Dewberry

So first some back ground, for years before I ever started to shoot a gun on a regular basis I was shooting a bow and arrow which has fiber optic sights. In archery I was taught to look at and focus on the target and just let the dot from the fiber optic be picked up by my peripheral vision and place it on the target (this was a relatively slow process taking 3 or 4 seconds to sight, hold on target and release the arrow. In the few local uspsa matches I have shot so far I have used this method for aiming my pistol also. It has worked decently, I hit alpha almost every time and I finish about half way through the pack both beating and losing to some b's and c's. Now to the point, i have been reading alot on tracking my sight and calling my shot because i cant really do this yet. since every one says focus on the front sight i was working on that in dryfire practice this evening. I found that if I aimed at a target then looked at and focus on the front sight i had one front sight and 2 targets but the target became so blurry I could never hope to hit the alpha, so I started trying other things which led to an ah-ha moment when I found that I could focus on the front sight but look at the target this gave me one target that was kinda blurry but clear enough to hit and two front sight posts one was crystal clear and in line with my sight picture the other was off to the side and kinda blurry but my mind doesn't even notice it. Is this what every one is talking about when they say focus on the front sight or should I really be looking at and focusing on the front sight to the point where there is one sight and two blurry targets and then learn how to distinguish those targets and hit the correct one accurately? Sorry for the wordy post but thank you in advance for any help

I want to shoot Sunday, I'm going to send my paperwork in this week. Do y'all have any kind of camping grounds? Would it be an option for me to drive in Saturday and watch/ help tape and stuff and then camp there Saturday night and shoot Sunday?

What else is going on that day? if y'all don't mind me asking.

I am very interested, especially since its for a good cause. Do y'all know round count yet?

I had something kinda similar happen to me at Texas Multigun, while getting out of a prop car at the beginning of the stage I had a magazine carrier come off my belt (with the mag in it) and didn't notice till the end of the stage when I ran out of ammo. I took 40 seconds in penalties because of it. Lesson learned, always use mag pouches the you have to feed the belt through not the kind that slip over the top of the belt.

Yes I am going to Texas multigun with the Aggie 3gun team. I'm really looking forward to it, and learning a lot at it. Any suggestion or tips?

HOWDY!!! My name is Eric and I am a current student at Texas A&M university. I am also a member of the 3 gun club on campus, and a member of their compatition shooting team. The club is only a couple years old and the team is just starting to get established. My experience. I have shot a two uspsa matches and two 3 gun matches, both were relatively small put on by local clubs and ranges. I have a natural tendency to be good with mechanical things and I am finding that guns fall into this category. While shooting a match I have found thing go best when I just go smoothly and let the guns do what I want them to instead of trying to force things or over think them if you know what I mean. My main focus will be three gun completions with the team but I will also be shooting uspsa on the side because I enjoy the pistol shooting so much. I have been lurking around here for a couple weeks and have already learn so much. What I'm shooting. M&P 9mm full size with apex tactical r.a.m and sear Benelli super black eagle with a lancer systems carbon fiber +6 tube extension. I'm borrowing a teammates AR15 for now. The reason I'm joining Is to learn, I'm very new to this sport and this forum appears as if it has a lot of people who really know what they are talking about and enjoy helping others learn. In particular in looking for drill and practice methods I can do to get better, specifically dry fire and even drills I can work without my guns because I live on campus so I have to store my guns in a friends safe of campus so I don't have access to them every night. Thank you to everyone who's posts I have already read and learned from and thank you in advance to all those who help me in the future. Sorry it's wordy. I'm finished now I promise. Thanks and Gig'em, Dewberry