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Zero shooting medals is embarrassing

Posted on 7/31/24 at 11:53 am
Posted by lsu4life77
Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 7/31/24 at 11:53 am
Maybe we sent the wrong guys to the games. Should have picked from the streets of Chicago and Atlanta
This post was edited on 7/31/24 at 11:55 am
Posted by Oilfieldbiology
Member since Nov 2016
39948 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 12:02 pm to
Didn’t we just do this thread? And why would we send less accurate shooters?

If we were serious, we’d put riflery back in elementary and middle school PE
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
10914 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 12:16 pm to
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If we were serious, we’d put riflery back in elementary and middle school PE
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85118 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 1:19 pm to
zero chance this many people keep making this thread

is this coming from some meme or something?
Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
33125 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 1:28 pm to
They are not using AR 15s in competition?
Posted by SuperOcean
Member since Jun 2022
4585 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 1:31 pm to
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Maybe we sent the wrong guys to the games. Should have picked from the streets of Chicago and Atlanta



Is the target the size of a hippo ...and do they get 40 shots. I've seen enough videos on TD of shootouts/drivebys where 60!shots fired and every one walks away
Posted by Hangover Haven
Metry
Member since Oct 2013
29906 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 1:32 pm to
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Should have picked from the streets of Chicago and Atlanta


They way those guys shoot?
Posted by Bulldogblitz
In my house
Member since Dec 2018
28107 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 1:36 pm to
no no.... this board says we should all just be happy to be there.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53350 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 2:18 pm to
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we’d put riflery back in elementary


When were elementary school students shooting rifles in school?
Posted by MemphisGuy
Germantown, TN
Member since Nov 2023
10914 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 2:24 pm to
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no no.... this board says we should all just be happy to be there.
Posted by VADawg
Wherever
Member since Nov 2011
46943 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 2:32 pm to
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Should have picked from the streets of Chicago and Atlanta


Shooting a gun while holding it sideways is not a good technique for accuracy
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
85118 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 2:43 pm to
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no no.... this board says we should all just be happy to be there.


link?
Posted by chalmetteowl
Chalmette
Member since Jan 2008
51849 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 2:57 pm to
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I've seen enough videos on TD of shootouts/drivebys where 60!shots fired and every one walks away


Maybe they weren’t really trying to kill… scared of the consequences
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
104431 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:08 pm to
If the competition becomes climbing a tree and sitting in a saddle stand for 6 hours after a night of 6 bourbon high balls and a gallon of chili then shooting a deer and field dressing it yourself tell the Chinamen it’s game on

Shooting an air pistol at paper? They can have that shite
Posted by MSUDawg98
Ravens Flock
Member since Jan 2018
11637 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:09 pm to
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When were elementary school students shooting rifles in school?
We did. 6th grade always had a M-F camp at the district's "school forest". We did all kinds of stuff but I loved .22 shooting most. My dad was brought in the night before to go through basic gun safety and then our class spent the next morning shooting. It really broke up some of the boring stuff they made us do there.
Posted by tokenBoiler
Lafayette, Indiana
Member since Aug 2012
4835 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 3:30 pm to
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
28588 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 4:59 pm to
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Maybe we sent the wrong guys to the games.


I say this every Summer Olympics while the US loves guns we are a nation of plinkers and very few people are interested in precision shooting. I shot 3 position smallbore up through college until I was 23. I shot local, NCAA, national, international, and competed in the trials for the '88 games. Nobody ever had a clue what that was when I told them, still don't.

Shooting 120 shots in 180 minutes just doesn't get American gun enthusiasts interested. No clinking steel targets, no 2-liter Cokes/watermelons exploding and no ballistic gel hits bores the hell out of them. Switch over to something fast and dynamic like USPCA shooting and things change. "We" just don't like precision shooting at a level commensurate with our love of guns.


ETA I should add that the Olympics use small-bore rimfire and air rifle/pistol both are generally snubbed by US gun enthusiasts. We do do better in shotgun events overall.
This post was edited on 7/31/24 at 5:03 pm
Posted by A12 Oxcart
On the float out in the Belt
Member since Dec 2022
797 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 5:09 pm to
We usually medal in skeet, don't we?
Posted by IAmNERD
Member since May 2017
21733 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 5:34 pm to
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We usually medal in skeet, don't we?

Skeet and trap are pretty much almost the same except number of stations, right? We didn't medal in trap this year and skeet (mens) starts on Aug 2nd.
Posted by IHitthaLONGBALL
Member since Jul 2024
92 posts
Posted on 7/31/24 at 6:53 pm to
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Skeet and trap are pretty much almost the same except number of stations, right?


lol no. Not at all.

Derrick completely shite the bed for Men’s International trap and Kayle Browning(2020 Silver medalist) didn’t even qualify for 2024 on the women’s side. But we have the Greatest International Skeet shooter ever on the mens side and both of the girls for I-skeet are solid. Should be three medals(two Gold) coming for Men’s and Mixed teams. The women’s side is a toss up but I’d expect Austen to medal
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