"don’t count your chickens before they hatch"

[Drdinglab]

today I had a chance to finally impress the others since I joined this club and...

...and that's when I learnt "don’t count your chickens before they hatch"

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lesson learnt....

[PirateJohn]

Just hold the target so your finger covers the 4.

[nmondal]

Dude.
I am like shooting for 3 years.. and I still get some occasional 4s if I do not concentrate.
That is the name of the game.
concentrate

[David M]

Ah arr… you need the Pistol Shooters book of Excuses, filled with 100’s of unique reasons.
One for every occasion…..

[william]

Ah arr… you need the Pistol Shooters book of Excuses, filled with 100’s of unique reasons.
One for every occasion…..

I've found that one suffices for almost every occasion:
"I suck at this game."

Once upon a time, in the running for a medal, I planted a solid 2 on my final string (because I suck at this game). A few spaces down the line, the guy who was positioned to displace me managed to shoot - get this - a 2 in his final string, which let me sneak in. I've always been grateful for other shooters having the same excuse as me.

[Drdinglab]

Ah arr… you need the Pistol Shooters book of Excuses, filled with 100’s of unique reasons.
One for every occasion…..

I NEED IT, WHERE CAN I BUY ONE? :D

[Gwhite]

The best excuse I ever heard was from a rifle shooter. He was competing in the US National Matches (Camp Perry), and was well ahead of all the other competitors (in rifle, that can be only 3 or 4 points...). He was shooting standing, and his last shot was at 6:00, out in the white. That immediately dropped him out of the running.

When asked what happened, all he would ever says was "My arches fell."

[FWB_700_Alu]

"It´s because Im just exausted! Last night I had to babysit kittens"

[atomicgale]

"there was a bug on the target . . . "

[Gwhite]

I've definitely had bug problems on free pistol targets. I take a shot, and a black spot appears WAY out in the white, decidedly not where I called it. On a good day, it will wander around & I know not to panic...

[David M]

Same here in free pistol.
Fire a shot,check it, a 3.
Then while watching the shot walks across to the 4 ring.
Then 5 ring and flies off.
The real shot was in the lower circle of the nunber 8, high.