Beretta686
New member
When I first got into shooting, I remember someone telling me that if you can shoot a handgun well, you can shoot a rifle well.
Here I am, 20 something years later and I'd consider myself an excellent shot with a pistol, both from a practical ("I'm going to shoot that there") and a marksman's (shooting tight groups) perspective.
However, I consider myself merely an above-average shot with a rifle. In the Army I can usually qualify Expert with the M4, but that's not exactly setting the word on fire, nor have I ever hit 40 out of 40.
I'm curious if anyone has noticed a bleed-over in skills from your pistol shooting to your rifle shooting or vice-versa? I haven't found much improvement in mine, but then I haven't really put the focus on shooting rifles that well.
Here I am, 20 something years later and I'd consider myself an excellent shot with a pistol, both from a practical ("I'm going to shoot that there") and a marksman's (shooting tight groups) perspective.
However, I consider myself merely an above-average shot with a rifle. In the Army I can usually qualify Expert with the M4, but that's not exactly setting the word on fire, nor have I ever hit 40 out of 40.
I'm curious if anyone has noticed a bleed-over in skills from your pistol shooting to your rifle shooting or vice-versa? I haven't found much improvement in mine, but then I haven't really put the focus on shooting rifles that well.