Good With a Rifle=Good at Pool?

Tramp Steamer said:
So tell us, Deadeye, exactly which shooting sport do you participate in that would pay you over eight grand in the past few months? And you've only been shooting for a year?
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Lol, "deadeye"! Sorry, I already have said it! Reread my post.

Have you ever heard of a pool league called "APA"? Same idea. There are gamblers too! And very easy to handicap just like pool!

Giving and getting points on targets, 5 shots against 4! You shoot 10yrds I shoot 15!

Finding the "fish" is easy too, you just have to be able to shoot good on command!

Eli
 
us820 said:
I find many similarities that translate.Training your eyes,preshot routine,and the mental ability to take one shot at a time with 100% commitment every shot.

And "easy" fades away when matched up with other good shooters.
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That's what I was saying, in regards to mental ability, but you're not physically moving an object, I spose you're moving a trigger, or moving the barrel if your target is in motion, but there isn't any...for lack of a better term "touch or finesse" involved.

As mentioned above though, shooting something at 600 yards, I have to assume is a whole different realm of shooting which most likely requires years of training and instruction to be able to do, I'm sure that isn't easy, but I still would say that physical ability isn't required to accomplish a 600 yard shot on target. If said shot were set up for Grammy in her wheel chair, she could pull the trigger, right?
 
Yep, I agree.

I got my first rifle (pellet, .177 break barrel-single shot) at around seven. Been

shooting pool and rifles since about that age. Always had a "knack" for both. Got in

Marine Corps where they taught me the importance of breath control, sight picture,

grip, etc... In Basic I missed Series high shooter by 2(238). Guy ahead of me got the

Senior DI's Expert Badge. :mad:

As I've learned (or am relearning :o ) fundamentals in pool since then I've used that kind

of attention to detail to notch up my game.

Dave
 
Wow...rifle hustling! Who woulda thunk? LOL I can definitely see the same quality of "egos" from shooters in either or both sports.

To the OP...you better hope none of your "fish" find out you're hustling them. Bragging about it on an internet discussion board is probably not the best way.

Scott Lee
http://poolknowledge.com

LIAKOS27 said:
Lol, "deadeye"! Sorry, I already have said it! Reread my post.

Have you ever heard of a pool league called "APA"? Same idea. There are gamblers too! And very easy to handicap just like pool!

Giving and getting points on targets, 5 shots against 4! You shoot 10yrds I shoot 15!

Finding the "fish" is easy too, you just have to be able to shoot good on command!

Eli
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Here in the Philippines I have had SEAL teams on R&R stay at the hotel I used to manage. Some of them were so bad at pool we mounted a scope on a shit cue and jokingly presented it to the worst "shooter". All in good fun. Those guys were fun to have around.
 
Reckon there is more similarity between golf and pool. Repetitive action, different pace length of stroke / swing for different shot, shaping shots, hand eye co-ordination etc etc.

Aiming a rifle requires only one eye
Shooting a rifle requires one finger

Meh...
 
Johnnyt said:
I can't prove it, but I just have a hunch that those good with a rifle at a young age seem to pick-up making balls faster than the ones that didn't shoot a rifle. Johnnyt
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I can out shoot Jed Clampett with a rifle but can't beat Ray Charles at pool !!! LOL
 
LIAKOS27 said:
Yes, I have been bullseye shooting for exactly 1 yr yesterday. My winnings are $8,400.00 in the last 9 months.

I definitely put in a couple hrs a day of practice for first couple months but now I'm down to 15-20 minutes every other day! And it looks like I'll be making another 1k this month;)

Does shooting and pool go hand in hand??? I think so!

And for those wondering, I was barely hitting the paper at 15 yds with iron sights first month and by the second I was shooting 3" groups with my 1911!

Having a very mechanical background, I also started doing trigger jobs! I have about 30 jobs out there and all my customers couldn't be happier!

