[pepperbelly]

I was really tight for time this evening. I had just enough .45acp for the bullseye match and 15 rounds for practice. I also only had Federal bulk .22lr that I use for plate matches, so I decided to take both pistols, practice with the Ruger MkII and shoot the match with the SA .45acp.
At practice all the .22 holes were in the black and I was having a hard time keeping a group with the .45acp. Since we shoot every Monday evening and I have 2 more Mondays after today to get the aggregate fired I decided to shoot the .22. I normally use Winchester Super-X as it groups as tight as CCI match in my pistol, so I figured I would shoot this as a throwaway practice match.
It was 101* at match time and the heat was making my heart thump hard.
I have been shooting bullseye for about a year and have had a goal of breaking 800. So far I have managed 797 twice and was struggling to shoot that.
Tonight, unprepared, I shot an 823! With crap ammo.
Last week I shot the .45acp part of the match and managed a 777. Next week I plan on shooting the .45acp as the centerfire match.

After finally breaking 800 I guess I will sleep with a smile tonight. It feels great when things finally come together.
I have been winning my falling plate matches for a few months now and this was the next big hurdle.

Jim

[saltydog452]

co ngrats on the 91%.

salty.

[testar77]

It was probably because your brain wasn't working as hard, you were going in not expecting much, so you just stepped up and shot!

Toby

[HiWayMan]

AHH....yes..... the most important part of competition shooting.

Don't think.

It's just shooting.




Every once in a while I actually follow this sage advice and do really well.

Congrats on breaking 800.

[pepperbelly]

Ya'll might have something there.
Now, if I can do that next week too!

Jim