So the new year has started and I've been to two shoots so far. The first is my latest adventure called Concealed Carry. This involves a gun, holster, and magazine holders. The idea is to get familiar with carrying your weapon and comfortable moving and shooting the gun. The scenarios are designed to help you learn to seek cover when you have to change out your magazines and look for the bad guys that are hiding from you.
This is why I started shooting (or buying guns). I wanted to try something out of the ordinary and shooting guns, for most people, isn't rather ordinary. As a kid I was always pretending I was a spy or private detective trying to catch the bad guy and not get shot. As an adult I can indulge this fantasy in a safe and fun way. Plus learn some very important survival skills. Not that I expect to ever need them but in the mean time I'm having fun. Plus I'm meeting new people and expanding my social circle. Another important part of my life.
So the other shooting competition is something I've been doing for the past year. Speed Steel is a competition where you are timed as you shoot metal plates set in different configurations. This is just pure fun. The competition part is really against yourself. Even though the times are set against all the shooters and you can see how you stack up against others, I find that the most enjoyment I get is seeing how I did versus the previous times I shot the steel.
The real reason for doing these shoots, besides just having fun, is to familiarize myself with the guns I own. If I have to shoot a gun in a real life situation, then I want to know that I will be familiar with how the gun works and what to expect when I pull the trigger.
It just makes sense.
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