MojoTexas wrote:
Also, there's something very Zen about stripping and meticulously cleaning your pistols afterwards. :-)
with that.
Sometimes I spend so much time cleaning with picks and brushes
that I almost hate to shoot it the next time and getting it all dirty again....almost
The majority of my time shooting is done alone. Any serious training time is alone time for me. It's simply not possible to seriously focus on running and gunning or draws from a holster when I'm interacting with other folks. The key is repetition and building good habits, and that's difficult to do when you're constantly interacting with other folks.
Also, when I'm shooting alone, there's no one to impress, so I have nothing to distract me from my focus on the task at hand.
I often take new shooters to the range, and it's a different kind of time spent. During those times, the focus is on their progression, and making sure not only that they're safe, but having a good time. I have no delusions that I will get any serious trigger time during such a session, because the day isn't about me.
Training time is "me time", and I really only do that alone. It's my therapy, between me and my gun. If done properly, I emerge much more relaxed and stress-free.
Social shooting is a little different. I can get some training in, but it's more fun than anything else. We try each others guns, play with the steel targets or whatever other things we've brought to throw lead at, but it's more akin to sitting around the campfire than anything else to me. Certainly I learn things and get tips for future use, but not until those get incorporated later during my "me time" sessions are they really useful.
with that.