Lennyjoe
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Only with myself.
I do keep an open eye out for safety related issues though!!!
I do keep an open eye out for safety related issues though!!!
Do You Get Competitive at the Range?
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Beetle Bailey
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Best tools that helped me are a good spotting scope (so you can see right away where your shot went and how your group is going) and shoot-N-C's (for the same reason). Good consistant ammo also. Start a post like "I have a (your gun here) in (your gun's caliber here). What ammo choices do you recommend? Which ones should I avoid? Thanks in advance for all your help."
(Above advice is best for rifle shooting but also applies for handguns, only with handguns you can probably do without the spotting scope.)
As for the competitive at the range stuff, I (like several others) know that I am competing with myself. I am focusing on breathing, sight picture, target, trigger, etc. (I'm not good enough to worry about the wind
)I guess if there were several people who all had the same rifles shooting at the same distance . . .
HogRider
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Do You Get Competitive at the Range?
I just want to the have the loudest gun, the largest muzzle flash and the tightest groups. Other than that I'm not competitive at all!
I just want to the have the loudest gun, the largest muzzle flash and the tightest groups. Other than that I'm not competitive at all!
RTFM
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Mikul
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I don't know if I get competative, but I do feel the need to make unannounced demonstrations from time to time.
Once, a couple of young guys are shooting a full-sized torso target at 5 yards. They're blowing through magazines at a rate of about one round per second. They were occasionally missing the target. Holes were evenly spread throughout the target. They seemed quite impressed with themselves.
I push my 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper out to the 60 foot line and begin firing at approximately the same rate; forty rounds. I pull the target back and make an "accidental" pause at the 10 yard line. Pretty much everything would fit within the dimensions of my fist.
The shooting of these other guys slowed down dramatically after that demonstration.
Once, a couple of young guys are shooting a full-sized torso target at 5 yards. They're blowing through magazines at a rate of about one round per second. They were occasionally missing the target. Holes were evenly spread throughout the target. They seemed quite impressed with themselves.
I push my 8-1/2 x 11 sheet of paper out to the 60 foot line and begin firing at approximately the same rate; forty rounds. I pull the target back and make an "accidental" pause at the 10 yard line. Pretty much everything would fit within the dimensions of my fist.
The shooting of these other guys slowed down dramatically after that demonstration.
genie
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mostly not. but like others have said, while concentrating on smooth trigger pulls and what not, every now and then i get caught up in trying to get close to or best another person's groups.
when that becomes bothersome to me, i just bring out my beloved ruger srh in .454 casull. the big boom and flash usually clears out my thoughts and forget about tight groupings -- i'm still merely trying to not anticipate recoil!
when that becomes bothersome to me, i just bring out my beloved ruger srh in .454 casull. the big boom and flash usually clears out my thoughts and forget about tight groupings -- i'm still merely trying to not anticipate recoil!
They put me moderating Competition Shooting for a reason.
I'm a competitive son of a gun. However I don't shoot at a regular range very often. I don't have the patience for shooting pretty little groups.
My local range has a 1 shot a second rule. The only way I could manage to stay within 1 shot a second was to load all of my magazines with 1 round each and practice slide lock reloads. Still shot a better group than anybody else there.
I'm a competitive son of a gun. However I don't shoot at a regular range very often. I don't have the patience for shooting pretty little groups.
My local range has a 1 shot a second rule. The only way I could manage to stay within 1 shot a second was to load all of my magazines with 1 round each and practice slide lock reloads.
Still shot a better group than anybody else there.TonyB
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It depends...at the range w/ friends ,not really..just having fun and shooting as many guns as possible....one thing that does surprise me is that I always run to the email to see how I did on IDPA night as compared to others.Every night is a different bunch of stages,so you really can't tell how you're doing..sure you can see points down,but it's hard to keep track of time.It's good to see who did better and try to figure out how they did it faster.....but mostly I just want to improve myself.....watching great shooters is a good way to do that......I want to go to the smith and wesson winter nationals to see some great shooters......I think you raise to the level of compitition sometimes......all in all tho it's about having fun.
Yeah, why not, it falls under that constant urge to improve thing. I more often fall into the unannounced demo category like Mikul though, sometimes it is conducive to safety to deflate an ego with a bad shot or just make them leave which is why I bring M44 Nagants or 12ga 3"slugs to an indoor range. They pack and leave quick.
Lately, since I still don't have a timer, I've been using other people's shooting as start signals, when I hear them fire I will draw and fire or do whatever I am doing. Even better if someone near me is drawing, I can watch for them to start the draw and use that as my start signal, see who gets the shot off first.
Lately, since I still don't have a timer, I've been using other people's shooting as start signals, when I hear them fire I will draw and fire or do whatever I am doing. Even better if someone near me is drawing, I can watch for them to start the draw and use that as my start signal, see who gets the shot off first.
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