Do you waste ammo shooting paper or steel?

[Bypass]

Bypass - do you still have a bike? I think I remember that the hog didn't work out for you, but I think I remember that you have a sport bike or something. If you do or did, do you waste your money on gas to ride it around?

I do, and I get your meaning and yes riding does make me a more proficient rider. But when it comes to shooting I can't get better than perfect.

Yes, I piss excellence.

 

[StuP]

Im with you Bypass, I very rarely go shoot outside of sighting in or function check. I reload, so it makes it hard to discharge that round into paper after I went to all that effort to create it.

Whats the point in reloading if it's so much effort you don't shoot it ? I'm puzzled.

 

[WC1911guy]

I don't sport shoot or routinely target practice anymore but I do stay practiced in drawing from my EDC carry location and maintaining good mechanics/grip during the draw stroke.

I'm with you Bypass , I shoot just as well as I did when I shot a lot personally and instructed. I may not be quite as proficient in mag changes or similar but I have no doubt that if the SHTF I can effectively put rounds where they need to be.

If I was wealthy and had nothing better to do I'd love to legitamtely train and shoot weekly. That's not my life though so I go poke holes in paper occasionally just to have fun and help my wife keep her mechanics in line.

 

[BanjoJohn]

I usually shoot daily, but something usually dies when I shoot.

I just like killing ****.

 

[cmshoot]

I shoot regularly. My accuracy tends to stay consistent no matter how much, or how little I shoot, but the other necessary skills get rusty when I don’t train. My draws, reloads, and overall speed aren’t as quick/smooth if I don’t train. I’d rather be quick and accurate rather than slow and accurate.

As much as anything, I shoot because I enjoy it. It’s my favorite hobby. It’s also something I do with friends and family.

For me, it most definitely is not ammo wasted, it is money well spent.

I also train using Simunitions on “targets” that shoot, move, and communicate.

 

[StuP]

But when it comes to shooting I can't get better than perfect.

Yes, I piss excellence.

Easy to never miss if you never pull the trigger.

 

[Bypass]

Any unused skill will deteriorate.

The implication is you'd be happy to have open heart surgery performed on you by someone who last practiced over a year ago, as opposed to someone who performed the same surgery successfully 10 times in the last month ?

A highly decorated Special Forces officer said to me once a long time ago when we shared a foxhole. "Any idiot can pull a trigger."

 

[crowbusterL579]

If you're having fun & enjoying what you're doing that is not wasting money!! If the brass ai'nt flying you're dying!!!!!

 

[albatros43]

I wouldn't shoot either if my guns didn't work

 

[DinkyDau]

I hit what I aim at, now pissing is another story for this old man...

 

[Bypass]

I shoot regularly. My accuracy tends to stay consistent no matter how much, or how little I shoot, but the other necessary skills get rusty when I don’t train. My draws, reloads, and overall speed aren’t as quick/smooth if I don’t train. I’d rather be quick and accurate rather than slow and accurate.

As much as anything, I shoot because I enjoy it. It’s my favorite hobby. It’s also something I do with friends and family.

For me, it most definitely is not ammo wasted, it is money well spent.

I also train using Simunitions on “targets” that shoot, move, and communicate.

Simunitions is good training but pain doesn't equate to death sadly so that guy who was a badass in the arena is the guy hiding behind the plastic trash can on the field of battle.

I piss excellence.