Jim Taylor
A REMINDER
Friday, April 08, 2022, 06:59

I believe we need to be reminded from time to time that ..... "You don't really know your gun until you've run several thousand rounds through it." Practicing reloading ... practicing shooting from all sort of positions ... sitting, standing, laying down, walking, jogging ... lots of different ways. Shooting from "Field positions" ... unless you are practicing to be a bullseye shooter.

My friend Jack Pender shot bullseye .. punching paper .. for 40 years or more. He was at my house one summer and on the range people would come and say "Jack, try this gun." Jack would walk up to the line, load the gun, take his old shooting stance (one handed) and drill the target. With whatever was handed to him.
Some asked me, "What's his secret?"
His "secret" was that he had done that a million times. Or more.

There is no shortcut to becoming an accurate pistol shot.
Time on the trigger!
Dry-firing.... A Lot!
Shooting on the range .. at different ranges and targets.
It takes time .. training .. .practicing ... over and over and over.
And it is best to have someone with you. Shooting by ourselves we can develop poor habits and not even realize it. Practice with someone you trust.

So we are now in a time when ammo is hard to come by. Dry-fire more than ever. Be safe when you do it!

- NO LIVE AMMO IN THE SAME AREA
- DOUBLE AND TRIPLE CHECK EVERYTHING
- USE SNAP CAPS
- POINT ONLY TOWARD A SAFE DIRECTION SHOULD A LIVE ROUND BE PRESENT
- WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED PUT THE GUN AWAY AND DO NOT HANDLE ANOTHER FIREARM FOR MORE THAN AN HOUR!

SERIOUSLY!

I have lots of stories of an unwanted live round going off when no one was expecting it because they did not follow these simple ideas. We don't need more stories about it!

If you care to read it, here is an old article I wrote about PISTOLWORK ...

https://leverguns.com/articles/taylor/pistolwork.htm