38supPat Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 How much you can observe and feel just shooting into the backstop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lknbigfish Posted April 15, 2014 Share Posted April 15, 2014 not enough for me to do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshoot Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 How much you can observe and feel just shooting into the backstop. +1 Learning to shoot fast, one must practice shooting fast. I know of no better way to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 I observe how much each primer, bullet and powder costs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lknbigfish Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 How much you can observe and feel just shooting into the backstop. not enough for me to do it How much you can observe and feel just shooting into the backstop. I see what happened Pat, you did not like my response to your post and used your moderator powers to punish someone with an opposing view. People with power should not use that power for personal issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grapemeister Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 (edited) Just recently I thought my vision had changed and I couldn't see the front sight as clearly as before. The other day, after a practice session and before heading home, I aimed at the berm and focused on the front sight. Sure enough there it was and clear as it ever was. Turns out my vision hadn't changed, I had just gotten lazy. At that point I decided to load up the few remaining rounds I had left and shoot them into the berm. It was amazing how clearly I could see the initial lift of the front sight. So, there it was, the reason my shot calling ability had declined. The miraculous healing power of the berm! Edited April 18, 2014 by grapemeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshoot Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Just recently I thought my vision had changed and I couldn't see the front sight as clearly as before. The other day, after a practice session and before heading home, I aimed at the berm and focused on the front sight. Sure enough there it was and clear as it ever was. Turns out my vision hadn't changed, I had just gotten lazy. At that point I decided to load up the few remaining rounds I had left and shoot them into the berm. It was amazing how clearly I could see the initial lift of the front sight. So, there it was, the reason my shot calling ability had declined. The miraculous healing power of the berm! Brian Enos and Steve Anderson enlightened me on the benefits of this type of practice, several years ago. It is nothing short of amazing, what you can discover, with berm shooting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyChris Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 If you haven't done it before, you learn a lot. It helped me understand the movement of my sights when shooting rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinka Posted May 1, 2014 Share Posted May 1, 2014 I usually start my range sessions firing a couple mags into the berm. I'm still learning but the berm does help me in seeing my sights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Dunlop Posted May 16, 2014 Share Posted May 16, 2014 I was recently asked to help our army pistol team, and my shooting the berm tip was described as 'gold' by them. Its a great drill made even better by taxpayers buying the ammo.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 At the beginning of EVERY live fire session I shoot a cold Bill Drill as a running bench mark and then walk 6 more yards up to the berm and shoot half a mag or so into the berm to confirm what my grip should feel like with the sights tracking straight up and down ... If at any time during the session my sight tracking gets off I'll stop what I'm doing and go back to the berm ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 How much you can observe and feel just shooting into the backstop. Many activities open to improvement if you remove a typically present sensory input. Shaving with your eyes closed is another example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 So is trimming your eyebrows ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
38supPat Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 How much you can observe and feel just shooting into the backstop. Many activities open to improvement if you remove a typically present sensory input. Shaving with your eyes closed is another example. I bleed enough now.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolm31 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Thanks...I've got something new to add to my drills at the range.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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