What makes you look good?

[MyGreenGuns]

My XD9 makes me feel like I'm shootin a laser. Its my favorite handgun and the #1 most shot firearm. I get lots of compliments at the range with it.

I went to Montana and wow'd my cousins friends with a Mosin m44. We set up 1 gallon jugs every 25 paces for a LONG way back. His friend gave me 3 rounds and I started at the furthest back and hit 3/3. I'm glad they didnt give me more than that, I dont know if I could have gone 5/5. But they didnt know that.

 

[ball3006]

Hanging around with all you guys......................chris3

 

[speedway]

I would take a 700 over a Bushmaster any day. You made a good trade!

 

[beatledog7]

Savage Model 25 in .223 produces 1.5" groups for me at 100 yds. I'm not all that good with a rifle, so this makes me feel like a flipping sniper!

 

[sarduy]

mine have to be my CMMG build, that thing hit everything i aim for with irons up to 300 yards... and mansize targets at 500 yards...

 

[MacTech]

My Savage 93R17-GV .17HMR bolt rifle, not the fanciest thing, just the basic "hardwood" (birch?) stocked heavy (varmint) barrel rifle, with a basic Bushnell 4-15X 40mm AO scope and a cheap Butler Creek bipod on it, but I can shoot less than dime-sized groups consistently at 50 to 100 yards

if I concentrate really hard, and the planets align, and the Flying Spaghetti Monster smiles down upon me, one-holers are possible, they don't happen all the time, I won't lie and claim I'm *that* good, but they do happen occasionally....

 

[Smokey in PHX]

Sometimes people will get a handgun or rifle that just fits him or her perfectly and they have a lot feel for the gun which promotes confidence. They find they can hit things better with that particular gun than others. Over time I have run into two one rifle hunters that very, very rarely needed more than the one shot to kill game. One had a pre-64 Mod 70 in 30-06 and the other had a Savage Model 99 in 30-30.

 

[Alex23]

My main Hunting gun. A Howa 1500 in 7mm Mag with a synthetic stock, stainless barrel and a Leupold 3-9x40 I had lying around. It is not exactly a good looking or fancy gun but I can shoot sub-MOA with it out to 200 yards without really trying. No idea why - my 'sniper' setup cost three times as much and isn't as easy...ho hum....

 

[woad_yurt]

For me, it's a no-dash S&W Model 67 with a Pachmayr Gripper. I can't miss.

I have to be honest, though, because I may have an unfair advantage. I've been reloading for some years now, always with the same load and always with the same type of gun (4" S&W K-frames.) After thousands of rounds, it's become a muscle memory thing. If one really wants to look good, one needs some serious consistency in arms and ammo and lots of rounds to burn.

 

[Jonah71]

My 2003 CZ 75 B. Love that gun. Even like the OD green frame..........finally.

 

[bannockburn]

For me that would be my Colt Combat Commander, with work done on it by Colts Custom Gun Shop. With its Gold Cup trigger, accurized barrel, custom sights, and 185 gr. ammo, this gun makes everybody shooting it look good.

 

[mortablunt]

What makes me look good? Seemingly absolutely and not at all tactical and yet coming up as somehow rather skilled. I am not at all outwardly tactical, but I still show up with old stock rifles and manage to compete with modern AR's and other such things.

EDIT: Another thing that makes me look good is handling a full size battle rifle with skill and certainty.

 

[skoro]

My Ruger 22/45. With that thing, people think I'm a pretty decent pistol shot. Wish I could replicate that with my centerfire handguns.

 

[bigfatdave]

Ruger mkIII, lightly modified with drop-in parts, deleted parts, and TLC - stock sights
Ruger 10/22 in fake M1 Carbine stock with a sling - tech-sights
Henry lever carbine, bone stock - stock sights

I've embarrassed scoped rifle (some centerfire) shooters at the 100-yard mark with all three ... some people think they can bolt accuracy on to their rifles, for some reason.

I just noticed that all three are rimfire guns, and none are particularly expensive guns either ... interesting.

My Walther P.1 makes me look good if you're watching the target, and it makes me look like a jerk if you're standing to the left (the direction it throws brass)
My KelTec sub2000 makes me look good in "cheap PCC matches"
My KT P32 makes me look good when I meet race-gun snobs
My Citadel compact 1911 makes me look good when someone's Kimber is broken. Again.

 

[kayak-man]

I like shotguns, mainly my pump 870. I feel like I can't miss the clay (although I do) and I work the action without thinking.

On the other hand, last tuesday I was shooting a Falling steel match at the gun club (Hey, I've got to brag about this to somebody). You're only allowed 6 rounds in the magazine, and as I was chambering a round, I fumbled with the slide, and had a failure-to-feed (completely my fault, not the guns) Not wanting to hold everyone up, I just racked the slide again, and figured I'd just start with 5 in the mag. When the slide locked back, I dropped the mag, and somehow a new one just apeared in the gun and the slide was back in battery. I hit the last three targets, and one that round. Afterwords the R.O. said that it was a "text-book perfect reload" I wish he would have elaborated, because I still have no idea how I did that

Oh, and I look good in a tux.

Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson

 

[SARDiver]

To answer the original question: Distance.


As far as guns go? The Springfield XD-M in 9mm. I don't own one, but was out at a range one day, and some poor guy was trying to hit a steel target at 15 yards. Couldn't tag it, no matter how many rounds he fired. I swung by to make polite conversation, and offered him my H&K P30 to try out. He had moderate success with it, and offered to let me shoot his XD-M. Fifteen rounds, fifteen "DINGS" on the steel. "I guess it's not the gun," he said as I laid the weapon back down.

Heh. Nope. Not the gun.