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How good of a shot are you? TRUTHFULLY?

MercuryMercury Member Posts: 7,830 ✭✭✭
edited April 2002 in General Discussion
OK........fess up! How good of a shot are you with a pistol or rifle?

I just started shooting pistols recently, and am just "ok" I would say. Though, I'm better than some of the people who were shooting at one of the "fun" matches they had recently. :) Sheesh.....I wouldn't embarass myself like a couple people did. They shot 40 rounds and couldn't hit all 10 4" targets from 15 yards!

I'm a decent shot with a rifle.....got the "marksman" award when I was in the Air Force. (Prolly wouldn't even qualify for the army with that!) But they said "This is the only time you'll ever touch a weapon".....and it was!

So......just how good ARE you? Truthfully now......

Merc




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  • jujujuju Member Posts: 6,321 ✭
    edited November -1
    Just fair with a pistol though I shoot a lot better with my Glock than any other handgun I own. I can see the sights on it clearly. I am gettin old.
    With a rifle, off hand not a rest I shoot pretty well, better than most probably. Been doing it most of my life. Off a rest the best shot I ever made was 375 yards,(measured with witnesses) hit the deer about 1/2" from where I hoped to. Used a mdl 70 featherweight in .270 cal. Took a crow in the top of a tree in a fairly strong wind at 200 yds with a remington .222 w/ a bipod, prone position. (got a pic of the crow, again with witnesses. I have won a few bets shooting long guns. I have since upgraded to a browning A-bolt stainless stalker in 300 winmag. I consistantly bust clay pigeons at 150 yds with it, again off hand ( yes I use a scope, on the deer also - I aint that good) Best damn gun I ever owned, just fits me perfect and I love the balance.
    Bottom line I guess is that if I can see it I can probably hit it with a rifle. With a handgun I should use it to get back to my long gun which I shouldnt have put doen in the first place.
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    Pistol - I can too hit the broad side of a barn. At 25yrd I can hit the target center mass. Depending on the pistol I can usually get 3" groups from about 15yrds.
    I just got a 1/2", 4 shot group at 100yrds last weekend with my 22-250. Thats the best I've ever done. With my other rifles it varies between 1 1/2 - 2" at 100yrds. I'm starting to work on my 2-300 yard shooting.

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  • TorinoTorino Member Posts: 27 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    NRA Cert. Sharp Shooter working on Expert,Service Rifle 2,3&600 Yds.
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  • varmit huntervarmit hunter Member Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Depends on time of day, Day of the month,If I know what month it is, And if I have had sex in the past four months.Uh make that six months.

    A unarmed man is a subject.A armed man is a citizen.
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  • pickenuppickenup Member Posts: 22,844 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I had no idea how it was going to shoot, so when a few years ago, the first time I took my new .223 to the range, I emptied a mag (30 rnds.)into the 25 yard target. I could almost cover the hole with a dime. I moved over to 100 yards and off a sand bag (but not wasting any time) I emptied a mag and could cover the hole with a half dollar. That was the first time I took it out. It does take some getting used to, having the action right next to your ear with a Steyr USR though. Mostly 10's with very few 9's at 15 yards, with my hand gun over the last few years.

    If I knew then, what I know now.
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    Rifle does good. That bottom shot is me though.

    "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." -Plato

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  • gunpaqgunpaq Member Posts: 4,607 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pretty fair shot but could never compare to my father, my sister got his marksmanship genes. Since the truck accident do most shooting sitting so got back into pistols. Interesting enough, I was a better shot with a rock solid steady hand (left, as the right was healing) while on morphine prior to the last operation.

    Pack slow, fall stable, pull high, hit dead center.
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  • sealyonsealyon Member Posts: 313 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Shooting paper I'd rate myself barely adequate with a pistol and slightly above average with a rifle. Put some hair and a heartbeat on the target and I seem to improve a lot. Don't know if my concentration increases or the fact that I'll go without some good meat causes it
    or just luck
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    I can hit very well at 25 yds. with my S&W model 66 and my Glock 17. Other handguns, not as well.

