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In other words, the clump forms because *I* am doing something different for those shots. If what I claim is correct, then moving your sights to center any particular "clump" will only mask the technique issue. And when you do shoot a correct shot, it will be "out" of the clump-...

IPshooter wrote:You're not firing down a tube. You're firing down a cone with the pointed end beginning at your shoulder.

Tell you what: If you have something that works for you, go for it. It's not worth getting into a "yes, it is, no it's not" argument.

Regarding the first paragraph, I don't think that's what they *are* saying. How many times have you heard someone explain hold like this? "Walk up to the target, put your front sight up almost touching the paper, and if you can hold your front sight wobble within the 10 ring, then you have a 1...

The reason I don't buy the parallel error story is because a pistol shooter's shoulder is a pivoting point with a relatively well defined terminating rotational end point. Stan, I think you may misunderstand what people mean by parallel error. They're not disagreeing with you about how people's arm...

I actually was serious about pizza, but turning more serious, one "outreach" activity I've helped with was a Scouting day at the range when I still lived in MA. We invited the local Boy Scout troops and they were welcome to pitch tents and play with knots (or whatever it is Boy Scouts do :...

Most competitions with paper targets are one shot per card so cards go backwards and forwards all the time. I think this is the difference between the US and Europe and the reason for the USAS rule allowing scopes. Airgun matches are nowhere near as popular as cartridge gun matches in the US, so th...

RobStubbs wrote:If you can get a well known shooter to come in and publicise that, that can also help.

Here in the US, the only shooters the general public ever hears about are the ones that kill themselves at the end of spree.

"USA 8.4.10.1A The use of telescopes not attached to the pistol to locate shots or judge the wind is permitted for all pistol events." Thank you, Tillman, for quoting that. Yes, I was being sloppy in my reference to "international rules." Here in the US, we think of shooting eve...

Pizza?

This last week, we started our air pistol league. It's an indoor 10m range with clothesline style carriers for the targets. Each week, it's 30 shots, two pellets through each target. It's a fun league and I enjoy it. All last season, I used a scope and I did get some funny looks because I was the on...

The error you call "parallel", sight picture wobble, is just an angular error with a longer radius, because the arm is moving in an arc, not parallel to the line of sight. Now we're back to the point that the two descriptions are equivalent but stated relative to differing coordinate syst...

Okay, now I understand your point: You're thinking about the literal case of having two targets, shooting through the first, into the second. We're talking past each other. I wasn't trying to address that. (I've never seen anyone line up two targets like that so as to care what would happen. :) But ...

Yes Nicole, But your shooting down the tube metaphor, displaces the concentricity of the two targets, causing the greater error on the nearer, smaller target. I'm not sure I understand your point. If the centers of both targets are at the same height and directly in front of the shooting position, ...

This would be true if it WERE parrallel error. But it isn't. You're facing the target pointing the gun at it. Any deviation from a 10.9 hold is an angular error, measurable in degrees, minutes, and seconds, whether caused by sight alignment or arm movement. That's true, if all you were concerned ab...

I can't understand the difference. The sight alignment and the primary hold are both angles of error. And both of them are multiplied by the distance to the target. Actually, no. I concede it's counter-intuitive at first, but parallel error is NOT multiplied by the distance. As long as your sights ...

Imagine extreme case of shooting as close as 1m. The sight alignment would not matter at all, and the primary source of error would be the primary hold. At 10m, or even more so at 50m we have exact opposite, where the sight alignment is of utmost importance compared to the hold. This is a pretty in...

I was interested to see how this question would be answered. One room that's 11 or 12 meters long (10m + space behind the line) is a pretty big room, bigger than a lot of folks might have, but I expected most people might be able to find some way, shooting through a doorway and down a hall or whatev...

Most of the stress on a compressed air cylinder is going to be when the pressure changes (especially when it changes quickly) because that's going to be when it expands slightly as it's filled, then contracts slightly as it's emptied. At a static pressure, the metal is in a static state as well. So,...

...and in most cases you can get a Therepeutic Use Exemption (not for beta blockers) if you are serious about shooting. Your National Governing Body should be able to tell you if you need one and advise on the procedure. Didn't we talk about this problem last fall? I'll have to remember to add this...

Hi Nicole, the list of prerequisites you mention is the list for a training councillor named Wendell Joust. He at least has a good website, but what he lists for prerequisites are his, not for the NRA's. Oh, my. Isn't that interesting. The TCs at my club were insisting these (and some similar pre-q...