Nice night here

Grace to barn, Cal and I to gun club. Shot some trap and pistol.  We went over to the archery range and got some good tips from an experienced archer.

All over the place

Shot this morning, broke a 24 and then a 20 from 16 yards.  Then ran my first 25 (in a long time) from the 24 yard line.  Then over for some pistol and bow shooting.

Nice Father's Day

Great weekend weather-wise.  Shot a lot but poorly.  A couple of ok rounds here and there but overall, poor.  Have some ideas what I am doing wrong.  Went over Sunday afternoon for a BBQ with two other couples and their kids.  Shot some trap, pistols and bow.  Everybody was safe and we had a great time.  Caught some fish and a bunch of big bull frogs. 

Gun club

Cal took my picture out at the gun club yesterday afternoon. A windy day, as has been the case all year, but I shot some ok singles. We stopped on the way home and bought a kid-sized compound bow. I'm going to have to take it back to get it fitted properly to him.

Nice resource

I came across this great blog. Lots of good information on pistol shooting plus a lot of articles on the mental aspects.

Lots of Practice This Week

I got some good advice last weekend about gun hold and where to look for the target. I've been fishing around with high hold, low holds with no confidence in either. A local shooter who has been breaking ATA targets for half his life suggested to me a parallel hold. Keep it simple. I also told him how I look way out into the distance for the target. He suggested looking closer to the house, not so far out. "Up, not out" was the way he put it. Anyway, I tried it Monday afternoon and broke my first 50 singles. Between Monday and Wednesday I broke 2 24s at handicap (24 yds) which I haven't done in a long time. Couple of worse scores, but everything was above a 21. And the breaks were a lot harder. I shot the league last night. I broke two 24s on the practice trap from 16 yards, and then broke a 22 in the league shoot. Maybe I should just skip the practice targets, my concentration skills are in short supply towards the end of the week. I broke a 22 in the handicap. Not great shooting, but better than I have been and Thursday nights have usually been my worst day of the week to shoot. A few other things he suggested to me, (1) black out the front bead, (2) use a key word to clear your mind before you mount the gun, and (3) make sure that your gun and eyes are still before you call for the target. All in all, happy with the initial results and happy with the way the MX15 has shot over about 1500 targets.

Good Quote

"Simplicity is the key to brilliance." - Bruce Lee. In contrast, my shooting has been a collection of different guns, holds, look points, i.e. overly complicated. I struggled through the Bob Sommers ATA shoot this weekend, my first registered targets since last September. Shot a good first 50 handicap targets then fell apart. I started shooting my MX15 which is going to be a good fit. I got some good advice from a great local shooter about where and how to look for the target.