    Fired expert in Army basic with an M-14, shooting targets at 75, 150 and 300 meters. I was younger then with steadier hands and better eyes.

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  • sandman2234sandman2234 Member Posts: 894 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I can hit the broad side of a barn everytime, as long as I am standing inside of it.

    Have Gun, will travel
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  • niklasalniklasal Member Posts: 776 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I got to agree, the GLock is darn accurate.

    A few weeks ago, I was an OKAY shooter with my glock 22. I hit the paper somewhere near the middle at 25 yards.

    When I got my Sig229, I could barely do that. My shots were everywhere. I found the Sig difficult to shoot, enough so that when I emptied the magazine on the Sig I picked up my GLock and shot like NEVER before.

    My Glock was shooting 3 inch groups at 15 yards EASY. I was amazed.

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  • agloreaglore Member Posts: 6,012
    edited November -1
    Well I can hold 2" groups with the 535 grain woodlieghs in my 500 AHR at 75 yards. My 480 Ruger is sighted dead on minute of pepsi can at 100 yards witgh 390 grain bullets.

    AlleninAlaska aglore@gci.net

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  • old single shotsold single shots Member Posts: 3,594
    edited November -1
    Not as good as i was 20 years ago.Must be that sex thing Varmint Hunter is talking about.
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  • RembrandtRembrandt Member Posts: 4,486 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Shotgun...if I've been practicing and shooting regularly, can break about 90%+ of the clay birds.

    Handgun...off hand position I can keep them on the paper, but need more practice. (Scored a 97.2 on CCW test, it didn't seem to be that difficult a course)

    Rifle....good enough drop most game in one shot, not proficient enough to compete. Shoot smallbore Silhouette....always a humbling experience.
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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I qualify expert with the pistol for the Corps every time, same goes for the rifle. I usually qualify expert with the rifle before leaving the 200 yd. line, if you are familiar with the new course, you will know thats pretty good. I hold a bronze medal from the '99 Far East Division Matches, and from the same event the Lockheimer-?? medal for the team match. I finished 33rd at the Marine Corps Match, also in 99. I could have done better, I was tyro that year, and a little green, so I dont feel too bad about it, well... yes I do, I had the second silver going into the last day and blew it!! The sun does strange things, if you dont have the experience, you are screwed. As far as minute of angle goes, I've never met a gun that couldnt shoot better than me, keeps ya humble. Sometimes though, you get the rare chance to show off, and it actually works, here is one for ya. About 3 weeks ago my brother in law was down for a visit with his family. We went to the woods, long story short here. I'd left a scent bottle tied by a string in a tree about 20 ft. up in the air, it was hanging there, and I wanted the bottle down for future use. I told him I'd have to shoot it down cause I wasnt sure how else to get it, cant climb up it. I was carrying my 454 Casull SRH. He thought I was so full of $#!t, it was funny. I pulled up on it, aimed at the string on the limb, fired, and the bottle landed at my feet, one neat cut through the string. GOD am I glad I dont have to do that again, probably wouldnt happen in a million years! Thank God for very big diameter bullets too.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    If'n you'da had to shoot again, yer hand would hurt. Damn cannons!

    "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." -Plato

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  • robsgunsrobsguns Member Posts: 4,581 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    will,
    Your right, but... I had 45 Colt loads in it, now that I think about it, shoot, I wonder if its even sighted in for the REAL loads??? Cant remember.

    SSgt Ryan E. Roberts, USMC
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    Can't blame you there! Gruntled now owns my old SRH, damn thing hurt me!

    "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." -Plato

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  • PiadeaPiadea Member Posts: 146 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Not as good as I used to be. Qualified expert with both pistol and M1 (does that tell you how long ago it was?) Used to shoot bullseye matches and was pretty decent. Now I see what some of these guys can do on the competition circuit and am amazed. The main thing is I shoot as much as I can, enjoy it, and am generally pleased with the results. Some days are definetly better than others.
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  • BlueTicBlueTic Member Posts: 4,072
    edited November -1
    Oh - Yeah - I shoot better'n playin golf. My first round in 2years I had 120 strokes. Laughed the whole way - thinkin give me my shotgun and I'll take care of that muligan...

