TargetTalk

RyanA wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:50 am 573 97-96-95-93-98-94
Morini 162EI
CMP Vogel Match Pellets
Sub-6 hold (3 or 4 ring)
M-48
Suis HS-10 target at 10m

My scores this month and last were only 1 point off, but truth be told I had dipped down about 15 points for the last few weeks. I had to work hard to diagnose what was going wrong, making heavy use of SCATT. It seems I was struggling with the normal culprits either separately, or both at the same time:

1. Not focusing consistently on the front sight, but rather on the target (even if just for a split second) resulting in misaligned sights. Scatt would often show me a trace that was not centered on the middle of the target for the last 1 second or so (yellow portion of the trace is <=1 second, blue is<=250ms).
Poor sight alignment (Front sight too high):
PoorSightAlignment.JPG

2. Not trusting my hold, meaning that I even though I may have had my focus squarely on my front sight perfectly aligned in the rear sight, my subconscious was still seeing the target moving around and I was chasing it, resulting in poor trigger control. Scatt would show me trace centered on the middle of the target, but with a sudden jerk out into the 7 or 8 ring in the last 250ms(blue line). I had to re-train myself to get my sights aligned down in the aiming area and start smoothly pressing the trigger in order to get a surprise break, despite the normal wobble. This is counter-intuitive, but it sure does seem to work.
Poor trigger control:
BadTriggerControl.JPG

Both (front sight low and right, plus jerked trigger):
PoorSightAlignAndPoorTrigger.JPG

This shot is a good demonstration of how trusting your hold works. Here I was all the way out into the 8-ring within the last second and my brain and eye certainly noticed, but I stayed focused on the front sight, smoothly pressing the trigger and trusting the hold, resulting in a nice shot despite that wobbling.
TrustingTheHold.JPG

My screen shots look different than normal Scatt because I am using a program called ShotAnalyzer that combines the output from Scatt with the output from my electronic target. The advantage is that the "ball of yarn" is automatically moved to the true location of the shot.
Ryan

GeraldS1 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 3:42 pm 45 M
Walther LP400 carbon
Umarex pellets
Sub 6 o clock

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