Who here is an "expert"

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I'm not trying to start a braging contest or anything. This is a serious question. All B.S.ing aside. How much do you really train?

Speaking for myself, I on the average, have shot 1,000 rounds (on a slow month) over the last 15 years. The rounds are from rifles (22 - 50 bmg) and pistols (22 - 44mag).

I can strip down and work on pretty much all my weapons and have handled hundreds of different types of weapons in all my years of "collecting".

I don't claim to match my abilities with our boys in camo but I think I'm better trained than your average LEO in shooting abilities, reaction times etc. At least the ones out here in Cali, that's for sure. :evil:

What about you?
 
I shoot about the same amount as 50 Freak. I don't have a big collection, but everything I have gets shot on a regular basis, usually every weekend.

As far as a civilian shooting as good as an LEO, an average USPSA (C class) or IDPA (Sharpshooter) shooter can outshoot about 90% of the police officers in America.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr
 
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I have no idea how good I am compared to the people who compete. I do know that I qualify expert every time I fire for the m4/m16 and the m9. I work law enforcement for the air force and part time civilian. I also qualify (100/100) perfect for the state qual course. Dont think that means much as neither the state nor the Air Force's qual courses are that difficult. (Even the so-called "tactical courses for the M9 and M4 that the Air Force has gone to is pretty easy) I shoot as often as I can, just because i love guns. Wish that I had more opportunities to shoot. (Have the guns, the ammo, and usually the time...hard to find a place in the Montgomery, AL area)
 
shooting is pretty broad domain of knowledge. i'd say based on my experience and from reading posts here, that most of us are "expert" in one or more narrow bands of knowledge, but none of us know it all.
 
I'm an expert. In fact, I'm the only one in this forum professional enough to carry a GLOCK 40...

:p
 
I'm an expert. In fact, I'm the only one in this forum professional enough to carry a GLOCK 40...
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Dude, not so. I carry a Glock 40. I'M the only one professional enough to carry it. HONOR DEMANDS SATISFACTION!!

In all seriousness, I know more about firearms that your average joe, but wouldn't consider myself an expert. I don't have enough guns for that...yet.
 
I know for sure that there are some people on this forum that are experts in a wide array or firearms related topics (I am not one of them). I qualified with two 100 percent ratings and two 99+ percent ratings on the state law enforcement standards for North Carolina and four 100's for shotgun. I didn't think that the course of fire was exceptionally challenging, and everyone in my class passed. I haven't been shooting near long enough to call myself an expert.
 
I have only used the word "expert" on any forum in the reference to Winchester Xpert .22 ammo. If I ever do so otherwise - someone please just shoot me.

My mentors and elders...

"When you have arrived you have just announced your immaturity."

"Yes you may improve and get better - there will ALWAYS be someone better and faster - and he may be the BG"

Humility is having a 83 old man beat you like a drum with a gun(s) older than you are.

Satisfaction/ Gratitude is having that same old man teach you.

Justice is having a C Note on that old man and watching him beat the two young whippersnappers.

The old drill he did back when a LEO was 50 yds, yards not feet. Boy were those two suprised to see what Model 19 , with speeloaders could do - and how fast at 50 yds. :D

He beat me like a drum with a pump shotgun. He was sooo smooth, sooo fast,he just painted them out of the sky. I should have known - that gun case hadn't been able to zip in forever, the character of his shotgun by worn bluing should have said something to me...

Boy - I pay real close attention to the Men and Women with worn out gear and bluing off guns....I saddle up , introduce myself and ask persmisson to watch and learn.
 
Expert? I'm not even sure what that means? What makes somebody an expert? Is it measurable?

I've never been a drip under pressure so using Preacherman's definition I don't qualify.

I don't shoot 1,000 rounds per month either. Even so, I don't think that makes one an expert.

Regarding matching our boys in camo, you might be shocked at just how unexpert most of them are. You might be appalled at how little range time the average G.I. sees.
 
i have found, in most things (guns included) that the more you learn the more you realize how little you know :(
 
I know what I know, but there's a lot of territory I don't know a durn thing about.

pax

The only one of life's great pleasures of which there is never any satiety is learning. Anything else you do for your delight which you do long enough will eventually become tiresome, but learning never tires. Unfortunately, it has become fashionable to regard learning as a tool rather than an end in itself. It is customary to think that one learns "X" in order to do "Y." This may be true, but it is only a trivial aspect of the matter. Learning of any sort should be regarded as an end in itself, because it is the one attribute that lasts forever and can never be taken from you. -- Jeff Cooper
 
I usually qualify as expert or distinguished expert. That does not mean one heck of a lot because it is shooting at paper. Then: the one guy I will admit to shooting - a guy who tried to mug me - got shot by me, in his family jewels. One bullet made five holes, of those two were in private parts (entry and exit).. The bullet turned them from nuts into peanut butter. I guess, as it went from right to left through both of them, it did a favor for the world by giving a bad guy an unexpected, unintended, but wonderfully effective vasectomy. One moment I was an expert shot, then suddenly my shooting got worse but, my surgical skills improved immensely!

As far as being knowledgeable about guns, I do not know much except how to teach people to be safe and shoot. Upon retirement though, I may just have to consider becoming a surgeon.

All the best,
Glenn B
 
I am a pretty good goalie. I play all winter with the NHL alumni team in Minnesota. I hit the ice 4-5 times a week in the winter and 1-2 times a week in the summer.

As for guns, I'll defer to those of you who shoot 15,000K rounds a month.
 
While i consider myself well versed in subjects that i have to be competent in, whether professional or personal pursuits; i shy away from the moniker "expert". I prefer the term "RKI" (reasonably knowedgeable individual). YMMV
 
I am an expert at reading my own handwriting. I am absolutely, hands-down, no question, the best there is at it.

That's pretty much it for me.
 
The Marine Corps says that I'm a rifle expert, and even gave me a little fancy badge with little crossed M1s. Does that count?
 
My flight instructor always said:

'A good pilot is always in training.'

I try to apply that ideal to all aspects of my life.


I never try to claim I'm an expert an anything. I always snicker at someone who does.

You'll know a true Expert by his actions, they'll be busy doing, not trying to convince you of their expertness.
 
Okay, so no one here is an "expert".

Am I to assume everyone here is "above average" in their knowledge and handling of firearms?
 
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