesson is over until my requirements can be met.
On taking advice: I keep a flexible mind. There is no endeavor on this planet in which I am the pre-eminent authority, and I shoot differently- and better- today than I did twenty years ago. Semper Gumby! I will seek pointers from those who can clearly help me become a better shooter. If unsolicited advice is offered, I stay open to the intent of the offer. I have gotten some great tips over the years. Yes, sometimes you get advice from folks who just want to show you that they fell confident enough in their abilities that they can share their wisdom with you. That's fine; they're not necessarily wrong, and I'm not going to make them wrong by refusing to listen. I may not take some of their issues to heart, like the guy who told me that my boots were the wrong color...........seems my black work boots were making my feet hot, so I was uncomfortable and less able to concentrate on my shooting........this from a man who had never worn my boots.......and it seems that I further needed to zip right on down to the uniform store and invest in a pair of nifty neat-o Brand X desert assault boots and thereby shrink my groups. I have yet to do so.
On taking advice: I keep a flexible mind. There is no endeavor on this planet in which I am the pre-eminent authority, and I shoot differently- and better- today than I did twenty years ago. Semper Gumby! I will seek pointers from those who can clearly help me become a better shooter. If unsolicited advice is offered, I stay open to the intent of the offer. I have gotten some great tips over the years. Yes, sometimes you get advice from folks who just want to show you that they fell confident enough in their abilities that they can share their wisdom with you. That's fine; they're not necessarily wrong, and I'm not going to make them wrong by refusing to listen. I may not take some of their issues to heart, like the guy who told me that my boots were the wrong color...........seems my black work boots were making my feet hot, so I was uncomfortable and less able to concentrate on my shooting........this from a man who had never worn my boots.......and it seems that I further needed to zip right on down to the uniform store and invest in a pair of nifty neat-o Brand X desert assault boots and thereby shrink my groups. I have yet to do so.
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