I stumbled on this great website as I was looking for ways to improve my practice. At this point, I am not sure if my lack of progress is due to lack of talent or lack of a poor practice regimen. Or, perhaps a gun that is poorly configured for me to develop my talent. All things to look at when you don't have any coaching available.
I decided to take inventory of my gun, an Anschutz 2002SSP.. Of course, blame the equipment! Not really, I just wanted to collect more data so I can be more informed when and if I decide to change anything. For now, I am only going to change (reduce) the amount of barrel weight by 50%. Zero cost experimentation.
Trigger. My trigger (5021) is a two stage trigger and the final stage breaks at 3.7 to 4.0 oz after about 10 tests. Most were in the 3.7 oz (105 grams) spot. There are times I pull through it. And there are times I think it should have gone but did not. At such a light pull, it is a delicate issue when releasing the shot. I need to research this trigger and see if the trigger is indeed designed to operate at this low a setting. It is how I got the gun.
Front insert Too small an insert, like too much power on a scope, makes me "jump around" and in general get the visual sense I am moving all over the place. I may be using an insert that is too small but for now, that is all I own. I use a 3.6mm. A real set which ranges from 3.1 to 4.3mm.
Barrel Weights: I have been shooting with 13 oz (365 grams) of weights on the front. I see many successful silhouette shooters put the maximum allowable weight on their barrels. I figured more is better. But it does add to fatigue. I am going to try with half that amount and see what differences I notice.
Barrel extension. I just happen to have an extender which lets me put the front globe 2.75" (70mm) further out giving added sight radius. Technically this should help.
Armed with this info hopefully I can learn what to experiment with as I seek to hit my goal of a 540/600.
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