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lawboy · August 8, 2009, 01:14 AM

Good showing at your first match! You showed good understanding of the weapon and how it works in clearing the stovepipe and getting the gun running again. You did not "fail" on the steel, you shot fairly well. The main lesson to be learned on steel targets is that they teach you your maximum ACCURATE speed. If you cannot hit all of the steel at speed X, you cannot hit all the a zones on cardboard at speed X. Many, many competitors miss this lesson. They slow down to get hits on steel because everyone watching sees every miss as it occurs and this hurts the ego, so shooters slow up, aim carefully and try to hit. But as soon as they are done with the steel, they go right back to rushing through the cardboard targets in a blaze of inaccurate glory. That is because no one watching can tell if they are making good hits or not so they look better going fast. Don't be one of those. Go no faster than you can get good hits.

August 8, 2009, 01:14 AM	#16
lawboy Senior Member Join Date: September 11, 2005 Posts: 127	Good showing at your first match! You showed good understanding of the weapon and how it works in clearing the stovepipe and getting the gun running again. You did not "fail" on the steel, you shot fairly well. The main lesson to be learned on steel targets is that they teach you your maximum ACCURATE speed. If you cannot hit all of the steel at speed X, you cannot hit all the a zones on cardboard at speed X. Many, many competitors miss this lesson. They slow down to get hits on steel because everyone watching sees every miss as it occurs and this hurts the ego, so shooters slow up, aim carefully and try to hit. But as soon as they are done with the steel, they go right back to rushing through the cardboard targets in a blaze of inaccurate glory. That is because no one watching can tell if they are making good hits or not so they look better going fast. Don't be one of those. Go no faster than you can get good hits.