Bill Wilson and Ken Hackathon's Crystal Ball Predictions

[HCM]

My impression that it’s primarily ego and I’ll tell you why.

The visible pain on his face when he misses a shot on video then quickly tries to hand wave it away, knowing full well he wouldn’t have missed that shot in his prime.

It’s not that I think he wants to work at improving his shooting.

I think he’s deathly afraid of losing what he currently has because so much of his identity (ego) is built into that.

At work, I talk with a lot of elderly about their losses of function and I recognize that pain (with a hint of fear) on the face.

To use a different analogy, it’s like erectile dysfunction.

And red dots are Viagra.

If you don’t believe in taking pills, you might not admit you have ED.

If you embrace what it is, you might opt for Viagra even if you don’t have ED…. hehe.

“Red dots are Viagra” is sig line material.

However, in all seriousness your post mirrors my question of improving vs restoring.

[Glenn E. Meyer]

If you use your RDS for how many rounds - when do you need to go to the ER? If a match is longer than 4 hours?

[SouthNarc]

The difference is, while there is certainly some ego involved at a personal level, he has not extrapolated that to red dots not being viable for others.

Did Ken do that in the video? If so I missed it.

[blues]

“Red dots are Viagra” is sig line material.

Well, now you've opened the floodgates...

Honey, does this optic make my dick look big?

[GJM]

Well, now you've opened the floodgates...

Honey, does this optic make my dick look big?

Good thing this discussion of ED is in GD, or we would have to move it to long guns.

[blues]

Good thing this discussion of ED is in GD, or we would have to move it to long guns.

The next cover story should be a doozie:

Barrels: Length or Girth? An SME Opines

[SouthNarc]

Well, now you've opened the floodgates...

Honey, does this optic make my dick look big?

Optics, WMLs, appendix carry.....

Freud would have had a ball with all this.

[Jared]

Like many things, I bet it is multi factorial. Awareness of the growing pains with dot technology, living in an area with rain and snow, a reluctance to invest in the significant dot learning curve, satisfaction with where his shooting is now, and part being curmudgeonly.

I’ll second this. Matter of fact, I’d be willing to wager that “satisfaction with where his shooting is now” is a big driver.


This part is not aimed at you GJM, just something I’ve noticed here and other places: Some people never stop wanting to improve their shooting. Some work very hard at it and burn out. Some just reach a level where they’re happy, whatever level that may be, and decide they have better things to do than dry fire an hour a day or whatever to reach the 99.9 percentile.

Now me, personally, I don’t care too much where anyone falls on that spectrum. Their lives their business. However, should one choose to make public declarations, especially public declarations that throw shade on someone that calls into a different category they should then expect there will be a reaction.

[HCM]

Did Ken do that in the video? If so I missed it.

I got that from his statements to the effect that at realistic handgun distances there is no advantage to the dot.

In contrast, BW’s statements in the video were dot ambivalent but that he found no advantage for himself.

I agree with GJM’s take that it’s an amalgamation.

[blues]

Optics, WMLs, appendix carry.....

Freud would have had a ball with all this.

"Sometimes an optic is just an...oh, who am I kidding?"