Buz Fawcett Instinctive Shooting

[Bill Murphy]

Kevin PMed me and asked what the Army taught us about instinct shooting at aerial targets without sights. The Army Daisys had no sights. The only thing I remember is that we were to look over the gun, come up under the target, and shoot as we reached the target. Any correction would be made by seeing the BB. I could not see a .22 bullet when I shot aerial targets with a rifle, but looking over the sightless gun and coming up to the target from below were the same as with the BB gun. Seeing the BB as it approached the target made everything a piece of cake. The Fawcett book is available on Amazon for a few bucks.

[Brazos A-39]

Leon Measures who lived east of Houston, TX, used to sell a Daisy BB gun with the sights ground off of it along with a vhs tape that showed you how you could shoot instinctively. I personally watched him teach a girl how to shoot an aspirin out of the air with one of his Daisy Red Ryders in about 20 minutes. He was quite a gentleman.