He wanted to practice shooting left handed since we found out he is left eye dominate, so we took his S&W 22A for him to practice with and I mostly used my .45.
I set up a couple of targets (paper plates with stickers) and we took turns with him using the left one and me using the right.
I guess we were standing about 35 feet back, which has been a pretty standard distance for me to practice. When it was my turn to shoot, he told me if I paused between each shot, he'd watch where the empty brass flew and he'd retrieve them for me from the high grass we were standing in. What a guy.
The first shot I took hit the sticker just a little off center. The rest were all pretty close to that same first hit.
I shot through a mag of 7 rounds and then popped in a fresh mag and went through 7 more. I couldn't believe how close all 14 were, so I took down the target and put up a fresh one so I could brag about it without peppering the rest of the plate. :D
While he was shooting, I noticed that he's really getting a little better with that left handed stuff...I'm sure it feels pretty awkward. I've actually never tried it, but I probably should, just in case I'm ever in the situation where I couldn't use my right hand.
Anyhow, here's the brag target with the 14 holes from my Kimber. BOOYAH!
After we got home, I stripped them down and cleaned them and I think I did a job that even Jay would be proud of.
Yay me.
11 comments:
Great target. I knew you could do it.
Now you need to take it to the conservation club's tag team of airsoft instructors.
Looks like pretty good shooting to me. A bad day at the range beats a good day at home.
TooTall
I'm not seeing *anything* wrong? Clue me in ;)
Target only proves to me, I need more practice. Nice Group!
Well done, Grasshopper
That must be the "one ragged hole" all the gunwriters like to yammer about. Awesome shooting.
Thank yewww, thank yewww...
Prof, It didn't start out as one hole...I just happened to obliterate what was hanging on inbetween several! :p
Impressive. Incredible. At 10 yds., I couldn't do that with a 5 shot group with an iron sighted rifle on a rest. Can barely keep all the shots on the plate with a handgun.
But, now that you have the rest of us feeling inadequate, what do your normal groups look like?
"...what do your normal groups look like?"
BUCK SHOT!! :-p
"BUCK SHOT!! :-p"
Odd how those two words have something in common with sumthin else. Clue? B & S ;)
Oooops. I misspoke, as I'm wont to do on the interweb. My rifle iron sight shots are usually 25 yds. So, I could get pretty good groups at 10 yds. or ~35 ft.
My handgun groups at 10 yds. are probably over 5" (on the plate if I used a plate.) But I seldom shoot handguns so haven't become proficient.
I've heard someone somewhere say "practice breeds proficiency"...
(see, Jay? I'm listening...)
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