Cold hard truth

[basstracker89]

Exactly, this is mainly geared towards new gun owners showing up with gucci glocks and tacticool AR’s because they look cool. These extra gadgets do indeed serve a purpose depending on your skill level but learn the basics and fundamentals first
Any Marine “post ACOG era” will tell you iron sights and plastic handguards worked just fine lol

Yep, keep it simple

 

[wolfmanrogers]

Meh, lot's of people buy 911 Turbos and never drive them to their full potential. Don't care. Keep buying and supporting the industry.

 

[Gixxer]

I've been beating that drum for decades.

First question most new gun buyers have asked me after they purchase a gun is "what should I get for it - Sights? New trigger? Disconnector? Grips?" My response then and now, and until I die is - AMMO!! Go shoot that thing. A lot! Shoot it until it smells like a house fire and your hands are black from carbon. Then go home and clean it and do it all over again!

Well said. I would also add that getting some instruction by a capable instructor will get them to higher skill level in less time and with less ammo.

When I started my serious shooting journey years ago, I shot tons of rounds and only improved marginally. I got 2 thirty minute sessions with a good instructor and I improved dramatically.

Shooting is simple, it's just not easy. Only gotta do one thing right; press the trigger to the rear without moving the sights. Its the million things you have to avoid doing that get ya. And most folks, definitely including myself, don't even know they're doing some of those million things until a pro points it out to them.

 

[THREEJAYS]

Agreed

 

[StuP]

Everyone should start with iron sights, simple.

 

[BHPSteel]

Everyone should start with iron sights, simple.

And that walk to the targets at the range?

When I first started shooting, resetting the targets meant walking downrange to change them over manually. And it was uphill - both ways!

We used to shoot first with a 22, so that we could reuse the targets later with larger calibers and save paper!

Damn new shooters nowadays are just spoiled with all them fancy gizmos.

 

[BIKER13]

to cool for school crowd.