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  • William81William81 Member Posts: 25,351 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I see a pattern forming here. Many have reported "not as good as I used to be."...That would also be my answer. As my eyes have aged, I find myself buying short barrel handguns so I can still line up the sights. I only compete with myself now....All of my guns are far more accurate than me...
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  • dobieman0690dobieman0690 Member Posts: 148 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    with my 586 S&W under 1/2 in at 50 yds my 223 will shoot at .2 all day
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  • budmottbudmott Member Posts: 155 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    With my Wilson 1911 at 25 yds, ya know that
    left antenna on a nat.......

    bud

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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Having taken guests to the range in the past, I can say that I shoot better than a lot of them, making me probably an above average shot in America. I can keep my rounds in the "boiler room" at typical defensive shooting ranges, while my guests have usually tended to find themselves shooting people in the crotch consistently or missing the silhouette frequently. I can group my rounds nicely with a handgun where they'll do the most good. That's good enough for me. I've killed moving targets like rabbit with a shotgun and knocked a bird from a tree with a scoped .22, so I'm not at a loss there either. I don't participate in competition but I've never been very interested in whether I'm "better" than somebody else. I'm more interested in selecting reliable guns, carrying them enough to be used to the feel of it & aware of the quirks of any carry system I use -- and finally, selecting effective ammunition and having enough of it in case of a sustained civil situation.

    I'm a good enough shot for close combat and just "crazy" enough to take action, not freeze up at the critical moment. Which just means I don't have any doubt I'm capable of acting when the balloon goes up. That's good enough for me, though if Gunsite were around here I'd probably enjoy the course.
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    Edited by - offeror on 04/20/2002 18:16:28
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  • BoltactionManBoltactionMan Member Posts: 2,048 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Better than some worse than others.

    Handgun--Always qualified expert in my old police reserve days. Probably could keep 'em ducking enough to run away now.

    Rifle--Most of my rifles shoot about 1-1.5 inch groups. Either that or I can only make them shoot 1-1.5 inch groups. (Bet on the latter) Can usually scratch down my game though.

    Shotgun--80% tops on trap.

    KC
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  • alledanalledan Member Posts: 19,541
    edited November -1
    I shot expert with the M-14 in the USMC but that was then! Age and other calamities have reduced my ability quite a bit. I wouldn't bring in any great scores in rifle comp but i can still take down a deer.
    I am greatful to still have a little hunting ability left.

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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Expert USMC each time of qualification.
    High shooter Platoon 192 Parris Island.
    Qualified for and shot on Battalion team.
    High shooter Police Academy ('74) set record of 249/250 that stood for 7 years. (I still dispute the 4 they gave me. The person next to me had fired on my target numerous times during training and I had a hole the size of a lemon in the center of the target and one 4. I believe they just didn't want a small town cop getting the first 'possible')

    Now, kinda like alledan said, that was then and this is now. Still got the know how, just don't have the tools (eyes mostly). But I can shoot the sheet.


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  • AlpineAlpine Member Posts: 15,092 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Can hit what I aim at with a rifle. I prefer the smaller caliber (225) to the larger ones.
    Hand gun: Have won some competition combat style.
    Trap: Can shoot 25 50% of the time. Currently that is all the shooting I am doing. I love breaking those clays.
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  • will270winwill270win Member Posts: 4,845
    edited November -1
    On the old Marine Corps rifle range I shot a 244 out of 250. Nowadays we have a new range that is a little tougher to me and I can manage a 44 outta 65. That's just barely expert.

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  • offerorofferor Member Posts: 8,625 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    mrmike reminded me of something -- I once proved to a friend that he was wrong about the fact that his snubbie "couldn't hit the side of a barn" by using his snubbie to consistently hit close to a floating can in a creek one time. I've never been afraid of snubbies at combat distances. They're about as accurate as somewhat longer barrels, you just have to learn to use that short site radius adequately.

