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- Mon Jul 30, 2012 12:32 am
- Forum: Olympic Rifle - Air and Smallbore
- Topic: Am I too old for a beginner?
- Replies: 12
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- Tue May 04, 2010 10:44 am
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: I fire too soon
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2724
Okay, those posts help me tremendously. Thanks. I have a question about point of aim. I hope this isn't considered thread drift. This is a target I shot this morning. When shooting at the bullseye, my shots seem really to like the 7 and 8 ring. This is frustrating to me, as I considered myself a goo...
- Sun May 02, 2010 10:07 am
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: I fire too soon
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2724
Re: I fire too soon
If I understand your post correctly, you are releasing your shot when the alignment is perfected, and you are not looking at the target - but rather the front sight - at the time the shot is released. This IS the correct way to shoot target pistol. Your brain is "going NOOO" because your ...
- Sat May 01, 2010 11:19 am
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: I fire too soon
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2724
Re: I fire too soon
Sorry for the wording. Yes, I'm firing despite knowing the sight picture is bad.joker wrote:
Does this mean that you are actually releasing a shot at this point?
- Sat May 01, 2010 9:23 am
- Forum: Shooters Lounge
- Topic: I fire too soon
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2724
I fire too soon
I'm just starting out in pistol, though I had the typical rural upbringing of always having a rifle at hand (I say that to point out I may have acquired many bad habits), and then had some rifle training with ROTC about 20 years ago. I find that I'm frequently depressing the trigger even though I kn...