out shot by Dad

Venus Pax · Post by **Venus Pax** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:03 pm

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.

Post by **Skiprr** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:20 pm

But, hey: you had a lot more hits.

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

Venus Pax · Post by **Venus Pax** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:30 pm

Oh, and I should have edited: that was a 44 magnum. Boy was that a powerful gun!

jimlongley · Post by **jimlongley** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:39 pm

His shots all went low and right, yours were more centered.

ScubaSigGuy · Post by **ScubaSigGuy** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:24 pm

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!

longtooth · Post by **longtooth** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:38 pm

You did not give the range but "that aint bad shootin young lady".

And for the record----
58 is not old.

flintknapper · Post by **flintknapper** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:52 pm

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.

Post by **Skiprr** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:11 pm

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.

jimlongley · Post by **jimlongley** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:28 pm

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.

JLaw · Post by **JLaw** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:33 pm

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

longtooth · Post by **longtooth** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:05 pm

Mom is 76 & she is not old. All you have to do is ask her & she will tell you.
She shoots pretty good too.

flintknapper · Post by **flintknapper** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 9:22 pm

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.

308nato · Post by **308nato** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:26 pm

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?

quidni · Post by **quidni** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:30 pm

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."

Venus Pax · Post by **Venus Pax** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:54 am

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.