I do target shooting as a hobby but I’m genuinely curious. The US is known (for better and worse) for it’s culture of gun ownership but the US is also know for widely differing experiences

  • Erik@discuss.online
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    9 days ago

    I didn’t write the above, but it might be recoil. For example, a 12 gauge kicks a lot more than a 5.56.

    • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
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      9 days ago

      The recoil didn’t help, but I think the main thing for me was the lack of a feedback loop. I hit the pigeon or I didn’t, and I can’t really see how good my tracking was other than that. Target shooting, I could see if I had a near miss, a hit, or a bullseye.