His mind has switched to guns and his enthusiasm is running at a high pitch. He takes a rifle from the racks. I used this in the Seagirt Match in 1928. It is a .22 caliber, with a telescopic sight, the rifle with which he made a world's record by shooting 72 consecutive 10's-that is, placing 72 consecutive shots within the smaller of the three circles on a standard rifle target, at 100 yards. But you are having trouble reconnecting art and marksmanship.
Art makes no exacting demands on the artist.
Either you're accurate with a rifle or you aren't any good. When I was shooting in competition, I expected results. The only thrill I knew was when I missed the bullseye. Bob Nisbet learned to shoot as a boy with flying ducks as targets. Years later when he had established himself as an artist and had the time and inclination to take up a hobby, he began shooting again and went from rifles to pistols.