This SMALLBORE Business
I trained hard and continuously, teaching myself to shoot well and I often wondered just what was this going to take. (For the fullbore prone shooters out there, try standing up with a 300m free rifle and see what I mean!) Yet, even a high prone standard is full of the intricacies that produce high scores, though far less, (FAR less) than what it takes to shoot well standing.
A difficult skating manoeuvre...
Have I lost you lot reading this?..... Probably, so forgive the comparison and let’s revert to the heading of Practice makes perfect and never have I seen a better example to write about!
So many shooters fall into the trap of expending huge amounts of ammunition to gain even that elusive single point, particularly in position shooting as I mentioned above. Say for instance we are shooting standing smallbore and chasing a personal best, (irrespective of what that level is) and suddenly find that this is a daunting prospect.
I know what it took for my own standing shooting to break into a level exceeding 350 points and even then, there was a long history behind the standard as I chased score levels above 320… then 330 points. (I hate even thinking about that as I write this!)
I sat in total awe of these blokes who shot scores in the high 370s continuously, and often came home dejected at yet another 348! (The amount of these I shot in my early years was astounding and, this was largely due to that at the time, my standard was as good as anything in Australia and was stuck on figuring it all out on my own.)
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Can you give me an idea - if you are suddenly confronted with a similar situation that this photograph depicts - of what are you working on here? (Please note, this is a prone photograph as well!) Just what did you achieve apart from wearing
Yet again we are comparing...
The heading of this article needs an understanding - please note the BOLD typed clarification really is entering the realm of ‘Mind Stuff’ I often write about and the attitude that encompasses this.
You see, perfected training really is a matter of attitude and awareness that, even though you are elbows deep in fired cases, the progress is just not happening. (See photo #2 and me with tongue in cheek…)
Lots of shooting is not the answer...
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