#Practical Shooting

[historyofguns]

The article "Hillsdale College Dominates USPSA Collegiate Championship" by Scott Wagner, published on The Armory Life, details the impressive achievements of the Hillsdale College Action Shooting Team. The team recently demonstrated their prowess by securing top finishes at the inaugural United States Practical Shooting Association (USPSA) Collegiate Championship held at Hillsdale's John A. Halter Shooting Sports Education Center, following their consecutive national wins in the Scholastic Action Shooting Program in 2022 and 2023. Notable team members including Taylor Chen, Kayla Mullin, and Clara Bozzay excelled in individual divisions, contributing to the team's overall success. The event, sponsored primarily by Springfield Armory, featured diverse competitors and a unique match structure that fostered camaraderie and shared expertise among participants from various institutions such as the United States Naval Academy, Clemson University, and Michigan State University. The article emphasizes the strong institutional support for the Hillsdale shooting program and highlights the significance of their state-of-the-art facilities funded through private donations. It celebrates the remarkable achievements of the team under the guidance of Head Coach Adam Burlew and highlights the harmonious blend of competition and sportsmanship displayed throughout the event.

[lovelooksgudonu]

vi sketch

[northstarscowboyhat]

I think Clover should scream and yell and bite and blast things when they're angry, actually

[turtleducsk]

girls girls girlsssssssss

[elodieunderglass]

Hi, Elodie —

I have been allowed to fire a number of replica historical firearms and am happy to share my method.

Find your local reenactors (they may only be semi-local) for the period you want or as close as feasible. Go to an event. Meet the reenactors and explain your needs. Someone will almost certainly let you have a go, with blanks obviously, on-site or at a later time in a less-populous place, depending.

They will ABSOLUTELY talk you through the steps, care, and features of their weapon and let you hold it and take photos.

Warning: they will try to recruit you and they’re a ridiculously fun bunch so it might well work.

(In reference to this post - They need to do that thing where actual professionals in certain fields have seminars for writers but with letting historical... – @elodieunderglass on Tumblr)

That's absolutely lovely, thank you so much! Hey @werewolfetone - here's something for you!

I myself am not super interested in firearms! I can shoot tin cans with an air rifle and perceive that as being perfectly sufficient. if I ever write a story with guns in it - just watch out, if you're beer-can-shaped, that's all I can tell you. you'll also be like "what about the gunpowder elodie" and I'll be like "air's good enough for me and it's good enough for you. I don't like percussive noises. AU without gunpowder."

My husband is good at them - firearms, I mean. Percussive noises also, I suppose. Upon moving to America, he took them (firearms) up as a hobby, was adopted by all sorts of deeply odd older men, took some progressively specific tactical courses, and placed unexpectedly highly in some semiprofessional competitions.

I remember conservative older American guys being absolutely bewildered that foreign nationals like Dr Glass technically shouldn't be allowed to, like, purchase their own home-defense cannon or become licensed arms dealers or go on Secret Courses or whatever the hell they kept encouraging him to do. "I'm English, stop arming me," he'd say, but they wouldn't.

when we moved over to resolve our two-body problem, the old man gun friends were so disbelieving that Dr Glass could TRULY permanently returning to Europe that one of them kept and stored his guns for him for years, and only recently sold them on his behalf.

anyway some of them were indeed re-enactors and they would be fully like. hey dr glass would you like to come along. you can be a good guy if he like. and he was like. can you please stop arming the british (me). thanks for your enthusiasm though. thanks.

where was I going with this? thank you.

[ahhrenata]

distractions ✨

[not-an-idiot]

I have a latin exam tomorrow and the only thing I know is that Caesar was killed by his childhood friend who was fucking his wife. Also he can turn into a bird but that's unrelated

[mynameismad]

Drawin' guys!

[historyofguns]

In the article "How to Shoot on the Move" by Hunt Fish Shoot on The Armory Life, the author emphasizes the importance of incorporating movement into firearm training as real-world self-defense situations are often dynamic. The article covers the essential techniques for shooting effectively while moving in various directions—forward, backward, and laterally. Key advice includes adopting a relaxed shooting posture similar to top shooters like Rob Leatham, using a heel-to-toe walking motion to maintain stability, and practicing with semi-automatic pistols like the Springfield Armory Echelon 4.5F fitted with a Lead & Steel PB-3 red dot. The author underscores the necessity of consistent practice, tracking target hits, and utilizing live-fire drills to master shooting on the move.

[temeyes]

dad-daughter bonding ft. ghost and his bubba girl

[aracariwren]

*smash bros announcer voice* CHOOSE YOUR FIGHTER GUNNER!

[red-garden]

HC:that there are also dentists in Qian Cao peak for people's dental health. And the dentists in the peak HATE most if not all the peak lords.

Shen Qingqiu- eats too many sugary sweets, taking care of his teeth is an absolute nightmare. Probably the worst part was the time they needed to remove his wisdom teeth and SQQ refused to go under any anesthesia so he just death stared the poor dentist.

Shang Qinghua- does not take care of his teeth, somehow though his breath doesn't stink.

Yue Qingyuan- fixing his teeth after the caves was not only a nightmare but took years. Very recently got his braces removed

Liu qingge- doesn't wear his fucking retainers and keeps having to get a new one because his teeth keep shifting

DAWG 😭😭😭😭😭

Okay look me in my big wet eyes and tell me Shen Jiu wouldn’t just get the tools and do bad dentistry on himself. His teeth are so fucked up, not only bc he eats so many sweet treats, but also because he never cleaned his teeth ages 0-17. When his wisdom teeth came in, he not only wouldn’t go under anesthesia, he wouldn’t get them removed at all. He’s just got awful crooked, rotten teeth that he makes worse with his DIY dental care. He’s going to need all his teeth replaced by age 37.

I do actually think Shang Qinghua would take care of his teeth, mostly because he comes from the modern world where the standard of hygiene requires you to. He absolutely is not going to get them straightened tho.

The real reason the dentists hate Yue Qingyuan is because he’s a teeth grinder when he sleeps. He keeps wearing them down and destroying his enamel. The agriculture peak has been selectively breeding a teeth replacement plant for years because YQY goes through them so fast. No one can get him to wear his guard.

Liu Qingge is fucking gnawing on things. Not just as an oral stim, he’s also tried to bite through monsters when his sword was knocked away. He’s knocked out and broken so many teeth it’s insane. The reason he won’t wear his retainer is because he bites through them.

Mu Qingfang is an angel tho. Shows up on time, cooperative, follows instructions. He’s the only one that gets to pick a little trinket from the box in the lobby.

[cupidsncheerios]

the fun thing about the theoretical caitvi/jayvik/timebomb friend group is that all the funny stories they tell at game night would serve only to make jayce and viktor look like losers (which they are)

"...and then vi showed up to the date entirely soaked in blood!"

"hey, at least she didn't get soaked in blood during the date like jinx did last week. and the week before that. and the week before that."

"y'know viktor got a papercut during a date once"

[that-weird-mime]

Y'all can have this pose practice that's been sitting in my files for a few days. Plus some rambling in the tags like always.

[o-phreneticum]

Cult leader nan??

[courtesanofdeath]

"Haruko, this strange guy that you found has become a member that Shohoku can't afford to lose."

Basketball captain Akagi meeting basketball-hater Sakuragi -> Akagi and Sakuragi going to Nationals together four months later