Thursday, January 31, 2013

Great day to practice for the Bowling Pin Shoot

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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