Rifle Shooting

I was randomly trawling around the Net the other day when I came across my scores from last year's shooting competition. And I was fairly surprised at my scores! Turns out that I'm not too bad with a rifle. And I really love the 0.22 small bore rifles. They are just so fun to shoot!

Okay, I know that my scores weren't earth shatteringly impressive (only in the 80%-tile). But I'm happy with the scores nonetheless. I'm not dedicated enough to train rigorously for it. I guess that I have to thank all the many hours I had spent on first person shooters, for my score. I only join competitions for fun as I shoot for the fun factor. I just like the feeling of squeezing the trigger and have a gun go off. Bang!!

Shooting a rifle is very different from shooting a pistol. I definitely suck at pistol. I don't have enough patience to wait for it. I tend to anticipate my shots and squeeze them off before it's ready. Rifles are more fun to shoot with. I can just pick one up and fire off a few rounds accurately. That's why it's fun to shoot. Just pick it up, squeeze, recoil, reload, rinse and repeat. Fun!!!

I actually thought of buying an air pistol and bringing it home with me. It's not too expensive and it doesn't require a license to own in the UK. It would be a fun, and potentially useful, toy to have. Unfortunately, according to a family friend who is an SP back home, we require a license to own an air pistol at home. Seeing that I do not have a license, I would not be able to bring it home. So, I guess that it's back to first person shooters for me! Saves me the money too!

PS: I actually got an entry form sent to me the other day, from the NRA, for another competition coming up. Was very interesting since I had never received anything like this before!