Target talk.

[CAB33]

I plan on spending my next practice working on this target at 15 yards and seeing what I learn.

I did the same thing about 6 months ago with a zebra target at 10 yards and it was a great practice.

It would be great to hear some people's thoughts about what they learn from this target and what they do to

improve on it.

[HSMITH]

Shoot that coming into a position forward or leaving a position backward, doing those things your sight misalignment will be mostly vertical.

[BritinUSA]

May i make a suggestion; Instead of hardcover,use a no-shoot instead. There's no penalty for dropping a shot into hard-cover (assuming a make-up shot) but putting a shot into a no-shoot will cost you. If you can shoot it confidently with a no-shoot then hard-cover becomes a no-brainer.

[kevin c]

Out of curiosity, what do people use as their point of aim on this target?

Do you go for the upper A/B?

Do you go for the lower A?

Do you aim for the middle and give up some points?

Does it depend on the distance to the target and/or how easy it is to set up on or leave it?

For me, under 10 yds, I tend to go for the lower A, but, then, I'm a plodder, and perhaps should give up some points for time.

[Flexmoney]

I don't want to derail the thread...not suggesting a different target. I just happen to have a graphic to post on where I like to aim. (Which works, when I really do it.)

The red square is a representation on what I want to shoot for. It is about a 4x4 inch area. It is 16 square inches, versus the approximately 66 square inches of the entire lower A-zone.

Benefits, as I see them:

- Most hardcover and no-shoot placement will tend to leave this area available. So, you can most always aim for the same spot on the target...no matter what the presentation.

- Aim small, hit small.

- Consistent and clear intent on where to drive the gun too.

- probably some more stuff, but the phone was ringing...

[Flexmoney]

- probably some more stuff, but the phone was ringing...

To add a bit...

Many will shoot a shot that is away from where that don't want to hit. That places their mind on the negative.

If you find your shots drifting away from hardcover or no-shoots, ask yourself why.

Compare that with focusing only on the positive. Pick the spot your want to hit. Decide to hit it.

OK...enough keyboard from me. Do CAB's exercise !!

[kevin c]

Thanks to you both!

kc

[jostein jensen]

Before I started shooting open I had problems with my shots drifting away from HC/NS's. The ammo I used would wander 4 inches either way from POA so I guess I just took precautions to avoid the misses and NS's, when it actually just did the same thing on the other side of the target.

Now, shooting open, with a better gun and better ammo, I KNOW where the bullet goes, and it makes an incredible difference in confidence approaching this type of targets.

[markwilliston]

I have never seen a penalty target.

[jostein jensen]

who said anything about penalty targets? I know its late over here, but I can't find anything other than NS's in the thread..

FWIW, I think the no-shoots used to be called PT's in an older rulebook, at least for IPSC.