Go to: fox5atlanta.com and check out the results of a pol on Face Book of who is a better shot. Look on the local news tab and scroll down to see the article and how to vote. I'll agree women are easier to teach because they don't have the built in cowboy complex. Story is interesting. Vote away!Later,
Fat Billy
Recoil is how you know primer ignition is complete.
Over the years, I've found that women who want to shoot are more receptive to instruction and end up being better shots that guys....and yes, the lack of ego is a big part of it.
Last edited by Jayhawker; 01-28-2013 at 06:54 PM.
The .270 Winchester is a "damned adequate coyote rifle." -Elmer Keith
Firearm Safety Rule #8 : No matter how responsible he may seem, never give a loaded gun to a monkey.
Of all the Soldiers I have instructed, I have found that women are better shooters...Female Soldiers with a MOS that allows them to play in the band, shoot better durring CQC than Male Soldiers of a comparable MOS.
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Look up the records of all shooting disciplines. Where are the women?
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson
I have a cousin in the area near Soctt. She had never shot a handgun before.I had at the time, a Buckmark and a .38 S&W. I showed her how to align sights on the target, and she got ALL ten .22s in the X ring, as well as 4 of 5 38s in the center. She had no preconceived notions or ideas of how to aim or shoot. I set up a second target and she repeated the performance, with one improvement. She got all 5 38s in the X ring. We went to a local gun shop and I got her a 380. She shoots regularly, and is quite, quite good with it. Scott-remember Anne?Originally Posted by Jayhawker
Sure do...she and the wife still talk occasionally...
The .270 Winchester is a "damned adequate coyote rifle." -Elmer Keith
Firearm Safety Rule #8 : No matter how responsible he may seem, never give a loaded gun to a monkey.
Seriously? We all know they were sent back to the Kitchen....Why put their names in a book, they shouldn't be reading.
If My wife sees this, I won't be typing for a while....
"To have really lived, you must have almost died. To those who have fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know."
Just had a woman Gold Medal winner in trap, 5th Olympic medal in as many Olympics if I remember correctly (too tired to google it). While women in general tend to learn faster and get better quicker, they don't tend to take to competitive shooting like men do. So as a whole women tend to get better quicker but in the long run SOME men tend to take to it a lot more seriously.
"Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching." General George S. Patton
Look at the womens record on a shooting discipline. Then look up the mens record in the same......
"The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not." Thomas Jefferson
All things being equal, my money would be on the woman.
This ^
The gears turn faster on women from my experience. But, if a guy actually gets into gear, they seem to take it to a higher level of capability. Physical design tends to allow the man to run a gun better. If they can train their brain first.
Lord, make me fast and accurate. Let my aim be true and my hands faster than those who would seek to destroy me. Grant me victory over my foes and those that wish to do harm to me and mine. But Lord, if today be the day that you call me home, let me die in a pile of empty brass.
Most definitely the woman.
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"It's far easier to start out learning to be precise and then speeding up, than it is having never "mastered" the weapon, and trying to be precise." - Dan C
My wife is pretty good at shooting down anything I think is fun, does that count?
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I tell you what-- I remember my parents coming back from "range dates" with my step-dad all pissed off because my mom would mop the floor with him. When me and my brothers got a bit older and started to hold our own while shooting, mom would come through and smoke us-- clays, revolvers, pistols, rifles. It didn't matter. My mom is one bad mother behind a trigger!
Jerm:
That happened in our family, too; but, the funny thing is Mom, also,
out shot Dad's army reserve unit that day, also.
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Which goes right to the point I was making before. My wife smokes most guys I know in Trap, shooting 23-24s all day long. BUT it means very little to her and there are a few guys at the range that are CONSISTENT 99-100 shooters. She enjoys being good and she got there pretty fast but she would NEVER put in what it takes to take it to the next level and if she doen't shoot for a few months she's Ok with that. She's probably that good because there is no stress in her shooting since it means little to her outside of just being fun.
Same with IDPA, both my girls are good pistol shots and both trained very well and enjoy it, but after a match neither of them will ever bother looking at the scores or their standing because it means absolutely nothing to them. It's just a fun day out with Dad. My son on the other hand is relentless in his endeavor for becoming a better shot and takes it almost ridiculously seriously. Took him a lot longer to GET IT but now he is striving to be the best he can be and counts every round he shoots and bullseyes like they were heartbeats. He actually misses it when he can't get out to shoot.
"Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching." General George S. Patton
I did lots of remedial Instruction for qualification for NYCPD, especially female desk jockeys that were dumped without ceremony onto the streets, at that time female Officers were flunked and not helped much, these were serious students that wanted to learn, and I never had even one student that did not pass with flying colors, in fact some of them became serious competition on various teams and the local bowling pin shoots once the shooting bug bit them.
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And I may say, you do not improve with age."
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