{"id":120571,"date":"2019-12-31T10:21:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T15:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=120571"},"modified":"2019-12-31T10:21:31","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T17:29:57","slug":"why-so-serious-shooting-should-be-fun-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/why-so-serious-shooting-should-be-fun-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Why So Serious? Shooting Should Be Fun, Too!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" title=\"Why So Serious? Shooting Should Be Fun, Too!\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FromThePages_63-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Why So Serious? Shooting Should Be Fun, Too!\" class=\"wp-image-120572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FromThePages_63-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FromThePages_63-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FromThePages_63-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FromThePages_63-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/FromThePages_63.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor\u2019s Note:\u00a0<\/strong><em>The following is a syndicated article by author Tamara Keel that first appeared in USCCA\u2019s Concealed Carry Magazine Volume 12, Issue 3, April 2015 under the title, \u201cWhy So Serious.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, there you are at the range, the dojo where you practice your gun fu. You\u2019ve shot a Dot Torture drill, spent time on reloads and working on your weak-hand-only Type II malfunction clearance and did 15 minutes of Mozambique drills on a B-27 target. Now what?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, how about you have a little fun? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know, I know &#8230; shooting, as the cat pictures on the Internet\nwould put it, IZ SRS BZNS. But suppose you could do some fun shooting and have\nit reinforce the serious stuff?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One way to do this is to get what is sometimes referred to as an\n\u201cunderstudy\u201d gun \u2014 a near duplicate of your regular self-defense handgun but\nchambered in cheaper and less-fatiguing .22 Long Rifle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If your defensive gun is a revolver, there\u2019s most likely a rimfire version made by the same manufacturer. Most common duty-type guns, such as SIGs, Berettas and Glocks, can be fitted with a different slide and barrel from companies like Ciener or Advantage Arms that will convert them to fire .22 ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/v\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-so-serious-shooting-should-be-fun-too\" title=\"Why So Serious? Shooting Should Be Fun, Too!\">Democrats Renew Calls for Gun Control After Lawfully Armed Citizens Stop Massacre at Texas Church<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you carry a 1911-pattern pistol, there are tons of possibilities. The aforementioned companies make rimfire conversion kits, and a couple of different manufacturers make dedicated .22 LR copies of the pistol. (Ruger makes their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search\/Category\/1558\/Guns\/Pistols\/Ruger-Semi-Auto-Pistols\/22\/45.htm\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-so-serious-shooting-should-be-fun-too\" title=\"Why So Serious? Shooting Should Be Fun, Too!\">22\/45 <\/a>with a grip angle and control placement that mimic the classic<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search.aspx?Keyword=Ruger%201911\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"why-so-serious-shooting-should-be-fun-too\" title=\"Why So Serious? Shooting Should Be Fun, Too!\"> Government Model<\/a>.) When I carried a 1911-pattern pistol in .45, I not only had a Ruger 22\/45, but I also bought a 9mm understudy to take advantage of the much cheaper ammunition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So there you go, you can have a pistol for recreation that still\nfits your hand and works just like your carry gun. And, if you\u2019re lucky, it can\neven be used with the same holsters and magazine pouches. But you don\u2019t want to\njust stand there making noise and shooting the dirt on the berm, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the practice is done, it\u2019s a great time to try different fun\ncompetitions with your friends beyond just standard target shooting. Sure,\nthere\u2019s no pressure like there\u2019d be in a big shooting match, let alone having\nto use the pistol for real, but even just the motivation to not have to pay for\nlunch after the range trip, combined with other people trying to outdo you, can\nbe a good motivator to step up your game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are all kinds of recreational targets printed to let you\nplay games ranging from Tic-Tac-Toe to Battleship to Poker. Add a time limit to\nmake things more interesting. If you want a more head-to-head type of game, get\na dueling tree, which is a steel target that has an even number of horizontally\nswinging paddles. You start with the same number of paddles on each side and\ntry to flip them to the other side by hitting them. Get all the paddles flipped\nto the other shooter\u2019s side and you win. It can make for some fast and exciting\nshooting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just because self-defense is a serious topic doesn\u2019t mean you\ncan\u2019t have fun at the range. Go have some!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Discover how you can join nearly 300,000 responsibly armed Americans who already rely on the USCCA to protect their families, futures and freedoms: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uscca.com\/GunsAmerica\" campaign=\"USCCATop5\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">USCCA.com\/gunsamerica<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<br \/><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know, I know &#8230; shooting, as the cat pictures on the Internet would put it, IZ SRS BZNS. 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