Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Christmas Present Ideas?

[Nathan Odle <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

>Plus, serious target shooting turns out to be more 
>expensive than you might guess, or at least it was for a 
>teenager back then.
>  
>
I hear that.  Today it's probably even worse!  Just a brick of good .22 
ammo is $30.  God forbid that you want to shoot something centerfire and 
non-military surplus.  I'm just happy that I only shoot a few rounds of 
$1/cartridge centerfire hunting ammo a year.  Even reloading is still 
pretty expensive, but definitely cheaper for shotgun shells or 
centerfire for running through plinkers like a .223. 

>Now, my dad had been a first alternate to the US Olympic Team in
>Rifle in 1952, which meant I *could* have inherited some real skills
>in that domain, but between having my mom's lousy eyesight and some
>expected regression to the mean, it became clear that I wasn't
>gifted that way.
>  
>
It's funny how that sort of thing "runs in the family".  Shooting, like 
any sport, depends on such a combination of skills and traits that 
missing out on even one of them can throw the whole thing off.  My 
brother is probably a better rifle shot than me, due largely I believe 
to his abilty to control himself - but on the other hand I can usually 
take him at on the sporting clays course and international skeet due to 
quick reaction times (as long as we're tossing out qualifications...gold 
medalist in Show-Me Games when I was a kid :-) ).  My dad on the other 
hand, is an unbelievable shot with both rifle and shotgun - especially 
how much he practices these days, which is pretty rarely.  So you never 
know, maybe you did inherit some of that skill, just not on the rifle 
range... :)

-N

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