What do you shoot best?

[Surefire]

Not brand or make, but major type of gun.

For example:

Shotgun, handgun, rifle, or "other".

I've been shooting handguns over 20 years, and for short range unsupported standing up I am most confident with handguns. I also control recoil best from a handgun--for example most .44 magnum loads in my Bisley don't phase me at all. While I can shoot a scoped rifle better than any handgun when supported (bench rested), I have a hard time shooting rifles unsupported standing up with regular sites. Mostly because they are heavier and tend to shake more--maybe due to improper stance?

Shotguns kick my rear. To me, the recoil of a 12 gauge is unpleasant. I can do okay with bird shot in a heavy shotgun for skeet shooting, but I still get bruises. I attribute this to lack of experience, since I haven't had a lot of long gun hours in. Last skeet shooting session I only hit one target, and I was humbled (in the past I use to get close to a 50% hit rate with skeet).

So, at this point, I am most proficient with handguns, with rifles gaining ground:

Ranking from best to worst:
Handguns (my specialty)
Rifles (second, getting better and better)
Shotguns (very distant third)

 

[Imaginos]

Pistols

I gave up on rifles because none of the ranges around me allow you to fire from field positions. A properly rested rifle with a good sling is boring.
I prefer a challenge so the only rifle I own is a .50 cal muzzle loader.

Wingshooting is not one of my passions. I have a good gun for it, but it just isn't my thing. Same for trap and skeet. "Tactical shotgunning" on a static range is not much fun, so I don't waste the money.

I really do well with my handguns.
My best targets are with my Ruger 4 5/8" SBH and my Ruger 7.5" Old Army.
Second best is my Ruger P90.
Third best is my Ruger SP101.

 

[Deer Hunter]

I'll bite.

I was started on rifles. My father gave me a little youth .22 when I was 6, gave me a box of bullets, and we practised. From that, I stepped up to an SKS when I was 9ish, then right after that a 30-06 mountain gun for deer hunting. They are what I am most accurate with.

Shotguns come in second, just because I'm more familiar with them. I've quail hunted, dove hunted, duck hunted, ect, enough to be familiar with them. I am in no way great with them, but I'm decent.

Handguns are my third. I just started with handguns, and right now have an S&W 625 and a CZ 75B. I shoot autos better than revolvers, but I like revolvers more.

 

[BIGDADDYLONGSTROKE]

I shoot my handguns the best I can usually due a 2" group give or take few shots her and there with my .45 acp, but I gotta be honest I have h*ll hitting the bulls eye at a 100 yards with my AR, shooting iron sights I havent used a scope yet, I can hit all around the bulls eye but just not in it. A budy of mine who just got of the Marines does with no problem. I think Im jerking the trigger.

 

[bpisler]

I'am at my best with handguns but i'am getting
better with my defensive shotgun.I don't own
any rifles yet but i'am serious looking at some
type of 30-06.

 

[Low-Sci]

I shoot best what I practice most: My Tippmann Pro-Carbine .68 smoothbore.

 

[mp510]

My best shooting is with a rifle.

 

[lionking]

I shoot best with rifles,specially adjustable aperature sights ala military type rifles.
Worst is shotgun,till recently I sucked at clay shooting till a friend gave me pointers and I started hitting the clays more consistantly.Only been bird hunting a couple times also with mixed results.

 

[Ala Dan]

Handguns

In particular, 1911's and revolvers~!

 

[M2 Carbine]

I shoot everything equally good.

Or bad.

 

[Mauserguy]

I'm pretty good with a rifle, but I am faster with a shotty. Best of all, however is a handgun. I agree that revolvers are generally better.
Mauserguy

 

[rhubarb]

I shoot paper best


with a handgun.



Growing up hunting, I only shot rifles and shotguns. My old man (a crack shot) instructed me, "Hold it like this and pull the trigger. Ain't nothin to it." I didn't shoot a gun for 15 years until I recently got a handgun for defense and practiced. I now have a couple of rifles as well, but I must have never mastered the "hold it like this" as I can't shoot long guns for nothing.

 

[Twycross]

I am definitely at my best with a rifle. With shotguns, it depends on the target (can't hit a moving bird/clay for love or money). With pistols, I am pretty lame. I am getting better with practice, though.

 

[iliketoshootguns]

xd9, ruger mark 2, 92fs

 

[GeorgiaGlocker]

What do I shoot best? Anyone breaking into my home at 2:00am!

 

[Yakko]

Rifles.

 

[espanola]

Rifles

 

[Black Majik]

Handgun = 1911
Rifle = M1A/M14
Shotgun = 870

I shoot mostly with handguns however. Rifle and shotgun are my fun times when I'm bored shooting pistols. Those are my preferred platforms though

 

[Deanimator]

Handguns. I'm a bullseye pistol competitor.

But I can shoot a scoped rifle to 600 yards and beyond better than the average person.

 

[Smith357]

I used to be a very good shot with handgun, rifle, and shotgun. But my eysight has been getting worse with age so my rifles need optics because I cant see open sights anymore. I'm still pretty good with shotgun and handgun.

 

[Roadkill]

I'm good with both. Thing I shoot off best with though is my mouth.

rk

 

[AJAX22]

Shotguns and rifles.

I'm good at hitting things that move, stationary targets elude me a bit. mostly my eyes can't see well enough to pick out a squirl that stands still.

pistols have taken me a while to get proficient with. I wasn't raised with them cause their evil and they kill people and they cause childeren to become deranged killers and they make a house unsafe, etc.

If my mom only knew what I have now

 

[eastwood44mag]

Nothing

Non-crossing targets with a shotgun (straight-away fliers), or paper with a handgun.

 

[kansas45]

1.Shotgun's (because that's what I do the most).
2.Hand Gun's ( I've been practicing a lot).
3.Rifles (don't shoot them much anymore).