Why do you shoot?

DS Ds J 12 months ago

Hi Folks, just out if curiosity - why does one shoot? Is it the adrenaline, or the effect of it? Or maybe a cultural thing?

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DS Ds J OP

To answer my own question, it is a combination of things and I cannot say which is the bigger part.

Recreational: it is simply fun to take some time off and visit the shooting range.

Success? It is "good for the soul" to shoot a good grouping, finish a new load etc.

Necessity: more time spent on the range means less wounded animals.

OA oafpatroll

Both of the above as well it being a key part of a whole range of other interdependent activities. Most of my discretionary time is spent on activities linked in some way to one or other shooting discipline.

MO Mohamed

I enjoy shooting and the activities around it. Enjoyed it from when I was a kid. Toy guns, daisy, pellet gun and eventually hand guns and rifles. It’s something I took an interest in and liked. I can think of reasons now like those mentioned by DS J and Oafpatroll, but for back then not really, just loved it.

AG Againstthegrains

I think the fact that a gun gives a normal human a supernatural ability to reach out beyond what we can achieve with our normal physical bodies.

DS Ds J OP

Shooting is fun, for one, but why? An old shooter told me it the fact that one causes something to happen.