Newguy,
I had one of the worst matches I think I've ever shot in nearly 25 years of handgun competition last weekend. It appeared I had never had ahold of a handgun before. The gun never malfunctioned, the ammo all went off and I didn't bobble a reload, I just could not hit the targets.... just one of those days. This action type of shooting is new to me also, have only tried it a few times in the past couple of years and have a hard time changing my total style of shooting. I've shot IHMSA silhouette and other extreme long distance handgun since the late 70's, early 80's and we have 2 minutes to fire 5 shots at targets out to 220 yards. I know how to aim and shoot accurately but when that buzzer goes off any game plan I had went up in smoke and it's draw, try to aim quickly and shoot as fast as possible, usually not hitting much and I'm used to hitting stuff 1/4 the size at 100 times the distance. I have a LOT to learn about this type of shooting and plan on watching the guys that know how it's done. I see it's not an easy style to master but lots of practice (good practice) lots of listening and sticking thru the tough times to gain the experience that the others have already gone thru. I felt like sneaking back to the car after a particularly bad run, everyone is watching you and it's hard to hold your head high and walk back from that stage but it's happened to everyone else one time or another. Stick with it, I'm going to do better next time, I'm also going to learn at least one thing at the next match also. The match before I ended up 5th overall so we all can get lucky sometimes. Pay attention, keep the ears open and listen to the guys that offer a suggestion...
Now, I have to learn to listen to my own words.....
Topstrap
