wally
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First off I haven't shot an organized match since the late 80's when I shot with our local IPSC club, so maybe I shouldn't be posting here, but I figure this is where the practitioners would be.
Our club recently got a pair of "Texas Star" rotating targets -- where a knock off plate is attached to each of the five equally spaced arms mounted to a central axis (wheel). Hit one plate and the whole thing starts rotating since its now unbalanced.
I've been playing with it some and this is the strategy that seems to work best for me, I'm wondering if my method is sound or I've missed a cleverer method.
Shoot the highest plate (removes the most potential energy from the system).
Shoot the highest plate that is moving down (will make it reverse direction).
Shoot the final three plates in the order of the highest remaining plate that is moving down (try to keep it changing direction each time so it can't speed up much).
Did six runs yesterday. Had two that were "perfect" in that five plates down with five shots and there was no full rotation. My previous best was five plates with six shots but still managed to be fast enough for no full rotation.
Of course having a good strategy only works if you don't miss My worst run, I missed the the second and third shots and totally lost control with the wheel coming around the full circle -- took 9 shots and well over twice as long to get all five plates
This is a great target for "gun-eye" agility training in that you have to recognize the "threat" and quickly move your next shot to the most important one. You can't just "muscle memory" hose 'em down in a straight line like with a plate rack.
Our club recently got a pair of "Texas Star" rotating targets -- where a knock off plate is attached to each of the five equally spaced arms mounted to a central axis (wheel). Hit one plate and the whole thing starts rotating since its now unbalanced.
I've been playing with it some and this is the strategy that seems to work best for me, I'm wondering if my method is sound or I've missed a cleverer method.
Shoot the highest plate (removes the most potential energy from the system).
Shoot the highest plate that is moving down (will make it reverse direction).
Shoot the final three plates in the order of the highest remaining plate that is moving down (try to keep it changing direction each time so it can't speed up much).
Did six runs yesterday. Had two that were "perfect" in that five plates down with five shots and there was no full rotation. My previous best was five plates with six shots but still managed to be fast enough for no full rotation.
Of course having a good strategy only works if you don't miss My worst run, I missed the the second and third shots and totally lost control with the wheel coming around the full circle -- took 9 shots and well over twice as long to get all five plates
This is a great target for "gun-eye" agility training in that you have to recognize the "threat" and quickly move your next shot to the most important one. You can't just "muscle memory" hose 'em down in a straight line like with a plate rack.