It was a good night for me. Still shot an unacceptable score but I learned more about what I need to do to improve. That makes it a good night. There were two key discoveries.
First, I found that if I work harder finding the right height of the butt in my shoulder, I can pretty much set the gun to a height that eliminates the need to "come down" or "come up" on the bull using "muscle input". I need to explore this further.
Second, I found with the above discovery, I went from "pass shooting" to actually holding the bull inside the front aperture. This introduced an entire new problem. I am paralyzed by the fear of taking a bad shot, and therefore I can't get my trigger finger to break when I want to. Bill P. says dry firing will solve that. I would agree, some form of practice should reduce this problem. I need to get to the point that the shot becomes subconscious. I am miles away from that right now.
I also found an excellent blog with what seems to be a treasure trove of tips for the Air Rifle shooter. I am going to try some that will work on my two findings from tonight.
Printable targets for air
DATA:
2012-13 Season score log
#1 501 (81 81 84 85 82 88)
#2 515 (87 88 89 83 85 83) 11x 7 or lower, 15 10x. previous practice 1x
2011-12 Season score log
Match #1 515 (87 83 87 88 90 80)
Match #2 510 (85 89 85 86 82 83)
Match #3 532 (94 87 83 91 89 88) (season high, 94/100 tied best ever 10 shots)
Match #4 530 (87 90 90 93 89 81)
Match #5 524 (86 84 88 91 85 90)
Match #6 517 (88 85 88 87 90 79)
Match #7 524 (82 91 88 91 84 88)
Personal Top three 600 scores. Goal, 540.
539 (93 90 90 85 87 94). 11x 7 or lower, 22 10x. 11/??/08
532 (94 87 83 91 89 88) 3/??/12
530 (87 90 90 93 89 81) 3/??/12
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