I kicked arse yesterday!

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Shot my first 2700 of the season yesterday. Much of it in humid 90 degree weather.

Shot very well in the .22 match: 877
Shot GREAT in the centerfire match: 866 (blew away my previous high score)
Shot VERY well in the .45 match: 853

I dropped 11 points on the last target (and I had an alibi).

I ended up with a 2596! Just four more points and I would be in the 2600 club! :banghead:

Oh well... I was thrilled really. That is some 20 points higher than my previous high and my goal for shooting this year! I shot ok in the leg match after. 257. Good enough for second place non-distinguished and should get me my final points towards my distinguished shooting badge!

On the drive home I was thinking I'd like to celebrate with a glass of scotch. When I got home my wife was waiting there with a bottle of scotch for fathers day! Damn... all the planets were in alignment for me.

:D

EDIT: Alas... I came in third in the EIC pistol match so I am not distinguished yet.
 
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Outstanding!
Congrats on your great results. That must have been something having your Scotch wish ready at hand when you got back.

I went out this weekend and find that I am consistent, anyways. A mean of 83.something for the fourth (out of four) times in a row for the Slow (at 25 yrds) shooting about 6 targets total.


Do you shoot the .45 in the centerfire also?

Anyways, Congrats and have a great day,
cavman
 
Yes... I shot the same gun in both the centerfire and .45 stages.

Average of 83 is good. I think that is close to Sharpshooter.

Matches are won in slowfire... and lost in Rapid. Think about that... focus your attention on slowfire. Do well there and then move your attention to shooting good rapid scores. (I should follow my own advice sometimes).
 
I guess I am a natural at 83. That is where I started on my first time, and that is where I have remained. C+ if this was an exam, but I will still give myself an A for effort!

I found that if I sped up and shot more of a slow rhythm, rather than a series of singles, I did better. That lasted for 2 series, a 90 and a 91. Then, however, I lost it and dropped right back down to a low of 79. Too few to see if the change of speed style made a difference.

However, I recalled you mentioning earlier to try and time the shot as one moves towards and through the X. It seemed to me that I remained "perfectly still" there was considerable "Brownian Movement". This is versus timing the settlling of the recoil if I tried the rhythm style.

I don't know if that is a technique to try and develop or not. What do you think? Go with those 2 highest scores using that style? Or, is that a bad habit which will hurt me further down the road?

Anyways, it was hot in the Virginia too, ~95 and I began to notice grip shake and decided to call it after 6 targets.

thanks and have a great day,
cavman
 
Shooting multiple shots in slowfire is only recommended if you like what you see.

I had about 3 or 4 'doubles' yesterday where I liked what I saw after the first shot and pulled the trigger for another shot. EVERY time it was a good shot. Why? Not because it was timed right... it was just... well... right. It looked good and felt good.

Your bad targets are the result of fatigue, poor decisions (taking a shot you don't feel good about) or just bad technique.

Those good targets were most likely your head getting out of the way. Not thinking too much and just letting the shot go without forcing it.
 
I haven't shot a 2700 yet!!! Want to though.

Good job reaching your goal. I'm sure you'll get to the 2600 club. They serve scotch there, I hear. :D


All I've shot are 600 rim fire. But I'm practicing with .45. I can get into the 90's with rimfire in slow, timed and rapid, (on a good day). And I get razzed for my slow fire scores that are sometimes eight points above my timed/rapid. With only one 99 so far. The 100 eludes me. I sqeeked out an Expert class from our winter league. But now my goal is to do the same with .45/centerfire/rimfire. I'm hoping that shooting some pins this summer will help my rapid fire scores.

What are you guys shooting, ? -Pistol wise, that is.

I'm pouring my own lead from a Lyman 452460swc quad mold, backed by 4.0gns of Bullseye and PMC, WIN, or Speer cases. Case brands are separated for each box of 100 I load. I've noticed the flash hole sizes are different for several different brands of brass, even within the same brand. I weigh my bullets to be +- 2% of mean per box. I'm lubing and sizing with a Lyman 450 to .452". I really want a STAR lubrisizer. Is anyone else going to this much trouble for accurate loads for Bullseye? My pistol is a Kimber Stainless II.

-Steve
 
My guns are:

.22 - Pardini SPE
.45/CF - Caspian Slide and Frame built by gunsmith David Santurri (RI)
.45 ball - Stainless Caspian slide and frame built by same.

Loads:

.22 = Wolf Match Target
.45 50 yards = STAR 185g Lead SWC-HP with 4.3 g Winchester Super Target
.45 25 yards = STAR 185g Lead SWC-HP with 4.5 g Winchester 231

Not much concerned about brass or primer. I usually load my long line loads with new Winchester brass and use used mixed brass for the short line. I leave about 2 thumbnail thickness above the edge of the brass for my seating depth and a crimp of .470-.471.
 
Maybe someday, I too will have a Pardini. ..

But that's just a bit outside my tax bracket right now. As is a custom .45, (or a pair of them for that matter). A buddy just picked up a Colt from a local smith that shoots just around 2 1/2" at 50yds. My Kimber seems to be holding it's own against it. When we picked up his pistol, I set three 4" chickens on a rail, and at 25yds I cleaned them in four shots. I noted that "I" pulled the third shot. It felt good in my hands, but I seem to be shooting my Kimber better. We'll see how his pistol gets as it breaks in.

My rimfires are just Ruger MK II's, but they'll print one ragged hole at 25yds from Ransom rest with WinT22's. Grips and trigger work. Springs, all changed. Not a Pardini or Hammerli, but I guess I'm doin OK with worked over gear.

Thanx for the load data.

-Steve
 
That is quite a loading skill that you've developed. I have only really shot Federal Champion and Target, and some CCI Blazer. I have shot some others, but that was before I "knew" what I was doing and wouldn't be able to tell how they have performed.

I use, now mostly, a Model 41 with and Ultradot on top. Before that little "gift to self", I had the Ruger Hunter Mark III for about 5 months. But I am using mostly the 41. I break out the Hunter, now, to train my right hand when my
left needs some rest!!

I, too, have a single 99, timed fire. Unofficial, however, as it was during a training day at the range. Still, my shirt might have seemed a little puffed up if anyone was around.

Fatigue, both mental and physical, are truly the enemies. I am beginning to see things, now in patterns of ten, that are giving me an indication, after the fact, of how I am shooting. So maybe one day I, too, can be in the 90's.

have a great day,
cavman

ps: a friend of mine in the internet division of an insurance company one day surprised us with his new Scotch hobby. He now has a site, not surprising, internet guy and all, and wrote a beginners book as well, (which I still need to buy and have him sign). http://www.thescotchblog.com/
 
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