    -- Life NRA Member
    "If dishonorable men shoot unarmed men with army guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and not by general deprivation of constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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  • PelicanPelican Member Posts: 1,061 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey offerer, had a buddy could hit a steel plate about 16 inches wide by 36 inches high 4 shots outa 5 with a 2" chief at roughly 120 yards. Now, I ain't gonna tell ya how much ammo he burned up learning where to hold to do that, but to folks that didn't know it was quite impressive.

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  • Shootist3006Shootist3006 Member Posts: 4,171
    edited November -1
    Wrote a whole long discussion just to say how great I was and then * the trigger on this here machine and erased it all.

    Fair with a pistol (Just got back from my pistol club's annual award dinner with a big trophy and a lot of cash)

    Used to be pretty good with a rifle, expert 12 years running in the Corps, 1st MAW rifle team, trip or two to Camp Perry (where I learned that I wasn't near as good as I thought I was).

    I really can't shoot a shotgun worth a damn Can run 25 once or twice a year in skeet and shoot in the mid-to-high 80's (most of the time in clays)

    I'm at my best (world class) with the super soaker. Let me get close and you are all 'washed up'

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  • SCREWEDUPSCREWEDUP Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    WITH RIFLE 30-06 SPRINGFIELD 95% MILK JUG BUSTER ET 100YARDS THATS ALL THE RANGE GOES TO.WITH SHOTGUN I CAN POP ABOUT 98% OF CLAY PIGEONS THROWN. PISTOL 9MM GLOCK 17 - CAN HIT OUT TO 50 FT ABOUT 60% OF TIME, 10-12FT. 80% OF TIME IN 8,9,&10 RINGS.
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  • dheffleydheffley Member Posts: 25,000 ✭
    edited November -1
    Qualified Expert in the Corp's. Have been a very good shot until the last 7 or 8 years. The eyes went bad, and so did the pistol shooting. Still very good with a scoped rifle, but that doesn't count to me. I'm going to have lasik surgery latter this year, and I expecting the shooting to improve to its previous level.

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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Actually pretty good. I qualified Navy Expert Rifle in 1954 the first time I ever fired a Garand. Qualified Air Force Expert in '57 and '58 with an M1 Carbine. Qualified Expert Pistol in the Air Force with a 1911 in '58. (Or was that with a 1958 in '11) Have never fired any weapon using a scope.

    Mudge the marksman

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  • PupPup Member Posts: 217 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Pistol....Shot a 528 ave. in bullseye my first year with iron sights. Second year jumped to 541 with a red dot. This year got a 565 ave. Went from unclassified to sharpshooter to expert in three years.
    Shotgun....Have a couple of dozen 25 straight trap patches. Shot in leauge a few years back with a handicap of 24 yards. Getting back into it now after a several year layoff. Went to a shoot and shot 25 straight on the second round of targets after not having shot trap in about 5 years.
    Rifle....Not too bad from a rest or prone, but need a lot of practice from the offhand position.
    Slingshot....Goliath beware!


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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    Navy in '54? Air Force in '57 & '58?

    Damn, Mudge! Yer one OLD sumbitch.

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  • jastrjastr Member Posts: 463 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I normally go too my shooting spot between 1 and 2 times a week. I am relativley proficient with various handguns. I can always hit the paper plates on the tree........hmm. sometimes my friends and I will set out a soup can at 50 yrds then we will line up and each take 1 shot till we hit it. Last time it took me 4 shots before I hit it. As far as rifles go... I can hit a basketball at 700 yrds with my m1a..

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  • mudgemudge Member Posts: 4,225 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    LowRider....I Should have clarified that I was in the Naval Reserve in '53-'55. But I AM old.

    Mudge the geezer

    I can't come to work today. The voices said, STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS!
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  • LowriderLowrider Member Posts: 6,587
    edited November -1
    At 53 years old I don't get to hard-* people about their age nearly as much as I used to.

    Lord Lowrider the LoquaciousMember:Secret Select Society of Suave Stylish Smoking Jackets She was only a fisherman's daughter,But when she saw my rod she reeled.
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