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Comes from the use of a musket. There was a time-delay between pulling the trigger, the flint striking, the gunpowder lighting, and finally the bullet shooting from the chamber.
It was called the "hang (time)"
Now, imagine, say, an animal running obliquely to you. You want to shoot it. But, you had to mentally calculate how far in front to aiim, because of the 'hang' of the gun.
Get a new gun, the hang time may differ. Hence, "Can you shoot it?" "Not yet, but soon I'll get the hang of it."
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