The nice thing about a .22 is that you just shoot the attacker twice. Once in each eye!
A pistol has sights, like most rifles (without scopes). If the rifle had a V shaped piece close to your eye and a bead of metal on the end, you lined up the bead in the V.
Pistols can be the same; it is just that the V and bead are closer together. So pistol, rifle... it's all the same. Iron Sights (as below), or Scope or Laser Dot, you just put it on the target, where you want the bullet to go, and gently squeeeeze the trigger.
(In this picture, the thin line is the "bead" and the U shape is the "V".)
Yargh, but the sights are hard to use! (Scopes are so much easier.) The laser sighting sounds kind of crazy easy, though. Like, at that point, is it even fair game?
I may have to try a pistol at some point. It just does strike me that the recoil would be nastier. Plus, the .22 with the scope was *so* much easier than the rifle with the iron sight.
But good to know that I can go shooting with you! <3
It's pretty amusing. And there's something to be said about picking up a hobby from someone who's really into it and more than willing to spend time trying to teach you how to do it properly.
And yeah, he's Mr. Crazy forever. He's been acting somewhat less crazy lately, but is still somewhat odd. (He's been merrily claiming that he *never* said anything about not wanting a relationship, not wanting to help someone move, etc. Oh, come on...)
Yeah, I definitely wanna get into it one day. Ben is anti-gun but he's down for archery. I toooootally wanna try that. Feel like a Katniss Everdeen or a Merida~ wahahahhahaaha.
Haha, that's good I suppose XD I still think you're too good for him but you said the sex was great so I'm happy for you ^_^ AND LOL at the relationship thing~ lololololol
I suck so badly at archery. I've tried it, but it just does not seem to be my thing.
I may be too good for him, but who knows? Regardless, the sex is good, he's company, and there are worst things. I am finding the whole "oh, I never said that" to be more than a bit hilarious, though. What a weirdo.
That sounds like a lot of fun. Cracks me up about you schooling that target too. Never underestimate someone with intelligence and independence. He's probably used to "girls" who flinch and act all skittery around anything their boyfriends are into. My wife did pretty much what you did our first time out to a range, with a 100 year old pistol no less. Since then, I have learned that (and yes, I'm going to generalize here) women who shoot, often take the time to do just that. They think about their target and they follow the order of things before letting the lead fly. Guys get out there and start blasting, with more of a spray and pray mindset on hitting a target. If women fought in wars, we would need more body bags.
It was quite fun. Sort of surprised I hit the target as well as I did, but I guess guns are kind of designed around the lowest common denominator, so they can't be *that* hard to use.
I don't think that Mr. Crazy thought I'd be all skittery. I suspect his caution had more to do with me not freaking out about something stupid and then being like, "I will never do this again, or be near a gun, because they're HORRIBLE!" And it never hurts to establish good habits.
I do think that, in general, women who shoot are probably more schooled about it. But that's in large part because there are an awful lot of guys who really do see guns as some macho/guy thing, while most women are doing it more because they enjoy shooting, or want to be able to shoot at something for a specific reason. If you removed the lower end of the "we like firing guns" sample, men would probably be better shots. Alas, I suspect that a good portion of people who like guns are in the "WEEE! GUNS!!!" side of the pool.
My dad taught me how to shoot, and was always very calm, professional, and careful with everything. That is until I was 16 or 17 and he bought a pump action shotgun. He went from zero to redneck in 6 seconds flat, shooting from the hip, blasting things at point blank range, and doing it all with a lunatic's grin on his face. I had never seen that side of him before.
Guns can be kinda zen. You block out thought of everything else and focus on just a few simple things. You compete only with yourself and get into it only as much as you want. It's all about personal choice. And killin' zombies.
Really? How hilarious. Then again, I guess I can see how it would be fun to just shred things. (Personally, I want squirrels dead.)
There is much to be said about anything where you can focus on a few simple things. I think that's why so many people like running, too. But guns are less likely to give me sore knees...
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The nice thing about a .22 is that you just shoot the attacker twice. Once in each eye!
A pistol has sights, like most rifles (without scopes). If the rifle had a V shaped piece close to your eye and a bead of metal on the end, you lined up the bead in the
V.
Pistols can be the same; it is just that the V and bead are closer together. So pistol, rifle... it's all the same. Iron Sights (as below), or Scope or Laser Dot, you just put it on the target, where you want the bullet to go, and gently squeeeeze the trigger.
(In this picture, the thin line is the "bead" and the U shape is the "V".)
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I may have to try a pistol at some point. It just does strike me that the recoil would be nastier. Plus, the .22 with the scope was *so* much easier than the rifle with the iron sight.
But good to know that I can go shooting with you! <3
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And yeah, he's Mr. Crazy forever. He's been acting somewhat less crazy lately, but is still somewhat odd. (He's been merrily claiming that he *never* said anything about not wanting a relationship, not wanting to help someone move, etc. Oh, come on...)
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Haha, that's good I suppose XD I still think you're too good for him but you said the sex was great so I'm happy for you ^_^ AND LOL at the relationship thing~ lololololol
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I may be too good for him, but who knows? Regardless, the sex is good, he's company, and there are worst things. I am finding the whole "oh, I never said that" to be more than a bit hilarious, though. What a weirdo.
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I don't think that Mr. Crazy thought I'd be all skittery. I suspect his caution had more to do with me not freaking out about something stupid and then being like, "I will never do this again, or be near a gun, because they're HORRIBLE!" And it never hurts to establish good habits.
I do think that, in general, women who shoot are probably more schooled about it. But that's in large part because there are an awful lot of guys who really do see guns as some macho/guy thing, while most women are doing it more because they enjoy shooting, or want to be able to shoot at something for a specific reason. If you removed the lower end of the "we like firing guns" sample, men would probably be better shots. Alas, I suspect that a good portion of people who like guns are in the "WEEE! GUNS!!!" side of the pool.
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My dad taught me how to shoot, and was always very calm, professional, and careful with everything. That is until I was 16 or 17 and he bought a pump action shotgun. He went from zero to redneck in 6 seconds flat, shooting from the hip, blasting things at point blank range, and doing it all with a lunatic's grin on his face. I had never seen that side of him before.
Guns can be kinda zen. You block out thought of everything else and focus on just a few simple things. You compete only with yourself and get into it only as much as you want. It's all about personal choice. And killin' zombies.
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There is much to be said about anything where you can focus on a few simple things. I think that's why so many people like running, too. But guns are less likely to give me sore knees...
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