What is one gun-training nugget you learned in 2013?

[cityboy]

Nugget I learned...
1. Have ammo

I got caught with my pants (and ammo supply) at a low just as the Newtown staged traged....errrr Manchurian Candidat.....poor mentally ill man carried out that shooting all by himself.
Haven't had a single round of 9mm to shoot all year and was only able to run through a SINGLE BRICK of .22lr in 2013.
Oh, and no 45ACP either.
On the bright side, I was able to shoot two boxes of .40 S&W.

Once 9mm is $12/box and 22lr is again $20/box or close to it......let's just say the boat will be loaded.

[mreising]

Nugget I learned...
1. Have ammo

I got caught with my pants (and ammo supply) at a low just as the Newtown staged traged....errrr Manchurian Candidat.....poor mentally ill man carried out that shooting all by himself.
Haven't had a single round of 9mm to shoot all year and was only able to run through a SINGLE BRICK of .22lr in 2013.
Oh, and no 45ACP either.
On the bright side, I was able to shoot two boxes of .40 S&W.

Once 9mm is $12/box and 22lr is again $20/box or close to it......let's just say the boat will be loaded.

One word: reloading. Although components have been a little harder to find than in the past, they have been available. Primers seem plentiful now, some powders are still in short supply but you can almost always find one that will work for your cartridge. Have a supply of loaded ammo plus enough components to get you through six months of your average shooting and then replace those as you use them. Obviously it won't help with the .22 rimfire shortages.

[SylCarry87]

Girlfriend told me a friend advised her to make use of her "ahem" assets to help hold her arms, they also absorb recoil.

I cannot attest to this technique. But it sure 'looks' like it works...