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Originally Posted by HOLLiS
I think there are a lot of guys, who want the fast track to skill, by buying it. Same with buying all the latest do-dads so they shoot better. The mentality of, "Why work when I can buy it."...... A person can be the best shot in the world in competition, but when someone else is throwing lead at them they can not hit anything.
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Hollis:
The old statement in competition that "the easiest point you can get is one you buy" doesn't hold water in terms of issued service weapons for our guys in combat? If that is the case, the Army should take back all of those M-68 sights and ACOGs and let the guys go back to their irons as the primary sight.
I take it that anyone involved in any formal competitive shooting sport should be denied entry into the service and or removed from the service due to incompatability between sport shooting and combat?
So tell me why someone who is competitive in a shooting sport is less prone to be a better marksman in combat than someone who has never shot a firearm before Basic? Why would someone who can use a firearm precisely without conscious thought somehow be less prone to succeed in combat than someone who must still think about the act of shooting?
I say this because I have many friends who are Presidents Hundred and or Army Distinguished Riflemen and who have done quite well in combat in terms of providing accurate fire when being shot at. If anything, guys who have been competitive in High Power, 3 Gun, or IPSC have conditioned themselves to function under pressure, are goals focused, have critical thinking skills, and have a decently developed set of coping skills. You know as well as I that you don't get good at any competitive shooting discipline unless you have cultivated these mental skills to a much higher degree of refinement than J.S.R. coming out of Basic who has never had the discipline to focus his time and effort on this or any sport. It takes far less effort to re-focus the already well developed mental skills of a successful and disciplined competitive shooter towards combat than the average Joe with little weapons handling or marksmanship experience.
I also say this out of respect for my friend Tung Nguyen.
Gene