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out shot by Dad
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:03 pm
by Venus Pax
Dad & I went to the range today. It's one of the few things we both enjoy doing, so shooting and attending gun shows are things we do together.
The target with the tight group is Dad's. The target with holes all over the place is mine

. I was outshot by a 58-year-old man with a cataract in one eye.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:20 pm
by Skiprr
But, hey: you had a
lot more hits.

He stopped at five...unless about 10 additional rounds went through old holes.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:30 pm
by Venus Pax
Oh, and I should have edited: that was a 44 magnum. Boy was that a powerful gun!
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:39 pm
by jimlongley
His shots all went low and right, yours were more centered.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:24 pm
by ScubaSigGuy
Venus,
I learned a long time ago not to compete against my father at ANYTHING. It doesn't matter how much younger or better shape I am in he gets the best of me every time. It doesn't matter what it is, he'll have his best day and I'll have my worst. parents have a way of getting in your head without even trying. LOL. Not bad shooting for a .44!
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:38 pm
by longtooth
You did not give the range but "that aint bad shootin young lady".
And for the record----
58 is not old.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:52 pm
by flintknapper
longtooth wrote:You did not give the range but "that aint bad shootin young lady".
And for the record----
58 is not old.

Ancient then?
I shouldn't say anything I guess, I'm 53.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:11 pm
by Skiprr
flintknapper wrote:I shouldn't say anything I guess, I'm 53.
Flint, fer shame. We gotta stick together. Yeah, in your 30s, old was over 50. But in your 50s, old is over 70. In your 60s, old will be over 80...
Ahem.
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:28 pm
by jimlongley
longtooth wrote:You did not give the range but "that aint bad shootin young lady".
And for the record----
58 is not old.

Yeah, for some of us that's looking backwards.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:33 pm
by JLaw
Don't feel bad Venus, my Dad regularly outshoots me. Thing is he doesn't shoot anywhere close as much as I do, and he still out shoots me! He's a prime example of the saying "Beware the man with one gun, because he knows how to use it".
JLaw
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:05 pm
by longtooth
Mom is 76 & she is not old. All you have to do is ask her & she will tell you.
She shoots pretty good too.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:22 pm
by flintknapper
Skiprr wrote:flintknapper wrote:I shouldn't say anything I guess, I'm 53.
Flint, fer shame. We gotta stick together. Yeah, in your 30s, old was over 50. But in your 50s, old is over 70. In your 60s, old will be over 80...
Ahem.
I know, I know.
But if you can't "pick" at your friends...then who can ya pick on?
LT knows I'm just kidding with him.
I fully expect him to "come back" with something.
Good shooting by your Dad...Venus.
Yours ain't bad either.
I'm glad to be 53, and even happier LT is 58. It sure beats the alternative.

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:26 pm
by 308nato
Oh I would buy one of LT's Glocks if I could be 53 again
Good shooting Venus those 44's sure go bang don't they?
Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:30 pm
by quidni
Skiprr wrote:flintknapper wrote:I shouldn't say anything I guess, I'm 53.
Flint, fer shame. We gotta stick together. Yeah, in your 30s, old was over 50. But in your 50s, old is over 70. In your 60s, old will be over 80...
Ahem.
My great-grandmother lived to be 91 years old (I have a picture of her holding my son, her first great-great-grandchild, when he was 4 years old). As far as she was concerned, anybody more than 20 years younger than she was, was "a young'un."

Posted: Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:54 am
by Venus Pax
I made a math error... Dad is 59, but he's by no means in a coffin!
LT, I told my dad about your mom outshooting most of the men in her CHL class. He got a kick out of hearing that.