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Would it possible or at least plausible for someone with no prior experience of handling or shooting firearms to become a good shooter? (sopuli.xyz)
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I have heard my fair share of tall tales of how someone went up for their military service and they got noticed as a good shooter and got sent or at least invited to join the marksman course.

My question

But what I would like to know is if someone, let's say in their late twenties to mid thirties was to be forced by some event of their life to pick up shooting as a means of survival, like hunting, would it be possible for that person to become a better than average shooter, admiting they had the time and resources to practice.

I am aware some individuals may have knack for some activity or skill or something alike it but shooting, in my understanding, is more about early introduction and constant practice than just inate skill.

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[โ€“] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

It's actually much easier to teach someone with zero experience to shoot than it is someone who learned wrong.

I've been through an NRA (I know) rifle course and it actually is a well thought out presentation of the materials that can get a zero experience shooter hitting 10 shots in a 3" circle from 50ft standing with a .22 rifle in a weekend. I've seen it!

That said, finding such a class, interacting with people, paying with money, etc. isn't for everyone, so I present the open source, some assemy required version:

https://socialistra.org/edu/

Also, find your dominant eye and don't fight using that hand to shoot, even if it's not the one you normally use.

https://www.allaboutvision.com/eye-care/eye-tests/dominant-eye-test/

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

    There's absolutely nothing wrong with the NRA rifle courses; the instructional courses are where the NRA really shines. The NRA as a 501(c)(4) is great. It's the NRA-ILA that's a steaming pile of shit.

    The Socialist IRA is... Very dependent on the chapter. Some are fantastic, amazing groups. Some are very cliquish, and you're going to need to know your theory cold and never, ever voice any contrary opinions in order to get membership. (E.g., if I say that I think that come degree of professional policing is necessary, both because not all criminals are a product of material circumstances, and because 'community policing' can be the autobahn to vigilantism and night riders, that would get me thrown out of some chapters.)

    There's also the Liberal Gun Club, which has some pretty decent people in it, but they're as scattered as the SocialistIRA is.

    Operation Blazing Sword lists instructors that are willing to work with LGBTQ+ people; I'm on there for one of the states.

    Appleseed events are a great way of learning the basics of rifle shooting over 2 days. Some of the history they teach as fact is highly suspect--it's more the American myth than American history---but they nominally keep contemporary politics out of it.

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