Sharing Secrets

[OldMtnMan]

I'm thinking for hunting. Both hands and teeth.

[smylee grouch]

I, like I'm sure most here have been at this for a long time (50+ ) years and have shot in organized shooting matches or out hunting in about 10 states and 3 Canadian provinces. For most of those years I only shot off hand but the last 10+ years I shot bench and cross X matches. When I started into that bench/cross X shooting I asked a lot of questions to the top National match winners and never once did I get turned down. Muzzle loading guys, no matter what type are a pretty generous bunch. Pretty much displayed here on this forum too as long as you show some respect when asking.

[little joe]

I, like I'm sure most here have been at this for a long time (50+ ) years and have shot in organized shooting matches or out hunting in about 10 states and 3 Canadian provinces. For most of those years I only shot off hand but the last 10+ years I shot bench and cross X matches. When I started into that bench/cross X shooting I asked a lot of questions to the top National match winners and never once did I get turned down. Muzzle loading guys, no matter what type are a pretty generous bunch. Pretty much displayed here on this forum too as long as you show some respect when asking.

Shooting 50 yrs and no secrets however 50 yrs ago there were a lot of secrets and I vowed if I was ever ale to help some one it was free.

[smylee grouch]

I really have no secrets but one thing that helped me a lot when shooting offhand was my rifle standing in the corner between my kitchen and dinning room as I would pick the rifle up and sight on a spot on the wall every other time I passed by.

[Bob Roller]

On more than one occasion I have been asked if there were any "secrets" to making locks or triggers
and my answer has always been to "select the materials needed and then remove everything that doesn't
look like a lock or trigger".
Bob Roller

[Prairie dog shooter]

No, everything I know I learned from someone else.  So pass that knowledge along to others.  Some secret mojo aint gonna win matches for you.  You have to hold her steady and squeeze the trigger to do that.   

[Daryl]

No secrets.

[StevenV]

At our club in Southeastern Pa we tell everything. We want you to beat us so that makes us better. Shooting with weak competition does nothing to improve your skills or anybody else's . It's to the point if you need something we will make it for you or give it to you. I have  given one of my "competition" .40cal.guns to one of our members for a year with balls, powder and patching until he got one made for himself. He is one of the best shooters and has beaten me with the gun. I couldn't be happier for him. If your not enjoying shooting or are constantly coming in last you won't be shooting long. We want more blackpowder   shooters, we will do anything to help you enjoy your shooting experience.  Steve

[alacran]

There are no secrets in shooting. Ned Roberts, in his book the Muzzleloading Caplock Rifle, details how he was taught to shoot.
The U. S. Army marksmanship manual gives a comprehensive treatise on shooting. There are many more . All of them stress practice.
I can't say I was self taught, because most what I know about shooting came to me by reading, as I have not a mentor.
However the vagaries of shooting with black powder I learned mostly from my late friends Bruce Schwindt and Jim Fleming.

[Darkhorse]

The only secrets I have are not about shooting but instead about Lock Tuneing, especially about trigger work. The man who sorta mentored me in this believed strongly that knowledge about trigger pull methods were too dangerous to be openly shared. His reason on this was that many shooters end up with dangerous triggers. Not only for themselves but others also. Remembering trigger work I had done for people over the years on CF weapons I tended to agree with him. Still do.
But some will share their knowledge. Sometime back I had a problem with a lock I had never experienced. Thanks to Taylor and Mr. Jim Chambers my lock problem is now fixed. More important to me is I've added another chapter of knowledge about locks and how they work.
So I think some secrets should be shared while some may be kept closely.
Many thanks Jim and Taylor.

[Daryl]

Yeah, we used to get a lot of funny looks shooting with one hand  and the other hand behind our backs!

All kidding aside you could hold a rifle rock solid with your left hand your right hand your shoulder and your teeth all holding on to it and one way or another.

Like to see that with Taylor's .50 Virginia.  You'd need strong teeth and/or neck muscles for an 11 pound rifle.