What type of shooter are you? - Happy Plinker, Driven Perfectionist, or Multi-Pumper Mega-Man?

[SkeeterHawk]

I've had some fun conversations with @Hateful McNasty where he has explained that his guns will like CPHP, or else . I always test CPHP in a barrel if they fit the current power level, but I have never gotten very good groups at even 50 yards with them in whatever caliber. I totally get it, just wanting to shoot a can or tennis ball around the yard and keep it close, so it is cheap fun. I personally constantly push out farther and farther, and make the targets smaller and smaller, so I would end up shooting a golf ball at 100 yards (Like the Pyramyd Air Challenge, I guess). I have to know that when I "shank" a shot, that it was most likely me, and not the pellet or the gun.

So, this would lead me to believe that there are three camps of shooters (probably more, so let me know):

• Happy Plinkers:
  • Definition: Shooter that shoots small targets and insects around the yard and has a grand time doing it. Will often invite neighbors who have never even seen an airgun over to see how much fun they are.
• Driven Perfectionists:
  • Definition: Will sit for hours in whatever conditions necessary to test 1000's of pellets at different weights and velocities to find just the "right" combination for that set of equipment. This makes this shooter often isolated and not too much fun to be with most of the time, but can shoot an "impressive" shot on occasion. The driving force for this type of commitment may be a humane kill or a higher score or just a smaller hole farther away.
• Multi-Pumpers:
  • Definition: A person who likes to be immediately "in control" of every shot, and doesn't mind "looking like Popeye" to achieve this level of precision.

So, what am I missing? Are there any other "breeds" of shooters out there that require their own definition?

SkeeterHawk!!

 

[Sqwirl57]

I bounce back and fourth. Some days I'm happy just bouncing back and fourth between spinners and other days I'm trying to break personal records. If I get a new gun I have a tendency to hyperfixate on the perfectionist aspect of shooting for a couple weeks. Between testing pellets and different tunes it can become really rewarding to take your time and really get to know a rifle.

 

[Seth0764]

Pester/tinkerer I like to mod and tinker with cheap guns and use them for pesting mice, rats, starlings, and the occasional predator around my acreage.
Every once and a while I'll put a can out at 100 150 yards to plink but that's the extent of my plinking

 

[Dr. Kralenstein]

I test pellets til I find one each gun likes and stick with it. Test said gun at different ranges to see POI changes and trajectory. Then it's all off hand from there pesting and hunting.

I'm not sure which category I'd fall into then BUT I'm happy just to be out shooting, testing, and tinkering.

 

[willy]

Just destructive plinker"

 

[beerthief]

Always been a small target far away guy . As a kid we used to throw darts @ 30 feet instead of the regulation 8 ft.

 

[SkeeterHawk]

Always been a small target far away guy

I always end up there. Even though I'll make spinning targets and stuff that is fun to plink, I'll just keep putting them farther and farther away, with smaller and smaller targets.

 

[beerthief]

have to enlarge to see the spinners

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[SkeeterHawk]

I like to mod and tinker with cheap guns and use them for pesting

I am thinking that if you "tinker", as I do, that probably puts you in the second category of "Perfectionist", since the gun wasn't "good enough" out of the box. I think that being a tinkerer gives you a better understanding of the nuances of the gun, so you can be a perfectionist with it.

I'm not sure which category I'd fall into

It sounds like the Humane Kill part of the second category, but I do pretty much the same thing with mine. Go through all of the pellets I have at whatever power level I am shooting at until I find the one the barrel likes, and stick with it forever.

 

[MickeyD]

I guess I'm a mid-range personality. I love plinking at cans and spinners. I'll toss a can in the back yard about a yard away, then plink at it with my pistol to see if I can guide it to a certain spot about 20 yards away, where, by the way, there's probably 20 cans needing to e disposed of right now. Interesting sport.

Otherwise, with my rifles, I have the philosophy that If I hit within 1 inch of my aim point I am happy. Almost any critter I hunt will be humanely dispatched with that precision. But once in a while I do get serious and set up a bench rest.

I'm not an Olympic class shooter by any means, but I have a lot of fun. And that is the name of the game, for me.

 

[cea1960]

Happy pinker here. I like shooting things that explode. Water filled cans, ice cubes, pressurized spray cans. I only shoot paper to test new pellets, guns, or before a hunt.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I've had some fun conversations with @Hateful McNasty where he has explained that his guns will like CPHP, or else . I always test CPHP in a barrel if they fit the current power level, but I have never gotten very good groups at even 50 yards with them in whatever caliber. I totally get it, just wanting to shoot a can or tennis ball around the yard and keep it close, so it is cheap fun. I personally constantly push out farther and farther, and make the targets smaller and smaller, so I would end up shooting a golf ball at 100 yards (Like the Pyramid Air Challenge, I guess). I have to know that when I "shank" a shot, that it was most likely me, and not the pellet or the gun.

So, this would lead me to believe that there are two camps of shooters (probably more, so let me know):

• Happy Plinkers:
  • Definition: Shooter that shoots small targets and insects around the yard and has a grand time doing it. Will often invite neighbors who have never even seen an airgun over to see how much fun they are.
• Driven Perfectionists:
  • Definition: Will sit for hours in whatever conditions necessary to test 1000's of pellets at different weights and velocities to find just the "right" combination for that set of equipment. This makes this shooter often isolated and not too much fun to be with most of the time, but can shoot an "impressive" shot on occasion. The driving force for this type of commitment may be a humane kill or a higher score or just a smaller hole farther away.

So, what am I missing? Are there any other "breeds" of shooters out there that require their own definition?

SkeeterHawk!!

I do a bit more then shoot tin cans with them ..lol.

 

[SkeeterHawk]

I do a bit more then shoot tin cans with them ..lol.

I was hoping you'd chime in with something like that

I like shooting things that explode.

Try the Ukrainian Exploding Pellets. They are quite fun, if you are into such things. Firebirds are a hoot too.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I was hoping you'd chime in with something like that


Try the Ukrainian Exploding Pellets. They are quite fun, if you are into such things. Firebirds are a hoot too.

I got threads here on stuff most yardages. Not saying it's the greatest but aint tin can sloppy..
75y stock irons not my best day but... For anyday cheap walmart crosman tin pellets i aint complaining..

 

[scubajeeper]

I’m in the middle, I can’t live with the inaccuracies of the cphp, wish I could, I’d be a lot cheaper. So I have to pay the price for jsb, even when just plinking.

 

[Jasonmc]

Depends.. If I'm plinking I grab up my old discovery 177 (sometimes my dreamline compact 177) and have a blast.. if I'm pesting or squirrel hunting... My hunting rigs must be "on" so much more time is spent finding the perfect tune and it's preferred choice of ammo...then time is spent learning my furthest effective range..

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I’m in the middle, I can’t live with the inaccuracies of the cphp, wish I could, I’d be a lot cheaper. So I have to pay the price for jsb, even when just plinking.

I know right? Nothing but vertical stringing and hi ,lo , left and right

Bad ol crosmans..

 

[scubajeeper]

Right, they all have to be touching.

 

[Goldwing]

O a driven perfectionist

 

[Sqwirl57]

O a driven perfectionist
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All that money spent on a scope with built in radar and he couldn't afford a comfortable stool that wouldn't crush his giblets??