Quotes About Marksmanship

I have Glocks, .45s, Berettas, Remingtons. I like the marksmanship and the discipline that it takes to be a gun owner. I like the machinery. Being able to take it out and clean it is even more fascinating than having the gun.

I never shot much when I was a kid, but on the spotting scope, understanding the ballistics and the calculations, I'm a ten.

Men have learned to shoot without missing their mark and I have learned to fly without perching on a twig.

The one weapon every man, soldier, sailor, or airman should be able to use effectively is the rifle.

If the thrill of hunting were in the hunt, or even in the marksmanship, a camera would do just as well.

You can shoot a gun. You just can't hit anything you aim at.

Generations of gun owners have taught their sons and daughters that it takes as much patience and skill to be a good shot as it does to be a good steward of a powerful weapon.

The way he's shooting, he couldn't hit the sky from a weather balloon.

The two stormtroopers might not have been tactically sophisticated, but they had been good shots.

The girl whispered, "I'm dying, aren't I?" "I should hope so," I said. "If not, we'll have to send my associate back to marksmanship school.

The round hit the guy high on the back, dead center, at the base of the neck. A spine shot. Lucky. Reacher had been aiming lower, at center mass. The biggest part of the target. Always safest. With an in-built advantage. Center meant center. There was stuff on the edges, side to side, and especially up and down. The legs and the head. Misses had somewhere to go.

I want to practice my marksmanship," she said. "Touch those rifles and I'll tan your hide," Caleb warned. Lily squared her shoulders. "I'll just have to do it on my own, I guess. Though I daresay there are plenty of soldiers on this post who would be glad to help me." Caleb had poured himself a drink, and the look in his eyes was deadly. "I'll personally horsewhip the man who tries," he said in a dangerous undertone. Lily

Philosophy is the art and law of life, and it teaches us what to do in all cases, and, like good marksmen, to hit the white at any distance.

marksmanship on the rifle range was not as good as his drill instructors expected. Some called his work "sloppy." When

No, I'm not a good shot, but I shoot often.

If you need more than 10 rounds to hunt, and some argue they hunt with that many rounds, you shouldn't be hunting. If you can't get the deer in 3 shots, you shouldn't be hunting. You are an embarrassment.

A man could shoot a squirrel out of a tree from a distance of sixty feet. But he couldn't vomit into a bucket or pee into a pot only two feet away. It was one of the great mysteries of life.

I am a very good sniper, and I can put five bullets into that red circle and I know how to throw hand grenades.

He was the best shot in India, and I expect that there are few better in London. Have you heard the name?' 'No, I have not.' 'Well, well, such is fame!

They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance.

A bullet to the front of the head demonstrates good marksmanship. A bullet to the back of the head demonstrates good judgement.

In high school and college, I gathered a number of medals for marksmanship, but I have long since abandoned this activity, having concluded that the world would be a better place with fewer sharpshooters.

berth in a storm, for they were familiar with marksmanship and doubted if the lightning could hit that small stick at a distance of a mile and a half

Although I look really good holding a gun, I can't shoot. I can't shoot anything. I'm the worst shot.