CaptainMal
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If you were in the benchrest game and shot all 9's close together, you would be a winner.
What if you got 9?
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Whats the difference between a 9 on the right or a 9 on the left... by doing nothing and shooting the same shot you may get a confirmation 9. This isn't my strategy as i haven't done anything to change my outcome.
Was it a missed wind call
Was it a poorly broken shot. Never
- For elevation i will adjust and hold top of 10 ring. i don't leave the 10 ring elevation as this could be load related or all three shots maybe forming a group that needs to be centered.
- For windage holding into the 9 enough to get me inside the 10 ring. I am looking for point management and trying to shoot an X on the follow up shot in nice but my goal is to recover and shoot a 10.
I am more confident when i make decisive decisions
Cheers
Trevor
Was it a missed wind call
Was it a poorly broken shot. Never
- For elevation i will adjust and hold top of 10 ring. i don't leave the 10 ring elevation as this could be load related or all three shots maybe forming a group that needs to be centered.
- For windage holding into the 9 enough to get me inside the 10 ring. I am looking for point management and trying to shoot an X on the follow up shot in nice but my goal is to recover and shoot a 10.
I am more confident when i make decisive decisions
Cheers
Trevor
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Greg, I fixed it for ya.
DirtySteve
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It was a nice group though, right?
I don't play for X's unless I have it dialed in under mild conditions and my hold offs are under 1 1/2-2 rings rings. If I get an unexpected '9' I certainly won't chase the spotter and correct off of it (qualifier.....anymore
). I will check other targets, wait and watch mirage/flags and look for the tell that gave the '9' as best I can, and go off of the perceived condition that had me in the X ring earlier. If I get another '9' at that point I just blame the gun
.
I don't play for X's unless I have it dialed in under mild conditions and my hold offs are under 1 1/2-2 rings rings. If I get an unexpected '9' I certainly won't chase the spotter and correct off of it (qualifier.....anymore
Agree chasing the spotter is one technique. Based on what the ops asked it sounded like the condition was stable and his sighter shots went where they were expected than 9 one on
depending the what the shooter chooses coming off the line they will say...
1- I didn't believe my first on, so i followed up with a confirmation 9 or
2- I adjusted my first on and it shot right were i was aiming giving me a 9.
I like the 2nd point more than the first as i feel i have more control of the outcome
Cheers
Trevor
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ronsatspokane
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So an old friend of mine once told me that there are two kinds of boaters, those who have hit something and liars. I wonder if the same applies to dropping a point on the first shot when sighters were 10's or X's. I can only tell you that I am not a liar. 
RegionRat
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From Gary Anderson's recent CMP article on nerves during competition....
"A research project that compared the average values of all shots fired during a recent Olympic Games Shooting competition found that the first and last shots averaged lower than any other shots. Switching from sighters to record shots does cause additional anxiety, just as firing the last shot does when a good score is at stake. Athletes should establish a performance routine during the preparation time or sighters and then simply carry that routine forward into the first record shots. However, when making shots becomes difficult, for example on the first and last shots or when a good score is building, athletes must have a strategy for focusing on key performance factors (shot preparation and shot technique)."
So, if you are paying attention, you will notice that the odds of a first shot and last shot being a nine are often a little weird.
https://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploa...-A-How-To-For-Coaches-and-Junior-Athletes.pdf
"A research project that compared the average values of all shots fired during a recent Olympic Games Shooting competition found that the first and last shots averaged lower than any other shots. Switching from sighters to record shots does cause additional anxiety, just as firing the last shot does when a good score is at stake. Athletes should establish a performance routine during the preparation time or sighters and then simply carry that routine forward into the first record shots. However, when making shots becomes difficult, for example on the first and last shots or when a good score is building, athletes must have a strategy for focusing on key performance factors (shot preparation and shot technique)."
So, if you are paying attention, you will notice that the odds of a first shot and last shot being a nine are often a little weird.
https://thecmp.org/wp-content/uploa...-A-How-To-For-Coaches-and-Junior-Athletes.pdf
In golf, ( I know, I know ), a bogie on the first hole can force you to sharpen your focus and relax you as you've gotten it out of the way. OR, you can let it get in your head and the round spirals out of control. As an aside, If you get a hole-in-one you have to buy drinks. Go figure.
Joseph Cordeiro
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If your rifle had/has a flat water line in previous shots and you shoot a low or high 9 usually the air is not stable and a lot of times you can’t see it either. Typically elevation can happen on wind direction changes which if you watch the mirage you can pick up this change most often. Obviously there is an exception to every rule! I would not send a confirmation shot. I would wait a minute or 2 and let the condition stabilize, make another wind call and take the shot....
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