[SJAaz]

Not sure about this post, Mattwalt if this is a little "out of character" for this forum, feel free to scrub it.

Anyway, been hot here. My shooting pard has been coming less since school started, so I have been shooting a little in doors. Been staying hydrated maybe a little to much. (Bud light). So hugo (pard) shows up about an hour before dark.

I said "I don't know Lad, I've been hitting the beer and I don't think that is a good example to set for young men". Anyhow, we went outside and shot. Man I shot better than I have for days. Come to think of it, I was loaded last time I shot like that!

So...We talk and talk about release. Once you get your stance and anchor point down, it is ALL about release. Sober, I just can't make myself let that last little bit of pressure off to make a clean shot. I call it the yips. I suspect a lot of us would improve if not for them. Drinking dulls the senses and throws balance and timing off. But it also calms the nerves.

Now I'm not advocating that we turn into a bunch of toss pots, I bring this up to say how important that last little half second is to accurate shooting. There must be some way..some exercise... some tonic that I/we could follow that would help this delicate condition. This sport is just like shooting a pistol. You get the yips and you might as well pop the slide, rack her open and go on home.

 

[AKA Forgotten]

Yep all shooting is about relaxing and repeating the actions that sends that projectile down the middle.

Only mistake I can see is that it should have been Corona lol

 

[mattwalt]

LOL... TBH I shoot better pool after a beer or two (though not say 6...).

Probably not a great idea with guns - but assume it takes a little of the over-concentrating out of the equation.

Bud Light though??? Not to 'down' what's possibly your favourite tipple - as a fervent beer drinker (though not t be classed as a Hipster craft brew type) I've not been impressed with Bud generally.

 

[SJAaz]

Corona is for rich guys and social drinkers. Craft brews are for richer guys and snobs. Bud is what my neighbors drink and I try to have some on hand for them. Being a poor man on a fixed income, I drink what they drink... especially if the're buying! Only time I ever said no is when they asked me if I'd had enough. :alky:

 

[Cjw]

My beers from the 2 oldest Breweries in the world. One started brewing in the year 1040 and the other in the year 1050 good stuff..

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[AKA Forgotten]

Funny how different beers are priced around the world. Here Bud, Corona, San Miguel and Peroni are all about the same price and most of that is tax ????

 

[mattwalt]

For 'regular' beers -

Sure Q will agree with this - Sagres and Super Bock in Portugal are amazing, and they're cheep In fact can be way cheaper than soft drink...

2M - Mozambique

Tsingtao - China

Cobra - UK (Rice beer)

Windhoek Lager - Namiba (South Africa)

Amstel Lager

Fosters - Australia

Staropramen - Czechoslovakia

and...quite a few others.

Grolsh / Duvel / Erdinger / Hoogarten / Hofbrau - A Bavarian breakfast at the brewery is good ;-) ... for the flush days

Craft Brew has hit this part of the world like a freight train - but they're mostly over-hopped, and often not that great. But there are a few good ones in the mix.

 

[Blue Raja]

My acupuncturist recommends 1 oz. of whiskey at night in the winter. Nothing wrong with alcohol in extreme moderation. Obviously, never around firearms, vehicles, tools, or machinery. Moderation is the difficult part. You quickly go from a good thing to too much of a good thing.

 

[MikeyLikesIt]

Corona is for rich guys and social drinkers. Craft brews are for richer guys and snobs. Bud is what my neighbors drink and I try to have some on hand for them. Being a poor man on a fixed income, I drink what they drink... especially if the're buying! Only time I ever said no is when they asked me if I'd had enough. :alky:

"Beer is an acquired taste. Therefore, might as well acquire a taste for cheap beer."

- Anonymous

 

[SJAaz]

My beers from the 2 oldest Breweries in the world. One started brewing in the year 1040 and the other in the year 1050 good stuff..

Wheatbeer and maybe Bok? Used to brew wheat beer, good with an orange slice.
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[MikeyLikesIt]

Pictured: SJAaz ready to start shooting in earnest

(just kidding. Picture is actually from the Drunken Master. Great kung-fu film starring Jackie Chan. I need to photoshop a slingshot in place of the bottle.)

 

[mattwalt]

One of my ex girlfriends parents are wheat farmers - they used to brew their own - used to have to down a shot of whiskey after to prevent bloating...

 

[devils son in law]

Life's too short to drink diet beer! If I'm cutting calories, I'll forego the second donut or stick with the small order of French Fries. :drinkup:

Real men don't drink fizzy yellow beer!!! :nono: My neighbors drink Miller Light, so I'm not mooching his beer and he's not asking for mine!

I still love ya tho, SJAaz !!!

 

[flipgun]

Well; It's not called, "Aiming Water": for no reason you know. :drinkup:

 

[Bob E]

Yup.

:drinkup:

 

[MOJAVE MO]

Buddhist Monks had to get a buzz to help find their center. The same with my Mom and Dad and their Peace Pipe for around 45 years or so. In fact just got off the phone with Mum just now!
Makes me want to go shooting!!!

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[MakoPat]

Yep all shooting is about relaxing and repeating the actions that sends that projectile down the middle.
Only mistake I can see is that it should have been Corona lol

[quote name="devils son in law" post="1333068" timestamp="1565200073"]Life's too short to drink diet beer! If I'm cutting calories, I'll forego the second donut or stick with the small order of French Fries. :drinkup:
Real men don't drink fizzy yellow beer!!! :nono: My neighbors drink Miller Light, so I'm not mooching his beer and he's not asking for mine!

I still love ya tho, SJAaz !!![/quoteGerman oatmeal stouts are the manliest beer on earth. Of course, I naturally love them being so manily myself...
An Irish Stout or local Appalachian equivalent is good. A Dunkel is great!

For light beer I like Newcastle or any good brown ale.

CJW, you have fine taste, buddy. There is a lesser fine equivalent to those in Innis & Gunn I sometimes can get & a touch weaker Yuengling I love. Also it is cheap...

All that said learn to make brown beer gravy and your journey to the Dark Side will be complete. 12oz beer (any will do. Some will do better), 4 oz milk (more fat more flavor).

Bring flour, grease (last it was bacon and pork shoulder fat), salt, black pepper, and thyme (powered, not as much flavor, but 0 teeth picking) to a slow low-medium heat. Whisk the devil out of it. (Sip same beer). add milk and beer slowly until it thickens.

Poor over mash, roastes vegetables, and meat alike. (sip more beer).

I usually have a nap before I shoot after this recipe...

 

[Projectile Pilot]

There's a can cutting game I play on occasion while hydrating called "catch-up" and can definitely confirm there's a goldilocks zone where shots don't seem to miss. That's about the time I start asking the targets if their name is Sarah Connor in a Scandinavian accent right before launching into the badguy speech from Scarface. Yeah. It gets crazy here

 

[nike]

:violin: Oh ， Great！

 

[SJAaz]

One of my ex girlfriends parents are wheat farmers - they used to brew their own - used to have to down a shot of whiskey after to prevent bloating...

LOL...Oh man, I'll have to remember that! I've been doing it wrong all this time!