It isn't showing off when you can shoot that well Jeff; it's a FACT. There was a time when I could see my sights and the targets that far away and could do the same thing you did. And, Like you say, it was no big deal. All I had to do is trust my sights and my ability and I'd done that enough so that it was automatic.
But it was good to see you do it and to do it with that unassuming humility that comes from simply doing it and KNOWING that you can do it. I've seen plenty of people just get mad as hell when I used to say that I made shots like you made. They'd say that nobody can do that with a handgun.
And they were wrong. Of course, those were usually the same buckos that thought Jack O'Connor was the greatest thing since sliced bread and that Elmer Keith, who had forgotten more about shooting than O'Connor ever knew, was a dunce. But, what's new about any of that? It's human nature.
But THAT is exactly why we have the group of men at the shoot out that you saw there. All of them know you can do it if you shoot enough because most of those guys are shooters themselves and they know what a good shot is capable of. Most people have never even seen a good shot since we stopped the military draft and so they do not know. And more's the pity.
But it was good to see you do it and to do it with that unassuming humility that comes from simply doing it and KNOWING that you can do it. I've seen plenty of people just get mad as hell when I used to say that I made shots like you made. They'd say that nobody can do that with a handgun.
And they were wrong. Of course, those were usually the same buckos that thought Jack O'Connor was the greatest thing since sliced bread and that Elmer Keith, who had forgotten more about shooting than O'Connor ever knew, was a dunce. But, what's new about any of that? It's human nature.
But THAT is exactly why we have the group of men at the shoot out that you saw there. All of them know you can do it if you shoot enough because most of those guys are shooters themselves and they know what a good shot is capable of. Most people have never even seen a good shot since we stopped the military draft and so they do not know. And more's the pity.
