‘That Wonderful Offhand Position‘ by Kris Battles
Offhand - bleh. I was privileged to watch a master shoot in this position, once.
A Corporal in the next relay is shooting the 200 sitting.
Bang. Maggie’s drawers. Bang. High and right. Bang. Low and left.
Some grumbling heard; the rifle is messed up. Got to be.
The range OIC, a Warrant Officer 4, strolls up.
Lemme see that weapon, son.
WO 4 tips the sign to the tower. All targets down to half but his. He slips his own magazine into the weapon, tosses it to his shoulder and rips off twenty rounds, offhand - just that quick.
His target goes down and comes back up with a single spot, middle of the bull.
“Aint’ the weapon, boy, it’s the shooter.”
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Cross posted to Space For Commerce.
Scoring for off-hand always sucked and I was lucky to stay on paper. I had to get serious with sittng, kneeling and prone to carry me through off-hand.
My youngest daughter and I went shooting with my oldest daughter’s off-road club (Off Camber) last night. She was on the firing line with my 12 gauge when a member said “She’s hot! Who brought her tonight?” My Son-in-Law stated “That’s my wife’s sister.” The dude looked embarrassed. I popped in with “That’s my daughter and I’m shooting next.” He looked scared and did a fade. It’s funny, both my daughters love to shoot. My son, just enough to stay comfortable. Times change.
Nice art work.
Semper Fi
Comment by RickM — 20080430 @ 1445