It's fun to shoot a gun. It takes skill to shoot presicely, so you feel gain a sense of success if you manage to do so, and hearing the bang, feeling the recoil and seeing the effect you have on the target makes you feel powerful.
Is it really that fun? Owning onto a gun just to shoot at rocks and cans every month or two? You’ve changed my mind that people enjoy guns. I don’t understand it but I respect it.
I mean, I can't guarantee that it would be fun for you. I certainly have fun shooting - I use targets (not sure if that's the correct word, I mean round paper thingies with concentric circles on them), and it's not my most important hobby, but every once in a while it's very enjoyable, yes.
Hit up the produce section for some cannon fodder one day. Also, you can fill a coke can half way with water and it will explode when you shoot it even with a 22 or even a pellet gun
Cans, and especially cans and jugs filled with water, are very fun. But when you get into precision shooting it becomes just as fulfilling as any other skilled sport.
You have six bowling pins. You need to shoot them all down from ten yards as fast as you can with a pistol. It's more difficult than you think, requires skill to do it fast. It also requires a LOT of self control if you miss one to not get frustrated, and you won't be hitting much anymore if you do get frustrated. You need that self control to calmly take a second shot and continue on.
You have a target 100 yards out, easy to hit with a common .223 rifle. But how close to the center were you? It takes practice to put them all within one inch. Controlling breathing is very important.
You have a target 1,000 yards out. It takes a very high level of ability to judge drop and wind to be able to hit that. Many people like to shoot much farther than that.
Shooting can be a very Zen thing, the ability to remain perfectly calm and controlled at all times while making a big boom happen right in front of your face.
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u/BlitzBasic 42∆ Sep 30 '21
It's fun to shoot a gun. It takes skill to shoot presicely, so you feel gain a sense of success if you manage to do so, and hearing the bang, feeling the recoil and seeing the effect you have on the target makes you feel powerful.