Sage advice - From a different era.
Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 7:36 am
"IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER IN OFFHAND RIFLE SHOOTING, GALLERY SHOOTING ESPECIALLY by H. M. POPE
DRINK. If you smoke or drink, keep right on in your regular habits, don’t change them; no training pays except practice. If you drink as you shoot use ale, beer or light wine. DON’T drink whiskey or strong liquors, they slow the eyesight, and while you appear to be holding and pulling cleanly, you do not get your shots because you do not see as well as you think you do. Don’t drink a swallow or two at a time as a glass will chill the stomach every time, and the nerves are then unsettled and you cannot hold steady till you get warmed again."
I just love it.
DRINK. If you smoke or drink, keep right on in your regular habits, don’t change them; no training pays except practice. If you drink as you shoot use ale, beer or light wine. DON’T drink whiskey or strong liquors, they slow the eyesight, and while you appear to be holding and pulling cleanly, you do not get your shots because you do not see as well as you think you do. Don’t drink a swallow or two at a time as a glass will chill the stomach every time, and the nerves are then unsettled and you cannot hold steady till you get warmed again."
I just love it.
