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Replied by funfred on topic High ten, everyone!
Thanks for the response.
If I'm lucky, the gun will talk to me. I have a competition motorcycle that talked to me and it's like I can do no wrong on it. I did have to change my style but it was so worth it. Everything done right is with utter cool and precision.
Can you link a particular thread on your techniques or give me a hint what/where to search?
I think I've experienced something to that affect, once. People did take notice cuz, I assumed, I wasn't a comp shooter and I was using an off-the-shelf, red-dotted .45...not a race gun nor speed-rigged. It almost seemed easy, then I got my scores.
When the dot crossed the bullseye, I squeezed. I managed to outshoot 2/3s of the contestants for grouping and my times put me a little above mid-pack. I doubt the front runners were on par with today's high-level competitors, but whoever they were, they all had access to Dam Neck(yeah, I'm name dropping
) for the shoot. It was so long ago, I can't remember what org sanctioned the meet. We did have to move, reload and engage at various distances from behind barriers, etc.
I'm reminded of the scene in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" when the Columbian local asks Sundance to shoot a target and he misses miserably. Sundance then asks, "Can I move?" and proceeds to nail it.
I can hit if I'm not moving.
BTW, I totally get "diminishing skills". There's a point of no return where it's like starting over. On guns, I'm there. It sucks. I definitely need dedicated trigger time and not the plinking that's become my norm...about a 1000rds/year.
If I'm lucky, the gun will talk to me. I have a competition motorcycle that talked to me and it's like I can do no wrong on it. I did have to change my style but it was so worth it. Everything done right is with utter cool and precision.
Can you link a particular thread on your techniques or give me a hint what/where to search?
I think I've experienced something to that affect, once. People did take notice cuz, I assumed, I wasn't a comp shooter and I was using an off-the-shelf, red-dotted .45...not a race gun nor speed-rigged. It almost seemed easy, then I got my scores.
When the dot crossed the bullseye, I squeezed. I managed to outshoot 2/3s of the contestants for grouping and my times put me a little above mid-pack. I doubt the front runners were on par with today's high-level competitors, but whoever they were, they all had access to Dam Neck(yeah, I'm name dropping
) for the shoot. It was so long ago, I can't remember what org sanctioned the meet. We did have to move, reload and engage at various distances from behind barriers, etc.I'm reminded of the scene in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" when the Columbian local asks Sundance to shoot a target and he misses miserably. Sundance then asks, "Can I move?" and proceeds to nail it.
I can hit if I'm not moving.
BTW, I totally get "diminishing skills". There's a point of no return where it's like starting over. On guns, I'm there. It sucks. I definitely need dedicated trigger time and not the plinking that's become my norm...about a 1000rds/year.
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Replied by funfred on topic High ten, everyone!
What?!? And expose what a lousy shot I've become? 
Seriously, it might make for a decent thread...going through the rehabilitation to re-attain what I once had and then progressing into the distances for which the platform is capable.
It's gonna be a while before I have it...so many irons in the fire. I plan to make headway in a week or two. Hope everything's in stock, but that's something I can check come Monday.
Admittedly, I treated the .45, 700 and HBAR with less than caring maintenance for all the rounds they've eaten. I won't be as slack this time around.
Seriously, it might make for a decent thread...going through the rehabilitation to re-attain what I once had and then progressing into the distances for which the platform is capable.
It's gonna be a while before I have it...so many irons in the fire. I plan to make headway in a week or two. Hope everything's in stock, but that's something I can check come Monday.
Admittedly, I treated the .45, 700 and HBAR with less than caring maintenance for all the rounds they've eaten. I won't be as slack this time around.
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