Dave McCracken
Moderator In Memoriam
A fun morning at PGC, with a little lesson.
Young fellow named Joel was the only other shooter when I pulled up at Range 9. He had a beautiful 687 Gold Pigeon Beretta, which he bought because it was pretty.
Pretty aside, he crushed most of the targets in the next 4-5 rounds of trap.
Interestingly enough, he did it low gun, and his best round was 24. My best round was 22.
I'm neither surprised nor dismayed when someone shoots better than I. A good thing, since it happens frequently.
But, according to Joel, he started last summer, and had never fired a gun at all until two years ago. His boss is a skeet shooter and got him interested. He had one lesson from a good teacher and read one book, the name of which he's forgotten. Joel says the writer was English.
He shoots low gun because it works better for him than premounted.
By his estimate, he's fired a total of maybe 2000 rounds.
Sounds like a refutation of BA/UU/R, huh?
Not necessarily. He's got good form, that lovely B-gun probably fits well, and he's done some homework. The tape on his glasses helps with mixed eye/hand dominance.
I hope to see him again. I'd like to see how he shoots a year down the line.
Comments?
Young fellow named Joel was the only other shooter when I pulled up at Range 9. He had a beautiful 687 Gold Pigeon Beretta, which he bought because it was pretty.
Pretty aside, he crushed most of the targets in the next 4-5 rounds of trap.
Interestingly enough, he did it low gun, and his best round was 24. My best round was 22.
I'm neither surprised nor dismayed when someone shoots better than I. A good thing, since it happens frequently.
But, according to Joel, he started last summer, and had never fired a gun at all until two years ago. His boss is a skeet shooter and got him interested. He had one lesson from a good teacher and read one book, the name of which he's forgotten. Joel says the writer was English.
He shoots low gun because it works better for him than premounted.
By his estimate, he's fired a total of maybe 2000 rounds.
Sounds like a refutation of BA/UU/R, huh?
Not necessarily. He's got good form, that lovely B-gun probably fits well, and he's done some homework. The tape on his glasses helps with mixed eye/hand dominance.
I hope to see him again. I'd like to see how he shoots a year down the line.
Comments?