How many rifle shots do you take?

[Nuke8401]

If a miss costs you 10 seconds do you shoot 1 or 2 shots when 1 A/B hit is required on paper?

My first thought is do it the same as pistol, if the called shot is a sure or likely miss shoot again.

Or do you just shoot 2?

David E.

Edited July 20, 2011 by Nuke8401

[Jesse Tischauser]

Paper or steal?

Edited July 20, 2011 by Jesse Tischauser

[Nuke8401]

Paper; 1 A/B head or one body A for full points.

[R-Bros_JLR]

I usually just shoot two....but I like to get my money's worth of shooting!

[warpspeed]

2

Unless it will save me a mag change then I'd consider shooting just 1 on a few targets.

[MarkCO]

Unless the shots are called an "A" on close stuff with realtively slow transitions and you are planning for 1 shot per target, you are better off with 2 per paper, rifle and pistol. IF you can save a reload, maybe. But reloads should not be more than 2 seconds, splits not more than .2 seconds and transitions not more than .3 seconds for a mid-level competitor. If you do the math, for the most part, better with just doing the 2 rounds.

[moose76]

+1 I shoot two. For me it is faster then trying to call the shot, (which I suck at) and make up the miss.

[Jesse Tischauser]

Always shoot 2. If it's over 100 yards or a 100 yard head shot I'll take 3 maybe 4 depending on how much ammo I have on me.

[sqrlnts]

I go to shoot, so I always take two unless its trench warefare close, then just one.

[wideerhunter]

For under 50 yards, my 1st shot is aimed and I just pull the trigger as fast as I can for the 2nd shot. Looking at my targets, you will usually see 1 in the A zone and a 2nd hit low in the guts. I run a red dot and my eyes suck so over 50 yards, I have to slow things down.

[GorillaTactical]

def. 2....unless it saves you a reload somewhere or in a handful of other extreme cases.

...i don't care if the target is 1 foot away, I still shoot 2...if the targets are real close like that, that just means I can take less time aiming my two and get on the next target faster.

[DinosaurMikeGolf]

def. 2....unless it saves you a reload somewhere or in a handful of other extreme cases.

...i don't care if the target is 1 foot away, I still shoot 2...if the targets are real close like that, that just means I can take less time aiming my two and get on the next target faster.

What he said.

[Robbie]

I usually shoot 2. A lot of the matches I go to, use the smaller IPSC targets (airsoft) as rifle targets. So to ensure I don't miss I 'll shoot again

Edited July 27, 2011 by Robbie

[Tuukka]

We rarely have 1 shot paper targets here, but I would shoot 1 if I call the shot well and send a second one if I was unsure, no point in shooting more than you need to.

[mpeltier]

How many do I take? Only as many as it takes to nutralize the target......and no more.

[DyNo!]

"Always shoot 2. If it's over 100 yards or a 100 yard head shot I'll take 3 maybe 4 depending on how much ammo I have on me. "

Yup.

I have taken one alpha on a few occasions. Either I'm 100% sure I called the shot right (99% = a follow up shot) or I abide by the following:

If you have to aim to make the shot and you took & called a good shot like you were supposed to - why take two?

Here's an example - a headshot shoot target with a noshoot directly under it.

You should aim at that one.

Edited October 11, 2011 by DyNo!

[AlamoShooter]

Dy No has gets the A grade on this question. every thing is Risk Reward if you have that no shoot with the high risk take the one good A shot. if not shoot to your strength

My strong point is A , too many As on a two any place match.

But !The only way I will take a third shot is if I call one off the target

Edited October 11, 2011 by AlamoShooter

[outerlimits]

I shoot one less round than jaime-cause i'm on a fixed income.

[Corey]

I will almost always take the 2 shots instead of the 1A. as others have said, unless a reload can be saved or something else goofy, 2 is the way to go.

Now for pistol, depending on the distance, im much more likely to take single As or A/B shots, especially if i can cut out 1.5-2 seconds on a reload.

[Nuke8401]

Thanks for the responses,

I have concluded that 2 is best for me unless you are right on top of the target, I watched Bruce P. shoot the barrel stage at the AR-15/Rockcastle match which had the first paper at almost contact distance, he took one head shot and then moved on.

I think for me a single shot would be slower because my process would include; calling the shot, deciding to either shoot again or not, start my transition which I think would be longer than just shooting 2, calling the shots and moving on no matter what.

David E.