Aim Small, Miss Small

So, I Love shooting. I don't shoot to kill, but I do shoot for fun and practice. Last night I went shooting with my oldest brother and two of his friends. There is most definitely a difference in shooting preference between me and the guys. I was shooting my DiamondBack 6 shot Colt 22 Revolver and they were each shooting their own 45's. I did shoot a couple rounds off with the 45's, and don't get me wrong, I love shooting their guns, but I am and always will be particularly biased towards my DiamondBack. Sadly my Colt is having mechanical issues, (it was my dads when he was a boy, and he gave it to me when I was about nine or ten) so I didn't get to shoot as much as I would have liked

However, I'm not writing to tell you all of that... I am writing to tell you about precision. Precision; 1)the state or quality of being precise 2)accuracy; exactness. I am a precision shooter. I like to be able to hit targets roughly the size of a bottle cap. Now, I cannot actually do this because I'm out of practice and my guns not sited properly (It shoots about three inches to high), But I like to work on this goal, and hope to one day accomplish it.  My brother and his friends are satisfied with hitting the target. Don't doubt them, they are good shots, but they aren't concerned about where they hit their targets.

My brothers best friend made a good point last night about precision vs. hitting, and that was; you aren't gonna be very far away from your target with a handgun. Handguns are for close combat unless forced to use it from a farther distance. I enjoy the precision because if it came to it, and I really had to shot somebody, I wouldn't wanna actually kill them. Wound them, yes, but not kill them. I say this for two reasons; 1) If some body is harming me, or threatening me, it doesn't give me the right to out right kill them 2) If they do something so bad where it would come to killing, I want to hit where I'm shooting, and not make them suffer.

Now, there will always be more to this topic (especially when it comes to killing somebody [In self- defence only of course]), but that is a topic for another time.

I will always believe that consistent precision is better than "just hitting" the target. And I mean this for more than just shooting guns. Aim Small, Miss Small is a philosophy that can be used throughout life. If you plan on reaching a goal, don't look wide for the target. Shoot as straight as you can, and if you miss at least it won't be by much.

Aim for the moon, if you miss at least you'll land among the stars!!!

Lydia S.