Slowfire.. -Held too long last night.

I had a good target going. Shots in order- 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 10, 8, 10.

I held too long on that second to last shot. I knew it when I was doing it. Could I have had the mental power to set the pistol down, take a virtual relality break and start again? NO! I figured I could adapt and overcome. I Was Wrong! I don't even take my own advice.

Phunny, a fellow shooter said that he'd like to see one of my 99sf targets some time. He's an improving shooter, and was there the other day when I finally shot a perfect 100 rapid target. So, here I was pushing myself to beat Tstar77, shooting what could have been a 99sf, when in the back of my mind there must have been that earlier conversation. That's it, I made two mistakes, (other than letting the trigger break when the barrel was not pointing at the 10 ring). Held too long, and let my mind play on the fact that I could be shooting one of my best SF targets.

By the way, Tstar77 beat me last night. Matching our personal bests. Which took me by 3 pts.

-Steve

You've got a deal Lil Ski!

I'll have to admit, I don't shoot slow fire that well every time. I sure wish I did! But I'll bet at my club that I probably do have more 93+sf's than anyone else.

We have a bulletin board on the wall behind the line. If you're proud of your target, put it up. There's only a couple 100 T/R. Bunch of 98's/99's. Shoot a 99, pull down your own or someone else's 98. There aren't any slow fire targets posted. Most are not proud of their SF shooting. I have an 11-16-05 99sf on the wall in my office. Also a few 94/95/97 iron sight 25yd SF's hanging in my gun room. A reminder that I 'can' shoot that well. (When the cosmic forces are aligned and when my last two remaining brain cells have taken a rest from their feud.) I've shot a few 99's since then, but being humble (no comments from Tstar77!), I elected to throw them in the BTU pile.

My problem has been consistency. That second 600 with the 97 1st SF, the other night, I followed that up with a 90 SF.:banghead: And with 95-98 T/R's in that set, I flung a 90 R. :banghead: No, not a miss, just too many 8's. This is where yours and Bdutton's experience makes me look like the rookie that I am.

Bdutton, You shoot very well. 97+% is awsome! Our league is with two clubs/6 teams. I'm chasing a guy that shoots 96%. I'll be lucky to win 3rd place overall. You may have seen my post on the Bullseye list for 'What are your competition guns'... I've gotten responses back from many that say in so many words- 'No serious BE shooter is shooting a Ruger'.

Well, I wonder if I could shoot better SF with a better designed pistol? Each season I make a change. Either with me, or the pistol. First thing was the trigger job and grips. Last season was a RedDot. Now I'm looking for a lighter Dot and will entertain building my own polymer grips molded from my hand, or Randle Fungs.


-Steve