Whodathunk after wanting and buying my dream gun (Beretta 92fs) with money I won gambling some 1-hole on a BARBOX!!!! I would go on to make close to 10k shooting led down range?!?! :)

Eli
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$8,400 would put you in the top 10 for earnings from pro pool lol, much better choice in shooting:thumbup:
Jason
 
Superiorduper said:
That's what I was saying, in regards to mental ability, but you're not physically moving an object, I spose you're moving a trigger, or moving the barrel if your target is in motion, but there isn't any...for lack of a better term "touch or finesse" involved.

As mentioned above though, shooting something at 600 yards, I have to assume is a whole different realm of shooting which most likely requires years of training and instruction to be able to do, I'm sure that isn't easy, but I still would say that physical ability isn't required to accomplish a 600 yard shot on target. If said shot were set up for Grammy in her wheel chair, she could pull the trigger, right?
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Um, yeah, sure.....not a chance. Guess you've never shot before?
 
Shooting a shotgun is a better comparison.
There are no sights on a shotgun (and no, the bead on the end of a shotgun is not a sight. It's there to let you know where the end of the barrel is) and there are no sights on a pool cue, either metallic or optical. Aiming is done by the brain using reference points and past experiences with targets in order to place the cue ball, or bird shot, in the best position to accomplish the intended goal. That is why they are so similar, and I'll wager Scott will agree with what I am saying.
Shotgunning is considered an art form. I therefore say that pool playing is one, as well. :)
 
JoseV said:
I started shooting at a young age, both Bolt action and semi auto, now that i think of it i can see the similarities of them both, like eye sight and alignment for both Shooting and pool. I have been considered a tough player every where i played pool.
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Don't forget staying still. :-)
JoeyA
 
JoeyA said:
Don't forget staying still. :-)
JoeyA
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Funny thing I actually been thinking about my breathing routine, exhale when squeezing the trigger, adding that same method during my final stroke while make contact with the CB.

I never got around to do it since I have a low resting heart rate.

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GoldCrown said:
I think target shooting is easier than pool. A new rifle shooter can hit real good in the first session. I don't see a connection between the 2. Put a scope on a rifle and use prone position...it's hard to miss.
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Not really, at one point I was a range safety officer and seen people bring in scoped rifles and they would miss those paper targets trying to zero. I even saw it in the Army when they would shoot at 25 meters.

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I've done a lot of rifle shooting, and I tend to think it's not the same. Rifle shooting is intellectual where shooting pool is more like hitting a golf ball, throwing a football. That's just for me at least.
 
Back in 1983, I finished 2nd in our state trap championships for first year shooters at state class, came back in 1984 in the d class and was on the leader board after 200 birds of singles and was shooting the third leg in the handicap 100 and had 48 of 50 after the first to stations with 50 to go.

In the third leg of my handicap 100, had a hard right bird from station 4 and was standing wrong, have no idea why, but ran out of natural pivot to cover the hard right and the stock slipped to the left, and gave me a upper cut to the cheek and a immediate swelling to the point I could not see and with just calling for a bird without shooting to keep the pace for my competitors to finish that 25 bird set, disqualified myself I ( before the ata committee would do it anyway for safety.

Sitting there in disbelief, I knew it was the last time I would shoot trap as shooting six days a week for this moment to happen, went a way in a hurry. Ended up a year later being asked to shoot league and have loved the game and people for 30 years now.

I have never been hurt by my own cue stick once !! And true to my trap shooting, I put my citori over under in the box in 1984 and have not looked at it since.

But, I do feel that the experience of trap shooting with winds with you, against you, cross ways, landscapes, rain, fog, humidity, dry air and so forth learned while shooting trap, made it easier for me
to understand that conditions on tables have an effect during play as well. It's nice though, not to have the winds, rain and sun part of the process.

I understand the precision of rifle shooting has a huge benefit, but trap or skeet shooters should have some natural ability with mind set.

Good Post Johnnyt
 
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