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by gandalfpc
Sun Jun 28, 2009 5:56 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Drills to Eliminate Wild High Shots and Shooting too Fast
Replies: 40
Views: 7750

Try shooting at the blank side of the target - aim in the same zone your normally do - just like dry fire on a blank wall, lift settle, focus on maintaining perfect sight alignment until shot goes off you will likely see very nice groups - better than you do when there is a target - this is due to t...
by gandalfpc
Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:54 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Drills to Eliminate Wild High Shots and Shooting too Fast
Replies: 40
Views: 7750

assuming you are not jerking the trigger when you see "perfect sight alignment" and are letting the shots go off by a steady application of pressure - you should be able to tell your hold area from your error shots easy enough - shots in your hold area will be evenly distributed (the more ...
by gandalfpc
Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:39 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Drills to Eliminate Wild High Shots and Shooting too Fast
Replies: 40
Views: 7750

I'm going to go way out on a limb here looking at your last two targets, but I would say that your hold is better than you think it is - in the area of the small group just above the bull - and that the shots below the bull are due to your chin dropping or arm tiring (if the hold on those was to lon...
by gandalfpc
Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:34 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Drills to Eliminate Wild High Shots and Shooting too Fast
Replies: 40
Views: 7750

not sure, but needing to shorten the first stage (I am guessing because pulling through it was throwing off your sights) seems to point to a less than perfect "straight back" trigger pull If taking up the first stage throws the sights I give it a second try, straight back - I abort if I fa...
by gandalfpc
Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:47 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Drills to Eliminate Wild High Shots and Shooting too Fast
Replies: 40
Views: 7750

I have also found it helpful to think of every shot as dry fire - the Matrix told us there is no spoon, I say "there is no pellet" :) After shooting and thinking of it as dry fire I found it easy to have good follow through - no need to look at the target since it was "dry fire",...
by gandalfpc
Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:31 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Drills to Eliminate Wild High Shots and Shooting too Fast
Replies: 40
Views: 7750

I have recently overcome the same problem - after eliminating errors of high shots caused by poor follow through (looking up at the target as soon as the shot was fired) I was left with several poor shots that were simply caused by shooting too early, before I had settled into a minimum arc of movem...
by gandalfpc
Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:38 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: What do Olympians use
Replies: 14
Views: 4193

pellet choice will depend upon two things - the exact barrel diameter, which will vary even on two guns of the same model - and on the shooters preference - but the choices will pretty much always be one of the high quality match pellets - H&N Finale, R10, Meisterkugeln, Vogel - any pellet that ...
by gandalfpc
Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:49 pm
Forum: Youth Shooting Programs
Topic: laser training
Replies: 2
Views: 1956

training with laser

This refers to using a laser aiming device as a display of your hold area - used to build confidence in your hold. simply attach the laser to your pistol or rifle and do some dry fire on a target - you will see both where your hold area is (and how small or large your range of motion is) - you can a...
by gandalfpc
Mon Jun 22, 2009 12:30 pm
Forum: Olympic Pistol
Topic: Shooting Glasses - Use and Adjustment
Replies: 1
Views: 1079

Use and Adjustment of Shooting Glasses

Here's what I have found: ISSF Pistol Shooting - setting up glasses. by Jim Cruise 2005: http://www.qapsa.org/files/glasses.doc For the tinkerer: make your own shooting glasses: http://www.jarviser.co.uk/jarviser/orthoptic.html Champion shooting glasses FAQ: http://www.precision-sports.com/qchamp.ht...