I can shoot straight, if I don’t have to shoot too far. — Gone With The Wind

A few of you have shot with me, and know that I’m no sniper or gunfighter.  I’m better than some, equal with a few, and not even close to as good as most.  “Fair to middling” is how I describe my skills.   I’m passable with a pistol, not bad with a shotgun, and OK with a rifle.

This is mostly due to the amount of time I can devote to practice, and all I have are excuses on that front.  It takes a lot out of a very limited pool of free time and excess funds to travel to the range.  I don’t dry fire enough.  I don’t do dime and washer drills to improve my trigger pull.

But I do what I can do.  Joining KPDL and committing to get to matches forces me to get out at least once a month and have goals for improvement.  I’ve started working on bad habits, and I’m trying to unlearn 30 years of things like crossing my thumbs.  I’ll keep working, and hopefully I’ll keep improving.  Spring is a wonderful time to go to the range here in Kentucky, and I’m going to try to take advantage of it.