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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone
Put it this way, you can be completely unfit and have no particular physical strength and excel at shooting, which is unlike every other Olympic Sport.
Not saying it doesn't require skill. But having Shooting in the Olympics would be like having Chess or Auto-racing in it, sports that undoubtedly require skill, but are not particularly athletic.
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Sorry, I have to call BS on that. Try putting a 7.62x51 downrange 400m with an L96A1 under tremedous pressure. With an increased heartrate, your aim gets screwed - it takes more than technique to keep that 10x crosshairs on your target.
If you want to talk about air rifles with mitigated recoil, heartrate still counts. So does focus, concentration, increased blood pressure........I think a basic sniper selection test serves a better understanding than an air rifle training programme.