ardo Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I don't know if this is done in USPSA (I'm in Canada), but lately I've seen a lot of matches where classic IPSC targets are positioned at an angle: instead of being vertical, the targets are turned either right or left, sometimes almost horizontally. I shoot these the same way as I do vertical ones, keeping my upper body vertical. Would it make more sense to lean left or right - like shooting around a barricade - to align my body with the target? The reason I ask: when I transition from a vertical to a slanted target, I often get poor hits, like far C's or D's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smitty79 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 We had one this weekend that was angled 30 degrees to the right and had hard cover so that you could only score on a stripe up the middle as wide as the A zone. It was 20 yds away. Half the squad had at least 1 miss on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HI5-O Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 You pretty much answered your own question, stay straight up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunslingerDK Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Yeah just go for the middle of the A-zone and take the time needed to get A's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric4069 Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 I don't know if this is done in USPSA (I'm in Canada), but lately I've seen a lot of matches where classic IPSC targets are positioned at an angle: instead of being vertical, the targets are turned either right or left, sometimes almost horizontally. In the USPSA rule book this near horizontal angle is not allowed for Classic targets as below: 2.1.8.4 Scoring static Classic paper targets must not be presented at an angle greater than approximately 45 degrees from the vertical. No-shoot static Classic paper targets may be presented at any angle Is the rule different in IPSC? Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshidaex Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Ipsc rulebook allows 90 deg target placement of classic targets. 2.1.8.4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyGlock Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 This is the same in swingers where at initial dwell times the targets are at 90* angle. Nothing unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBunniFuFu Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Aim small, Hit small. Go for the letter A in the center. When you shoot vertical how are your shots pulling? If you are a righty and they hitting left then trigger control needs to be worked on. Usually I stay vertical and just adjust my speed for the "smaller" target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardo Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Aim small, Hit small. Go for the letter A in the center. When you shoot vertical how are your shots pulling? If you are a righty and they hitting left then trigger control needs to be worked on. Usually I stay vertical and just adjust my speed for the "smaller" target. Good suggestion, thanks. I do tend to pull left when going at speed. Had a similar problem in yesterday's match on a couple of partial IPSC targets from left side of a barricade. Turned my body - and had a mike on one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilBunniFuFu Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Ardo I think you might be using too much trigger finger if you are pulling them left. Try going back to basics and focus of grip and that finger and see is you can get that cleared up. "Correct" dry firing is your friend. Another suggestion, Go do a live fire practice session and have two targets set up. Put one off color paster right in the center of the targets. Black or white works. Draw two transition two at speed, but try hard to hit those pasters. If you see a drift in the second shot your trigger finger might be the culprit and not your body positioning. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troupe Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Need to know where your bullets impact at all ranges, practice it sometime, it will improve on your confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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