Skywalker Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 For me shooting is everything... ...dominating the inert metal to have it behave like I command it to do... ...and nothing... ...discovering I'm no good master... Shooting brings relaxation and peace... ...when I use my body and mind to absorb the recoil energy of my gun... ...along with a deep stress feeling... ...when I invariably discover I haven't carried on what I had planned to do... Shooting is fire and ice colliding... ...when under the competition pressure you're boiling up but can find that remote spot in your mind to free yourself from all expectations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongHair1957 Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 The Essence of Shooting, which is "invisible" and beyond intellectual understanding. This essence always expresses itself in a tangible form that can be apprehended by the senses. Phenomena are changeable, but pervading all such phenomena is a constant reality known as "GM" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sterling White Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Brian, The essence of shooting...is like trying to calculate the hours spent shirking at the speedy steel game! Why do we do it - only the man upstairs will only know because its an addiction - possibly a sickness! Sterling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precision40 Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 The essence of shooting is hitting your point of aim with the first shot, not the 2nd or 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdj Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Interesting question and very difficult to form the answer in words but it would be something like: Shooting is a lens which projects my inner state onto the objective world for me to see and polish or more prosaically Shooting is a really cool way of transforming money into bang and flash Reading through these replies, the shooting community (as represented on the BE forums) is far closer to the ideal of the philosopher than to the bunch of "kill 'em all" gun-toters that some of the masses would expect Kevin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray S. Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Shooting is like golf, except that shooting is fun. I've never seen anyone (yet) stomp on their gun, try to break it in half or throw it into a pond after a bad shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reneet Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Shooting is a blast! More fun than ... Energizes the body and mind. Lifelong friendships. Lifetime sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bberkley Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 Shooting is one of my hobbies that commands the most mental and physical focus, yet allows me to only think about shooting. It is an abject exercise in exceeding my self-imposed mental and physical limitations. The lightbulb lit for me this past weekend, and I shot the best stage I ever have in 2 years of shooting USPSA. Its time to revisit Brian's book, as I think I've "got it" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 The essence of shooting is to keep the gun pointed at the target until the bullet leaves the barrel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j1b Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 Ray S You've obviously never watched me shoot JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wide45 Posted April 17, 2004 Share Posted April 17, 2004 Thanks to AikiDale, the Tao Te Ching, Benos, Mike Dalton, and Don Hamilton. We work with the substantial,but the emptiness is what we use. they only score the holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnsyk Posted April 18, 2004 Share Posted April 18, 2004 To project your influence at a distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imbel40 Posted April 19, 2004 Share Posted April 19, 2004 Shooting is the essence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigsaxdog Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 the essence of shooting is the learning how, the proper preparation for the expected ideal. for the best, it will never end.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baikie Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 The essence of shooting is having as much FUN as possable. Meeting new friends and enjoying old friends while doing something that is higly additive. Baikie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
50cal Posted April 20, 2004 Share Posted April 20, 2004 Personally, I love the combination of a gorgeous, tricked out, gun painstakingly tuned to the Nth degree and an ammo bag filled with meticulously assembled ammo. The essence of shooting is when absolutely every detail matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driver8M3 Posted April 21, 2004 Share Posted April 21, 2004 the essence of shooting is the perfect integration of mental and physical exertion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Kwiat Posted April 22, 2004 Share Posted April 22, 2004 The Essence of Shooting? I'd have to say "sulpher mixed with perspiration". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRD Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I don't think shooting has an essence, really. Asking what the essence of shooting is is like asking what the essence of writing is. What is the crucial component of writing? Putting pen to paper? Shooting means different things to different people at different times. It can be no more than a pure emotionless utility harvesting dinner or as much as a vehicle for personal self-understanding or even therapy. In one moment it can serve to help you focus, or serve to distract you the next. Shooting can liberate or oppress. If anything can be said about shooting's essence, it has to be it's malleability. It can be everything, or nothing. War and peace and everything in between. - Gabe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singlestack Posted April 23, 2004 Share Posted April 23, 2004 I hope this comes out right. I'm not a wordsmith and I find this difficult to describe. For me, the essence has been the journey to find the way to balance and harness the things I love about the sport with results. I love the Adrenalin, excitement, speed, Adrenalin, pressure, competition, Adrenalin. Did I mention Adrenalin? All the things I love interfere with what I love. Results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vito Kingsnake Posted April 24, 2004 Share Posted April 24, 2004 For me the essence of shooting... Is a harmonious balance of man ( man or woman ) and machine. In one word "perfection". Shooting A's with your body instinctively reacting to what you're seeing and experiencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9x23 Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Di Vita Posted April 25, 2004 Share Posted April 25, 2004 Action without thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Posted April 26, 2004 Share Posted April 26, 2004 you and the timer paper and steel pushing the limits of yourself and your gear constrained only by your conscious thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shooter Grrl Posted April 27, 2004 Share Posted April 27, 2004 gunpowder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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