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If You Shoot 22 Rim Fire, Make Sure You Have A Bottle Of Whisky Handy!!
11 January 2015, 13:48
SaeedIf You Shoot 22 Rim Fire, Make Sure You Have A Bottle Of Whisky Handy!!
I was talking to a good friend of mine in the US the other day.
We got to talking about the strange things that happen when one shoots 22 rim fire for accuracy.
He told me one of the best shooters has told him once that the most important thing to have while shooting 22 rim fire is a bottle of whisky handy.
As one will need it!
Now, what do people like me who do not drink do??
11 January 2015, 15:42
DMCI*Hah! In your case I would recommend a .44 mag hollow point then.
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12 January 2015, 04:22
Mike MichalskiI quit drinking long before I tried to shoot a .22 very accurately. Good thing!
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12 January 2015, 08:11
TomPI went to a smallish rimfire benchrest shoot this morning, drizzle and switchy winds. Perhaps engage in a little meditation...
TomP
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12 January 2015, 11:30
Idaho SharpshooterSaeed,
do you realize that people who do not drink feel as good first thing in the morning when they wake up as they are going to that day...?
13 January 2015, 00:15
jfromswkISS, I probably have no more than 6 or 7 redbeers (nothing else) a month on average. Does that qualify me as a drinker, non-drinker, or just plain LAZY? J
13 January 2015, 11:13
watermanAlcohol is a depressant. If you are a serious student of 22 rimfire accuracy, you may well be depressed enough, without chemical assistance. Something to cheer you up may be more useful. Perhaps meditation, prayer or sex.
24 January 2016, 16:24
Hammer47quote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
I was talking to a good friend of mine in the US the other day.
We got to talking about the strange things that happen when one shoots 22 rim fire for accuracy.
He told me one of the best shooters has told him once that the most important thing to have while shooting 22 rim fire is a bottle of whisky handy.
As one will need it!
Now, what do people like me who do not drink do??
START.
24 January 2016, 19:46
KimRYep!22 RF BR shooters spend 1/3 of their time finding a load(then buying all they can afford);1/3 shooting matches;1/3 looking for a load when they run out of #1.Not only lot# but machine# matters.
Then again at our last box bird shoot 54chaps paid $750 entry fee for 30 bird race+$10/practice bird+$150compulsory money.Whose crazier???
02 March 2016, 22:19
Pa.FrankThere is demon's in them thar bottles...
Gave that stuff up years ago..
Just the occasional Gin & tonic or Beer..
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22 March 2016, 07:37
TREE 'EMquote:
Originally posted by waterman:
Alcohol is a depressant. If you are a serious student of 22 rimfire accuracy, you may well be depressed enough, without chemical assistance. Something to cheer you up may be more useful. Perhaps meditation, prayer or sex.
I meditate and pray for sex all the time and it hasn't helped my shooting one bit.
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22 March 2016, 07:42
Grenadierquote:
Originally posted by Saeed:
Now, what do people like me who do not drink do??
Use it for a target!
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08 April 2016, 02:20
arkypeteThe bottle of whiskey can add to my chances of winning. I'd go around with the bottle a handful of small plastic cups and offer any and all a couple fingers.
Jim
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24 April 2016, 19:53
RichJayscene from 13th Warrior about not being able to consume fermented grain.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNYpmddyX9ARich
29 July 2016, 09:19
Bren7X64Col Charles Askins used to take a shot of white lightning before a match.
Citation from "Unrepentant Sinner"
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05 September 2016, 23:41
Wstrnhuntrquote:
Originally posted by TREE 'EM:
quote:
Originally posted by waterman:
Alcohol is a depressant. If you are a serious student of 22 rimfire accuracy, you may well be depressed enough, without chemical assistance. Something to cheer you up may be more useful. Perhaps meditation, prayer or sex.
I meditate and pray for sex all the time and it hasn't helped my shooting one bit.
I dont think waterman was suggesting that praying FOR sex could somehow improve our shooting..
07 September 2016, 12:21
watermanIf your prayers were answered with positive results, perhaps improved shooting would not be so important.
If your prayers are not answered with positive result, perhaps the answer is to be more diligent when practicing your shooting.