The instructors — yes, there were several of them — helped massively. With them I was on form and they sharpened my technique. After a couple of sessions I was ready for the field — but that’s where things fell apart again.
All I needed was an instructor to hang over my right shoulder and tell me where I was going wrong, then I would be able to shoot well.
I started trying different cartridges, experimenting with putting more lead in the air by opting for heavier loads. This was folly and I knew it, but I was desperate. All that happened was I got a sore shoulder. So much so that I saw a physio who, after examining my shoulder, said: “You must do a lot of shooting.” I didn’t dare tell him that I felt I never did enough.
Losing streak
Part of the problem, I thought, was the fact that I shoot many different guns (lucky me), so when it came to using my own gun it just felt like another unfamiliar gun. My losing streak continued.
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 2020 من Sporting Gun.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة December 2020 من Sporting Gun.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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