In this video Colion goes to the Staccato range and joins three competition shooters to learn some of the in’s and outs of how they train. It is entertaining, but in the big picture he points out no matter how good or bad you are at something, don’t let embarrassment hold you back from learning something new.
I grew up in the country where I could freely shoot anywhere from right outside the door to hundreds of acres of woods and fields. I was in my mid 50’s before I went to a “shooting range” the first time. I was nervous, and on one of my early trips publically embarrassed by an RO screaming in my face because I walked behind the firing line with an empty pistol – I almost got thrown out for the day. Back on the farm nobody would have thought twice about me walking behind them with a loaded firearm, much less an empty one. I almost didn’t go back, but I am glad I did.
Great video… Great range, great people and great pistols.
One thing I’ve learned during my shooting journey… there’s no such thing like embarrassment on this field.
Each of us started one day, knowing nothing or a little. Maybe we did good, maybe not. But at some point we got knowledge, we practiced and became better (or not ).
I appreciate Instructors and better shooters when they show this understanding while teaching and shooting with others.
So whatever we do bad and then correct mistakes - it’s not embarrassment. It’s even opposite - it shows that we are willing to be better, more proficient, we are just not so good as others at this moment.
So… Never feel embarrassed on the range. Just shoot and try to be better next time, until you reach your limits. Then practice again.
Okay someone pls explain to me why walking behind the firing line with an empty pistol is bad. In the military I can understand why they do it. Was it not holstered or in a bag? I must be missing something here.
We’re too citified. The other thread with the electric fence video got me thinking about where and how I grew up, truly out in the country and part of nature. We had our 22s with us everywhere, we hunted with our 12 guages, and we fished in all the ponds and creeks. I’d lose myself for 12 hours a day in the summer exploring the backwaters in my little 12’ sears row boat with a 2.5 horse Evinrude. If not that, my little Honda XR75 took me everywhere.
And by the way, even as kids, we were often armed with real guns, but somehow we knew it was the most awful, horrifying thing in the world to shoot someone, and we NEVER messed around with our guns. We practiced all the safety rules, and still do.
That’s the problem today, guns are so foreign and scary and “forbidden fruit” to so many kids that we end up wuth f#cked up mass shooters.
People would freak out today at the idea of letting their 14 year old kids loose in the woods with a motorcycle and a 22 on their backs, but to us it was a typical summer day.
If you are escorted off the range because of a safety violation, feel embarrassed. You would have just learned a very important lesson though that you will not ever forget about. Do not quit but learn and move on, practice, practice, practice and train. Be safe out there!
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