billfer Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Agreed S in C. How many time have you seen a group of 5 steel packed together tight and think to yourself ah no sweat just lay them all down. Then at the buzzer it's draw, one quick sight picture, (gun somehow switches to 5 round burst), only to leave half the group standing. This is such a great thread Scott started I thought I'd bring it back around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan-O-Mite Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 There are no C zones on steel. I MUST REMEMBER THIS AT MY NEXT STEEL MATCH!!!! Thank you, I think this is an ah-HA moment for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgh george Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 In the heat, it can feel painfully slow to make yourself see what you know you need to see. But it usually isn't slow at all. be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neomet Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) My good bro' who is a damned good GM constantly, constantly beats me about the head and shoulders that this is a game of points. Being thick headed and susceptible to the the ego of speed I only episodically listen to him. I wonder why my improvements are episodic.......... Great post Scott. edited to add incredible words of wisdom just issued by the amazing and always succinct Ms. Neomet who is pretty much a complete neophyte at this sport but obviously grasps more than I do. "There really should be no such thing as a mystery mike". Edited January 11, 2011 by Neomet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-ManBart Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Wow...nearly six year...nice revival! I don't tend to have a problem with steel, but if I can get better at it...coolies. I think I'm going to work on something like partial targets on steel...maybe shoot poppers with just the circle painted and if it doesn't touch paint, it didn't count. R, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oak hill Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 once upon a time I heard something like "aim small........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueOvalBruin Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 once upon a time I heard something like "aim small........ ...do as the Romans do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kruger Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Wow...nearly six year...nice revival! I don't tend to have a problem with steel, but if I can get better at it...coolies. I think I'm going to work on something like partial targets on steel...maybe shoot poppers with just the circle painted and if it doesn't touch paint, it didn't count. R, Even after all this time it is nice to see this thread surface again. Scott's post is one of my bookmarked links and I reread it several times a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjb45 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I spent some time shooting Tuesday Night Steel at Rio Salado. It is hard not to love steel. Now that I am rarely back in AZ I have seen my skill diminish. I know when I start missing on steel, I am looking at the steel instead of my sights. Very simply that is the cause for the miss. Seeklander talks about the shooting cycle in his new book (BTW: Great Book). If you have your sight picture, it is confirmed, you exercise trigger control, you do not need to see the steel fall (although it might be fun) or hear the ping, both of which slow you down, you call your shot and move on. Extra hits on steel eat your time away. I get to practice on 4 inch plates on a .22 plate rack. When I get trigger time on this plate rack my accuracy goes way up in all my matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 When I shoot steel, I have to be on the front sight like white on rice...like spots on dice...like cold on ice. You can get "C" his on paper, steel is either hit or miss. The front sight is everything on steel. It doesn't have to be totally centered, but it has to be known. When you can track the front sight really fast, you can hit steel really fast. If you can't track the front sight, you will have a miss or two, slowing down the run. Speed will manifest. There is no substitute for seeing the front sight when you need at positive hit. Don't buy the delusion that you can shoot faster than you can see. Seeing is not a matter of time, it is a matter of focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaster113 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 very good points, I always seem to have some trouble with steel but get mostly A hits on the paper targets. going too fast and not getting good sight pictures on the steel is probably whats screwing me up. aim small miss small... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangedays Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 At our matches we always do some stages mixed with steel poppers and hide-away targets so we always get practice with both. I for some reason have always been quicker on steel than paper. I lived in Bend Oregon for 13 years before moving to North Idaho. The weather is worse here, hate to say. Nothing worse than trying to keep targets up and going in the rain or snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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