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One of the most transformational things for my shooting, such as it is, happened a few years ago during a class run by Ricky Harris, retired SF team sergeant and damn fine pistol and rifle shooter/trainer.
At the beginning of his class he said “we are going to exploit your weaknesses”. The biggest eye opener (amongst all the others) during his 8 hour class was shooting at distance. A lot of 25 yard drills during the class, and 100 yards at the very end of the day, probably more for grins (or frowns, in my case) than anything else.
I was so disappointed in my “performance” the day after class that I was ready to quit shooting. Not because of the class, he was actually quite “gentle” with us, but because of what I learned about my abilities, or lack off. After about two weeks, I dusted myself off and determined my match scores (or defense capabilities) would never improve no matter how many matches I shot a month until I started devoting some range time to the weaknesses that were shown in that class.
As we’ve observed, good groups are not hard to make at 7, and 10 yards. At 15, 20 and 25 you start to see what your groups really are. And if confident, push it out from there. I like to finish range sessions at the steel bay where I can shoot at 40-50 yards when no one else is there. I don’t know if it accomplishes a thing, but it sure sounds good at the end of a session.
(Let me tell you, just because you can make most the shots at 40, doesn’t mean you can at 50 )
At the beginning of his class he said “we are going to exploit your weaknesses”. The biggest eye opener (amongst all the others) during his 8 hour class was shooting at distance. A lot of 25 yard drills during the class, and 100 yards at the very end of the day, probably more for grins (or frowns, in my case) than anything else.
I was so disappointed in my “performance” the day after class that I was ready to quit shooting. Not because of the class, he was actually quite “gentle” with us, but because of what I learned about my abilities, or lack off. After about two weeks, I dusted myself off and determined my match scores (or defense capabilities) would never improve no matter how many matches I shot a month until I started devoting some range time to the weaknesses that were shown in that class.
As we’ve observed, good groups are not hard to make at 7, and 10 yards. At 15, 20 and 25 you start to see what your groups really are. And if confident, push it out from there. I like to finish range sessions at the steel bay where I can shoot at 40-50 yards when no one else is there. I don’t know if it accomplishes a thing, but it sure sounds good at the end of a session.
(Let me tell you, just because you can make most the shots at 40, doesn’t mean you can at 50 )
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