I was shooting today, and I felt like my release was better. I was letting the shots off in the first 5-6 seconds, but I didnt get as many 10s as I wanted. They kept clumping in groups around the 10.
Everything felt right....except my vision seemed kinda fuzzy, and i had trouble focusing on front sight and target alignment (probably due to not enough light and a long day at school). only two shots out of 40 had bad sight alignment.
What should I be looking for in my practice?
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Steve Swartz
Re: What should I be looking for in my practice?
Did you consider tweaking your sights ? Your description for them clumping sounds like they were in one spot off centre - which sounds like you could have adjusted the sights to put them on centre.James wrote:I was shooting today, and I felt like my release was better. I was letting the shots off in the first 5-6 seconds, but I didnt get as many 10s as I wanted. They kept clumping in groups around the 10.
It's obviously difficult to say over the internet but there's nothing inherently wrong with shooting good nines. If your technique is sound then the tens will follow.
Rob.
Look for consistency especially the consistent application of a consistent shot process - and this means practice, lots of it. Not just going through the motions and shooting but as some other TargetTalker said "making every shot a loved one" - I love that quote.
Once you have a consistent shot process you can look at making minor modifications to the process and/or gun to improve consistency and bring the groups into the middle of the target.
The most important thing in you life when shooting is the front sight, followed by the trigger.
Mikey
Once you have a consistent shot process you can look at making minor modifications to the process and/or gun to improve consistency and bring the groups into the middle of the target.
The most important thing in you life when shooting is the front sight, followed by the trigger.
Mikey
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Steve Swartz
Amen, Dittos, and Hallelujah!
"Make every shot a Loved and Wanted Shot"
- focus on the front sight as if your eyes were spouting laser beams
- concentrate as hard as you have ever thunk about anything on keeping the front and rear sights absolutely perfectly aligned
- apply smooth, continuous, positive, rapid pressure straight to the rear on the trigger
- repeat 1,000,000 times
The fundamental task is to program your subconscious mind to accurately predict exactly when to begin the third step in order to have the pellet land precisely in hte neighborhood of 10.9+
Anything else you do not directly related to the three principles above will only make the number of repetitions increase . . .
Steve "Only One Mans Humble Opinion" Swartz
"Make every shot a Loved and Wanted Shot"
- focus on the front sight as if your eyes were spouting laser beams
- concentrate as hard as you have ever thunk about anything on keeping the front and rear sights absolutely perfectly aligned
- apply smooth, continuous, positive, rapid pressure straight to the rear on the trigger
- repeat 1,000,000 times
The fundamental task is to program your subconscious mind to accurately predict exactly when to begin the third step in order to have the pellet land precisely in hte neighborhood of 10.9+
Anything else you do not directly related to the three principles above will only make the number of repetitions increase . . .
Steve "Only One Mans Humble Opinion" Swartz
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Steve Swartz