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Learning How to Shoot Better By Randy Lawrence
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Sporting
Clays
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Leon Measures is a zealot. His testimony about overcoming a malformed
right arm, a dominant left eye, and a normally fatal disease make
the rest of his spiel, the part about kids shooting aspirins out
of the air with BB guns, even more credible. |
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like all zealots, Measures is always looking for converts. His
book, and especially his fine video, Shoot Where You Look ($90
package or $25 for the book, $80 for the video; Shoot Where You
Look, 408 Fair Street, Dept. SC, Livingston, TX 77351; (713) 457-1250),
should make believers aplenty. |
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Ilseng taught with BB guns, as did various military units. Bob
Brister wrote up the practice in his signature work Shotgunning:
The Art and Science. Measures has portioned out his program into
strict, week-long drills with a meticulous grounding in safety.
Students are instructed to watch one segment at a time, then go
out and -- Rule 10 of Measures' omnipresent checklist --"practice,
practice, practice." |
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Everyone knows that shotgunning expertise eventually comes down
to piling up empty hulls, an expensive proposition at best.
The BB gun system puts day - and even night - practice into
backyards and small, vacant lots. Thousands of inexpensive,
noiseless, no-recoil BB rounds are punched into boxes, buckets,
tennis balls, and finally, those pesky aspirin tablets. Shoot
where you look, and the pills go poof.
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There is a fussy, paternal tone to Measures' teaching that, at
times, I find grating. But there is no denying the results he
gets, nor the obvious dedication and affection he has for young
people and the shooting sports. The book is a workbook, with good
illustrations and room for lots of notes; the video features clear,
professional, over-the-barrel shooting sequences overlaying an
appealing sense of appealing sense of conviction that is the basis
for any effective coaching style. This would be a terrific program
for an adult to work through with his or her child-let alone several
adults going through and helping each other shore up their wingshooting.
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