Hi,
The weather has been unseasonable warm the past few days. I took advantage of it, and went shooting Wednesday.
Bowling Pin matches begin in March. I cannot wait : ) I've had a lot of fun at the matches, and I've met some very nice people. There are several ladies from a local shooting club that show up for most matches. It is fun to discuss weapons, shooting techniques, optics, and hunting with them.
My shooting on Wednesday was very good. I could only hope my time on the pins will be as good as it was in practice. I was taking down 6 plates with the .22 Ruger in about 4.05 seconds. The 9mm is a bit longer because of the recoil and having to reacquire the target after each shot. I was running around 10.45 seconds. There is just something intimidating about shooting in front of a group and with the timer person standing next to me, that makes me nervous. I think about what I will feel like when I miss, what the crowd may say, things that don't really matter but they play on my mind. Then I think too much about some of the things that do matter like will I bring the gun up quick enough when the buzzer goes off, will I assume I hit a target and move to the next, then come back for any I miss. All kinds a thoughts in a split second that hamper my speed.
I've decided in this years practice to do drills on the first shot. I have my husband call out the ready command and beep, I raise the gun from the ready position and shoot the first target. Then repeat until I feel comfortable, and ready to shoot with out all of other cluttering thoughts. Muscle repetition is what I hear this is called. We'll see.
I'll let you know how it goes after the first match of 2013.
Taker care, good shooting and good hunting.
M.
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