GOB...I also noticed that..just forgot to mention it. They don't have any power anymore. Well I guess it's all about safety, ya know? Seriously..we could shoot at and hit blackbirds etc from a good distance. I am sure we did many a bird in at 25-30 yds. I don't think BB's are as large as bore size anymore either..or even close.
Adam I'll bet that was an eye opening experience. I don't think the average person realizes how much work goes into shooting well. I teach shotgun shooting. I prefer to teach women. Men are all born as Americans knowing everything there is to know about shooting. I have given a couple of shooting classes to the local sheriff's office deputies. Usually opens their eyes too. They can surely teach me about handgun shooting but they spend very little time learning to shoot the ol pump guns they carry. Most think if you point it in the right direction you can't miss. Most of my women students learn at twice the rate of the male students. BUT the males keep the knowledge while women usually forget it if they don't continue to shoot. I have a lady who's great desire is to shoot better than her..well...significant other....and his friends. She just got back from the Dakotas pheasant hunting.. and she shot well. Soon she is off to England for driven bird shooting and then to Spain for some other grouse shooting. Every year she comes back to see me before Dove season here and almost has to learn from scratch.... till this year. She remembered the last lessons of last year pretty well. BTW she shot better than the boyfriend last year and felt a little selfconscious because of it. . Got that changed now too....and did I mention she's rich?? And pretty nice looking too. Oh well!!
