I understand why they use the word "should" for engaging safety when moving and not engaging targets as not all guns have thumb safety.
Well real guns do!
I can tell that I have 100's of pictures of shooters reloading and moving and even in those there are times that I look and think I see I finger in there, but then blow it up and it isn't
Interesting.
I hear and appreciate all the advice on an r.o. not taking away the fun of shooting if you do not feel sure, but as a shooter I'm thinking that if I live on the 180 or with my finger 0.1" away from a bad spot then I might be begging for problems.
When I coached I never let me guys complain about being called pinned. There were a number of times guys were called pinned and were not. But I made them take the responsibility. I always told them that if they were not on their back a bad pin call could not happen.
Keep wondering about the notion of teaching personal responsibility.
Can't be good for popularity.
It wasn't always "well received" when my track coach made me run LSD (Long, Slow, Distance) but he made me run longer distances than I thought I could and made sure quitting was not an option.
Running long distances obviously didn't stick with me, but not quitting did.
I spent most of my life as a wrestler, wrestling coach or wrestling official. When I coached I never let me guys complain about being called pinned. There were a number of times guys were called pinned and were not. But I made them take the responsibility. I always told them that if they were not on their back a bad pin call could not happen. If you play with fire you are going to get burnt. Keep that finger clearly away and you won't have a problem. It costs no time and it takes things away from the RO and puts you in control. Bad calls in any sport happen when things are close and confused. In USPSA the shooter can control a lot.
I gave up running in early March of 1992. I have the body to prove it. Running is stupid.
I think the last time I "ran" without someone chasing me with a knife was in the early 1980s. I am actually more svelte now than then, but I do not correlate that fact with running or not.
News flash no one mistake you or me for a runner. And who would want that reputation anyway.
coach, when i wrestled for you back in 98-99, you could still hit a pretty good clip. you caught my ass, and i was not exactly slow at the time.
coach, when i wrestled for you back in 98-99, you could still hit a pretty good clip. you caught my ass, and i was not exactly slow at the time.
I am good in the short distances but not marathons like 40 yards. Plus that was a long time ago. I quit running regularly in 1992.
Just be glad you can still take off quickly without passing gas.
Seems like that starts around 55 or so.