Big Az Al,
Fred Misseldine was a true gentleman.
I am a big fan of his, and his books. I have been recommending them forever.
Even older, basically blind in one eye, Misseldine could still paint them out of the sky.
Poetry in motion.
I miss him. Yes I met the gentleman, has lessons given by him and shot with him.
Grant Isleng, Bob Brister are two other true gentleman.
Meeting Brister was a surprise, and an honor.
Then new stuff came out, new ideas, and of course The Great Equipment Race.
I was old school, along with others, before old school got to be referred to.
"Look, that fellow is shooting pass through"
"Don't that boy know he is supposed to shoot like that video tape?"
"Swing Thru? Never heard of it".
Folks talking about me, and those like me.
Had a few folks, totally bumfuzzled, I suggested they stop shooting, go get a cane pole and go fishing.
Seriously.
Get Misseldine's book, depending on if they were shooting trap or skeet and read it.
Get Brister's too.
Come back, and start at the beginning. Erase totally everything they were confused with.
Heck some even wanted to start with a BB Gun, and ping pong balls.
Skeet/Trap and they are hitting and steadily improving.
"I'm in the shoot-off" one would say one day.
Hell, I am grinning and puffed chested and right there for support!
A is A as Rand put it. Misseldine, Brister, and Isleng are just 3, that just knew, and still passing forward what is "A".