Aim small miss small

What does aim small miss small mean. I live in the UK so I have never heard it before, but I keep hearing you guys using it.

Learning the language :thumbsup:

It means to pick out a particular point on a target and focus on that. For example if aiming at a man, pick a button on his coat and aim at that instead of just aiming at his silhouette.

I bet that's how the Bulls Eye came to be :rotf:
In my case it should be the Bull's Bu - -. I need all the help I can get!

like when ya hit ALL the hard targets and miss the easy huge ones....too much target to aim at... :wink:

Just like Swamp Rat said.

HD

I live in the UK too and it means aiming at a specific point as opposed to a target generaly. So for instance if you were fireing at a 50 yd target, instead of aiming at the black area generaly aim either for the 9 ring only or put a playing card in the middle of the target and aim for that. I've often put up a 100 yd target at 50 yds and used that as practice. Aim in a small area - hit in a small area. Its good advice.

When shooting at distances, it also means focusing on the center of your front sight, and placing that on that very small aiming point to make the ball hit your POA. If you focus on the whole front sight, instead, you are equally likely to miss the target at longer ranges. There is a target shooter's magazine called, " Front Sight " that got its name from this principle.

Never heard of the saying before Mel Gibson said it in the "Patriot" movie.

Did engrave it on one of my powder horns awhile back!...Sound advise though!

Rick

I guess Aim Small, Miss Small is simply the opposite of Aim Big, Miss Big. :grin:

Aim? I usually point in the general direction and pull the trigger to send a load of #7 1/2 shot headed thatta way.

Zonie it's like the man said when shooting little targets at a distance...
"it not that they're hard to hit....just real easy to miss!" :shocked2:

I first heard it on the patriot too.

Ditto. Never heard it before "The Patriot". With iron sights you aim where you aim, there's not large or small to it, but you still have to pick a spot on a neutral background (that is, a large expanse of unmarked deer hair). With something like a traditional bow or shotgun you have to focus on a spot. I try to visualize a dime sized spot on the target butt or deer's side where I want to hit.

In archery, you don't aim for the gold. You aim for the center of the gold. Same principle, I guess. Not sure Hollywood ever showed us much usefull shooting tips before: hold your pistol sideways so the ejected rounds are more likely to "stovepipe" jamb and you can't see the sights, hold the rifle at your hip, blast away with 37 shots from a six shot revolver, etc.

Don't lose sleep over "aim small, miss small."

The phrase was coined by Mark A. Baker,author of the books "Sons of a Trackless Forest" and "A Pilgrims Journey".He is a regular in " Muzzleloader", a very good magazine dedicated to traditional muzzleloading.Mr.Baker was featured in the History Channels' show "Boone and Crockett,Hunter heroes" as Davy Crockett and served as a historical adviser to Daniel Day-Lewis during the filming of "Last of the Mohicans" in 1992.It was during his service as historical adviser to Mel Gibson during the filming of "The Patriot"that he coined the phrase "Aim small,miss small" while teaching Mr.Gibson how to shoot flintlocks.Mr.Gibson liked the saying and said he was going to incorporate it into the movie,the rest is history,as it were.The meaning Mr.Baker was trying to convey has been previously and correctly mentioned. Best regards,J.A.

Thanks,Jack. Now, that is a piece of movie Trivia that the Hollywood crowd would love to know!

If someone is going to introduce a concept concerning shooting via Hollywood, at least its nice to know it comes from a source that actually knows something about shooting muzzleloaders!!

The line in the Movie, " The Patriot", got more comments here than any other line from the picture. And, several people asked me if that is how to shoot MLers! ( That is the way to shoot any gun!) So, people were paying attention!

I prefer "the broad side of a barn"

It may have been "coined" by Mark Baker, but it is the same principal that my father taught me as a 12 year old. He told me to find a small spot on the target you are aiming at and shoot that and only that spot.

Mel Gibson taught it to me :thumbsup:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XbtA0TIyoI8

dukewellington said:

What does aim small miss small mean. I live in the UK so I have never heard it before, but I keep hearing you guys using it.

Learning the language :thumbsup:

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I learned while archery hunting in my youth...Pick a hair to shoot at, If you miss it by two or three hairs you still have a dead animal.

I've found it works a lot better than "close eyes, pull trigger".