Russ wrote:
Thank you Mr. Gerard for you input…..defiantly you have hidden agenda in your post.
Interesting also other questions You are extremely well informed for 3 month experience shooter ;)
Is anyone else having difficulties and same experience with concentration during first 3 month of practicing? For many shooters this is only learning stage my friend.
Or it can be related for heath issue and must be address to your heath practitioner.
Defiantly I’m not perfect to sell stuff. I’m willing to learn and speak with you on your professional language very soon.
Next time do not forget to add sticker price with NICE Olympic pistol ($2,000.00) it will look more appealing :)
Hidden agenda? Healthy issues? You leave me more puzzled still, which is somewhat of a surprise, considering that a good teacher must also, by definition, be a good communicator.
I have said very little about my skill level as a 3 month serious shooter. I bought a Gamo Center spring air pistol in November and played with a bit, then in late December decided to pursue more serious shooting discipline. Of course I realise that a recoiling 'sport' model air pistol is not viable in terms of significant advancement in this sport. I have modified the pistol in a number of ways, making a much more suitable custom grip, a metal foresight, re-machining the rearsight mechanism for greater stability (it rocked from side to side between shots), and other modifications to the trigger and truing the barrel, which was very crookedly manufactured. The pistol feels quite a lot better, and last week my averages went up to about 485, with a high of 502. In late December my best score was a 330 or, with about a 295 average.
So progress is made... and soon, once my average surpasses 500 dependably, I will allow myself to purchase an IZH-46m. I believe that the Gamo pistol so-modified is capable of approximately 540 scores with consistency, perhaps a little more, but with the bore being cut at about a millimetre crooked within the barrel and other problems mechanically, I am quite satisfied that it is not a seriously competitive pistol. I feel no need to purchase a $2,000 pistol at this time, nor do I imagine that I will even consider such a purchase within the next 5 years. From my readings it seems that the 46m is more than adequate to take me as high as I wish to go. My career as a luthier is central in my life, along with my role as a father and husband, and there is little likelihood that at age 49 I have an Olympic future.
If you think that I am 'well informed' it is primarily thanks to the many, many shooters and coaches who have seen fit to share their knowledge online. The member here v76, in another forum, has proven incredibly generous with his time and sharing of his stored files on various aspects including hardware and training and analysis. Many others have been similarly kind in sharing their knowledge, and I have spent quite a lot of my evening time after work reading all this. My understanding of the many elements required to become a more disciplined shooter has increased massively, compared to nothing at all in December. But of course I realise that there is a LOT of reading yet to be done, and that beyond this there will be years of inner work along with practice time and related physical training before I am able to consistently shoot 575 or higher scores. I look forward to this, as I am fond of difficult challenges. I may never get there, but intend to shoot a 575 at least, some day, and will probably enter the odd formal competition as time allows.
The 'hidden agenda' you speak of bothers me a lot, because it is simply untrue. Your own agenda in this thread was at first unclear. Through the course of your postings it has become much more apparent that you are seeking respect as a teacher, seeking business in the form of paid students, and I have no problem with this premise. What does concern me, and the reason I'm posting here, is that you are a bully. You cannot whip people into becoming your students. You will find that generally they will go elsewhere when they sense this is your attitude.
