Originally posted by bigdog104 I don't know how much firearm shooting anyone has done, but when you do that for the first time, you have to determine if you are right or left eye dominant.
Back in the day, I was fairly good with a .45 ACP, or so the trophies indicate. The basic trick with that is, keep your thumb down, lest it be removed. THEN you find which eye is dominant. THEN you re-learn how to breathe. THEN, if you're serious, you stop drinking stuff that affects vision: alcohol, caffeine, even cow's milk (lactic acid screws with eyeballs). THEN you get into the Zen of shooting. THEN if you're talented and lucky and a tornado doesn't blow through the target range, you win.
I don't know if other parallels can be accurately drawn between photography and firearms. Did M16 training help me when shooting a long lens on a shoulder stock? Some basic disciplines apply: sighting, breathing, posture. Any other parallels just reinforce Susan Sontag's argument that photography is an act of aggression.