Adam5
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I shot the weekly IPSC match at my local range tonight and made an interesting observation of my shooting, but I'll get to that in a moment.
First the funy part where I laugh at myself. At the first stage, which was 48 rounds, I drew, aimed, pulled the trigger and nothing. I then clicked the safety off and was off to the races. It was the first time that I competed with a gun that had a safety. I then killed my time by missing two sets of targets and having to double back to get them. I don't remember what my scores were, but they were not bad. The second stage was 20 rounds and I did fine, 15 A's, 4 C's and 1 D. The final stage was 8 stationary shots at close range, 6 A's and 2 C's.
I had a blast, literally, and look foward to doing it more often. I don't think I can do it weekly, but every other week shouldn't be a problem.
Now for the interesting observation of my shooting. I pulled off the longer shots more accurately than I normally do when playing at the range and concentrating on my shots.
Why?
At the match, I was paying more attention to my front sight than the rear. When I target shoot I concentrate alot more on both sights. Why would I shoot better when concentrating less? Could I be concentrating too much when just target shooting? More relaxed when shooting IPSC since I'm also thinking about my movements and what targets are next? Any other thoughts?
First the funy part where I laugh at myself. At the first stage, which was 48 rounds, I drew, aimed, pulled the trigger and nothing. I then clicked the safety off and was off to the races. It was the first time that I competed with a gun that had a safety. I then killed my time by missing two sets of targets and having to double back to get them. I don't remember what my scores were, but they were not bad. The second stage was 20 rounds and I did fine, 15 A's, 4 C's and 1 D. The final stage was 8 stationary shots at close range, 6 A's and 2 C's.
I had a blast, literally, and look foward to doing it more often. I don't think I can do it weekly, but every other week shouldn't be a problem.
Now for the interesting observation of my shooting. I pulled off the longer shots more accurately than I normally do when playing at the range and concentrating on my shots.
Why?
At the match, I was paying more attention to my front sight than the rear. When I target shoot I concentrate alot more on both sights. Why would I shoot better when concentrating less? Could I be concentrating too much when just target shooting? More relaxed when shooting IPSC since I'm also thinking about my movements and what targets are next? Any other thoughts?