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I am working to migrate THR from the current cluster to a new one. I would like to get this done before the weekend, but it's unclear what the timeframe will be, as testing is still ongoing. As I am writing this the new (rebuilt) host is doing a burn-in to ensure that everything will keep running under load.
When the migration happens users will see a Cloudflare message indicatating it cannot connect to the server. This is expected, and depending on how the migration goes this may last from 30 minutes to 3 hours - I won't know more until testing the various migration options is complete and I have finalized the plan.
More information is available in this thread.
As always, thanks so much for your patience.
Just for the heck of it
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Practice with the hearing protection you are going to use is what got me this past year.
I shot at an 8-point buck at 160 yards with my 7mm rem mag and should have been a chip shot,
no--- I missed him 2 times standing broadside!!!
Because I used headsets this year instead of ear plugs.
He was at a steep uphill angle and where I have shot several deer before with the same rifle and
never missed.
Here is what happened, the Boyd's buttstock pushed my headset up and is so doing, it raised my
glasses up at the same time which caused a false image, and I was shooting way over his back.
He just walked away, I was bewildered, then adjusted my headset and noticed the vision change, but
didn't realize what had happened till later when my son took a target up there - on our property - and I
as soon as I was shouldering my rifle, I saw the difference. Drilled it 2 shots in the center.
BTY, the 8-point made the mistake of going downhill and level with me 5 minutes later at 180
yards and one shot, got him.
I shot at an 8-point buck at 160 yards with my 7mm rem mag and should have been a chip shot,
no--- I missed him 2 times standing broadside!!!
Because I used headsets this year instead of ear plugs.
He was at a steep uphill angle and where I have shot several deer before with the same rifle and
never missed.
Here is what happened, the Boyd's buttstock pushed my headset up and is so doing, it raised my
glasses up at the same time which caused a false image, and I was shooting way over his back.
He just walked away, I was bewildered, then adjusted my headset and noticed the vision change, but
didn't realize what had happened till later when my son took a target up there - on our property - and I
as soon as I was shouldering my rifle, I saw the difference. Drilled it 2 shots in the center.
BTY, the 8-point made the mistake of going downhill and level with me 5 minutes later at 180
yards and one shot, got him.
jmorris
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In competitive shooting I think mental management is a bigger deal than a lot of people think it is. I have seen the "wheels fall off" for some very good shooters. They didn't just stop being good shooters, their guns, ammo and weather didn't change, their mindset certainly did though.
Bingo! Precision shooting is 90% mental.
Buzznrose
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Once you remove all mechanical (firearm and ammo) issues like misaligned sights, bad barrels, inconsistent or mismatched ammo, you bring everything back to the shooter and fundamentals. Grip, Sights, and Trigger. And of them, the most important is pressing the trigger while the sights are aligned on the target and NOT moving them.
The better you do that consistently, the better a shooter you become.
Once a shooter understands these basic fundamentals, the less mental distraction or fatigue and better focus on the task are what makes shooters most successful.
Just my opinion…
The better you do that consistently, the better a shooter you become.
Once a shooter understands these basic fundamentals, the less mental distraction or fatigue and better focus on the task are what makes shooters most successful.
Just my opinion…
WestKentucky
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Ammo age and degradation due to storage conditions is a big part of mechanical accuracy.
Shooter health is a huge deal too. I’m asthmatic and my medicines tend to make me shaky. When my blood pressure is up I notice the shaking gets worse. I’m one who wobbles onto target and tries to time my shot to fall when the alignment is just right so lots of things can affect the way I focus there.
Shooter health is a huge deal too. I’m asthmatic and my medicines tend to make me shaky. When my blood pressure is up I notice the shaking gets worse. I’m one who wobbles onto target and tries to time my shot to fall when the alignment is just right so lots of things can affect the way I focus there.
Rockrivr1
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I remember when I was getting decent in High Power I could pull the trigger and almost immediately know where to look on the target to see my shot. The whole Calling your Shot thing. If you pulled a bad shot, and knew it, it could mess with your mind a little so you had to learn how to block that out for your next shoot. Never bothered me during rapid fire time, but sometime in slow shooting it gave you too much time to think about it.
The Old Redneck
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Decades ago as a kid watching old man with old rough looking revolver hit every thing he was shooting at. Being a kid ask him how he could hit like that? " Son you got to know how to lead the target" he said. But Sir everything was sitting still. " Depends on if you are the one doing the shooting ". When I picked up a gun the next time I could understand. The target was still but I wasn't. Unless shooting from a solid rest lots of things are happening. Shooting long range my heart beat can be noticeable sometimes. Old friend when I ask about things that effect shooting, smiled and said Everything.
