Shooters vs Competitors.

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Having been on the is Forum for several months II notice that there are more "Pleasure Shooters" posting here than actual Compeditors.
This really saysout of all those revolvers sold a good many went to pleasire shooters! The se Pleasure shooters are one knowlegable bunch who kno a LOT of tricks and treasures and they aren't afraid to teach and share with us newbes! Thanks for that guys!
It seems like our guns get a pretty good wringig out each weekend or even in the mid week and lots of lead flies in the persuit of targeting and fun!
Man this is good to see and read! Tomorrow is my common shooting day and I plan on using the last 1/2 can of Pyrodex all up in the persuit of a perfect group!
Hope you all enjoy yourselves also and you compeditors do your BEST!
ZVP
 
These days I just shoot by myself and I enjoy it but a little one on one competition would be fun now and then
 
i probably should keep my big fat yap shut but oh well. i quit going to competitions due to all kinds of shenanigans. everything from who gets the favorable shooting points or the better sunlight/weather/time of day conditions etc. (hipower rifle)
...another interesting observations include un-safe gun handling especially at cowboy action shoots.
....also observed bum spotting info passed on to new shooters....gets kinda old.
....i have gone full circle, started shooting as an individual endeavor, moved to social/competitive shooting and now am back to individual shooting, lol. bobn
 
Don't feel bad about all the little contraversorys, they go on in every Competition (We used to show a Class "A" Arabian Stallion") Talk about politics and contraversy!!! The stress wasn't just on the show time but before and after! It plays out everywhere there is money or fame to win...
I can understand your going to shooting by yourself!
ZVP
 
No question.....

.....which group I belong to.

I have not shot for competition since 1986 when I shot for my medal in the Navy with .45 and M14.

Since then I have never fired a shot while another person was present. To me, two people shooting is more than twice as dangerous as one person shooting.

I do agree that attending the meets provides excellent experience and an opportunity to compare techniques and learn new things. I know and accept that my quirky ways deprives me of that privilege. But I am not changing now.

As regards shenanagans, no other shooter would tolerate my shenanagans. I am too slow, too disorganized, too finnicky. I enjoy the fact that I only get off about a hundred rounds in a four hour period.
 
Mykeal, you better get a better grip on that sense of humor. It's starting to show up fairly often now.:D
 
Competitor.
If it isn't a match (BPCR for this forum) then it is gun, ammo, or skill improvement.
I just don't get motivated to load ammo, take gear to the range, shoot, clean, take gear home, clean brass, repeat; just for a jolly day out plinking with the good old boys and I certainly don't indulge in solitary vice.

observed bum spotting info passed on to new shooters
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That is a sad commentary on some bunch of so called sportsmen.
My usual BPCR MS partner is a better shot than be by maybe 10-15%.
But he is a better spotter by at least 25%. He can put me on targets in conditions that look beyond my capability, which can put my scores (nearly) as high as his. And I have shot with a couple of others similar. They are real sportsmen.
 
There is a level of gaming in competition shooting, part is normal but a few take it to extremes. I do enjoy the informal shoots I do but they are not a very serious group, at least until beerthirty.


mykeal, what are you putting in your coffee? I want some.:D
 
No performance enhancing substances whatsoever. I'm inspired by the level of discourse in the forum. Some of this stuff is just priceless, yes?
 
Most competitors I am acquainted with were all helpful friendly folks. The uber serious types who tried to buy a bullseye by paying more for gadgets and gun tune ups and ultra fancy ammo never seemed to be at many matches and from their shooting apparently not much time on the range. On the other hand there were a few who could really shoot but were tail ends of an equine. I doubt it had anything to do with their shooting, some people are just that way and I see more of them on the range than I do in matches.
 
Im an odd one but i dont shoot for competition or fun, purely for sport. Being out of work now im in the desert everyday toting either a winchester or colt and dont pull the trigger unless my sites are on fur. I spend too much time putting together period catridges to shoot em for kicks, that got old 10 years ago!
 
I spend too much time putting together period catridges to shoot em for kicks, that got old 10 years ago!
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I feel sorry for you.
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Me too. To me, getting to shoot them is what makes reloading cartridges worth the effort..

Personally I don't see anything fun or sporting about killing just because you can
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I don't either, but I believe Timothy75 meant he only shoots out of necessity. I may be wrong, bu that's how it came across to me.
 
Many years ago I shot in serious competition matches. Olympic & ISU style or the old "fullbore" military competition.
I quit shooting in formal competition a while back as the one thing that attracted me to formal competitive matches faded away & was replaced with "administrative staff".
To me one of the best things about shooting, as opposed to other sports, was the clear-cut nature of the competition & the good spirit that accompanied shooting with (an antique obsolete term) Gentlemen. Those were the competitors you'd face every match sometimes winning sometimes not. Judging targets at the "Wailing Wall" could be ferocious, but after the dust settled winners & losers congratulated each other on the match, adjourned to the clubhouse & dissected the day over equal parts of malted beverages & good company.

Once aggregate handicaps Gadgetry & such things broke the field down to always scoring 97.375, year in, year out, it lost the fine focus, concentration & comradeship of the "old days" & I quit going to such events. If you shot (past tense) for score you really shot against yourself, & your last, best score. Sure, others were present, but they were doing the same thing. Now its administrated to death & the "winner" is frequently decided by gamesmanship, not skills. Because of this I shoot just for fun, informally, I'm a pinker.
 
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