I'm thinking Elmer Keith was a pretty good shot.
He was.
Lots were. Including me, when I was young, dumb, and cowboying.
I could already shoot VERY well. But I didn't practice often. I had always shot well, even as a very young boy.
When I traded a cold horse for a warm patrol car, and eventually ended up at the range, they all wanted to know who taught me how to shoot...
Nobody. I just taught myself.
Then the more I shot, the more I learned, and took a bit of coaching and went on to shoot competition in a couple of different shooting sports, and even on to shooting professionally after competing.
Practice and training help. But unless you have a God given ability, you probably won't ever be anything but an avg. marksman.
