Were you a Natural at shooting?

[steve123]

Not bragging by any means but being a former state champion in several rifle disciplines as well as a world champion in my pistol division at the time, I guess I was a natural.

My daughter is ridiculous, with almost no experience shooting at age 10, and with a little instruction from me, she beat all the boys at a 25Y 22rf rifle match, except one accomplished 16 year old. I was so proud of her.

For the rest of her life up until she was 35, she hadn't shot hardly at all. She came to stay with my wife and I for the summer after she left a corrupt situation in the corporate world, and in between starting her own design business. This was just last summer 2019.
We invited her to a Field Target air rifle match and I let her shoot with my equipment. She literally won freestyle division her first time, which is shocking!!!!!!! Heck I only beat her by a few points in a separate division I was shooting in. She also outscored some other state champs as well as a national champ that shoots in our club.
For the rest of the summer she won that same division. That girl has ice in her veins!
We shoot the match on Saturday and on Sunday we shoot the course over again for fun. Twice she shot a perfect score!
WHO does that?????!!!!!!!!!!!! Now if that's not a natural talent for shooting I don't know what is!

 

[Stan Taylor]

I myself was a lot like the muleman growing up,a BB gun and an old Polk stalk of my grand pa, went in the marine Corp an I was hooked wanted to be a world class shooter after service,developed a handicap started shooting long range benchrest, an a former shooter I shot with give me a nickname Bobble head but he always applauded me when I shot well, I used my military training as a tool improvise,overcome, an adapt,so I'm definitely not a natural but I faired pretty well.

 

[Ranger188]

Started young shooting the big grasshoppers with a BB gun. Then birds and chipmunks.
I'm surprised there is any left in the state of Michigan.
Then was runner up for my area shooting those horrible fancy adjustable sighted Daisy
Red Rider looking target BB gun. The rich kids had theirs tuned up, I had to use the ones
laying around. Couldn't afford a new one.
Then bought a 10/22 and started to split playing cards with it and the Rem. T22lr ammo
Had to put the shooting aside ( partly )to make a life and money.
Got back into shooting heavy the last 6 yrs, and have learned a lot.
The equipment has advance greatly also.
It's always been fun.

 

[D-4297]

My identical twin brother was a real natural , from the time he touched a rifle at age seven . I was a "natural" with a handgun , and he was average with a handgun . So I worked at becoming a good rifle shot to compete with him , and get on the local Jr. Club team . Still working at getting good .