Impatient bunch ain't cha ya'l?
Supposed to leave that line too...
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Okay you have determined which eye is dominant and have a BB gun and Them Ping Pong Balls right?
And just why not?
Whaddya mean you have no idea of what I am talking about?
I said get Brister's Book didn't I ? Well when you get, read it, and get up to speed.
More Suggestions-
-Go here :
http://www.corneredcat.com/ read, learn and take more notes.
Yes I know it is a ladies site! I don't care if you are a guy and stand to pee - read the damn site anyway.
Ladies will learn a lot of stuff naturally, and kids will too.
Men will if they quit thinking with the little head and pay attention.
Be respectful of Kathy, the lady that owns and does that site - she is a Well Respected Lady here on THR, TFL and other sites. She teaches, She ROs, writes for publications.
Oh, she happens to be a Moderator here and if you are not nice to her I will suggest she launder your posts with pink underwear - That or let one her boys toss a lizard in your pants pocket first-so the rest of us can make fun of you.
-Beef Jerky.
Yeah, you have to have sticks of this in your pocket. Makes one a better shooter.
-Peppermint
For spoiling dogs
Go here :
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/
Pay attention, oh he too is a moderator, I'll tell him to use the biggest needle in your butt for giving you a shot if you show disrespect. This is actually a better deal than what he will to you himself if you disrespect him.
In regard to serious shotguns I want you to read this:
http://xavierthoughts.blogspot.com/2005/09/home-defense-shotguns.html
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Attend a safety class, be it a NRA, one a club does, or even at the kitchen table of a trusted , qualified person YOU are comfortable with that has the abilty to instruct and share.
Getting instructions.
-Students must feel comfortable and safe with the person(s) giving them lessons, instructing and assisting them as they assist the ladies.
-Instructors must be ALWAYS make sure the student KNOWS for a fact their safety is a priority.
Ladies make better students.
Ladies do better and are advised to get instructions by other ladies.
Or
A Male that has earned the trust of ladies to assist in teaching ladies.
Most of these guys, will have ladies to assist them.
--Guys - DO NOT teach your wife, your girlfriend how to shoot a shotgun. --
Applies to firearm in general. Let them go out with the ladies that invited them out to the range. Ladies can better address Ladies in regard to questions they have and in areas more specific like gun fit.
Shut up, offer extra cash for lunch, wish them a good time, and to have fun, vacuum the carpet , do a load of laundry, bathe the dog...and if you cannot cook, then get something at the take-out so she won't have to cook when she gets back.
Oh , be real damn sweet of you to have some of that chocolate she likes chillin' in the Fridge too. I recommend York Peppermint Patties.
Why? Because I am a bit selfish in sharing my bite-size Reese's is why.
Guys-
Ya'll can learn a LOT from Ladies that are accomplished shooters.
Kids- Some of you are not just big enough to hold and shoot a shotgun all by yourself. You know this. You are human beings too. Just not as big as some of us.
That BB Gun and learning as Mr. Brister shares will help you greatly. I really care about you kids, and I have no problem assisting you in holding shotgun and just shooting a primer fired hull from a single shot shotgun. I want you to know how to use all those Four Rules of Safety using a BBGun, and that single shot shotgun. How that shotgun opens, closes fires , makes a noise - everything.
You can assist me in loading that same single shot shotgun in TEACHING ME the Four Rules of Safety and TEACH ME how to load, fire, unload and everything too, in fact, I think it is a great idea for YOU to pull the trigger for me, while I hold the gun.
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Ladies, Kids ,Gents.
Instructors are going to have a variety of guns for you to view, handle, learn how they work. Taken apart to show how the insides are, back together to learn where safeties are, how to open, all the controls - how they work.
Shotgun shells and explaining various things about Safety, and ammo choices. Having read Brister, or having been read to Brister, you have a greater understanding about ammo going into this lesson, just neat to actually handle the various shells and compare.
Gun fit is going to encompass a lot of things. Again, let the ladies assist ladies, or those men with experience doing so with another lady to assist.
In handling a shotgun one tends to "scrunch" around to the gun. This gives one a FALSE sense that gun "fits them".
IN actual use, there is not time to scrunch, and folks get whacked, bruised, low self esteem from missing and getting hurt. That gun that "fit" at the gun store ,or just handling - really did not fit you.
Instructors will work with you on gun fit, and which guns fit you best. Actually firing these varieties to let you learn, and also to better get a gun that fits YOU.
When one shoots a gun that fits them - this is when one truly understands the old saw :
A shotgun is an extension of the shooter.
Shotguns are pointed - not aimed.
When a clay target on a skeet field doing 55 mph comes out...
Quail Explodes at your feet...
Doves turns on afterburners, dipping, diving...
Deer runs into a clearing...
Two legged varmit is a threat...
The Ability to have that "Extension of YOU" , smoothly, quickly get mounted to face - is what all these lessons I am sharing are about.
NOW You are better prepared to buy a shotgun.
You have taken the responsibilty and have earned , and own , Correct Basic Fundamentals.
Brain is trained, Safety, Gun Fit, Lessons, ...
You can now take the measurements of the gun that fits, the action type, and everything else and be a informed buyer. Get the folks that assisted you to further assist in purchase, a used gun is a new gun gun fired at least once.
Let these folks assist in checking out the gun for things you are familar with yet, in tweaking the fit, patterning, slugs groups...etc.
Remember - Shooting is Correct Basic Fundamentals Repeated and Built Upon.
Never learn with a crutch - if the crutch is removed you will fall.
I teach without beads for instance. Top Shooters with Expensive Custom Target guns often DO NOT have any beads on a shotgun.
Shotguns are pointed - not aimed, gun fit, extension of shooter...
Hey, if one of these folks that learned to shoot / does shoot a shotgun without beads is shooting one with beads, and bead comes off...so what? They did not learn with a crutch remember?
Correct Basic Fundamentals
One thing being : Smooth mounting of gun to face.
Following the Rules of Dryfire Practice , start with 10 Correct mounting of gun to face each day. This is best of course with a gun that fits.
Kids, ladies, guys too, this can be done with that Red Ryder BB Gun.
Work up to 25 each day focus on Safety and correct basic fundamentals as instructor shared in mounting gun to face, stanc, posititoning...everything the Instructor shared, you read by Brister, and Missedine.
Dry Fire Repetitions makes one a better shooter - period.
Some folks do 100 a day, and serious Competitiors will do 200- 500 a day.
Quality Trigger time does not mean one actually fires live ammo. Quality means repetiton of correct basic fundamentals - live or no ammo.
I have more later on perhaps.
Steve
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