And so it begins!
I started my new draw December 2. Hopefully, it will be a little quicker. Today, I started my bucket work. I setup my portable target.
Since I changed my draw I needed to recalculate my target height. My new height was 46 inches. (47-45=2/15=.13*5=.66+45=45.66 rounded up to 46) Two lines one 2.5 inches low and one 2.5 inches high. This the same as shooting at 15 inch target at 15 feet.
First five shots:
Next five shots:
First 25 rounds on my new draw. A little low but I am not concerned it will come up over time. I am chunking data and learning how to move the new draw up into the target zone. I got 2950 more rounds to go. I am a high shooter normally in an event so starting low is better:
After this Shady and I did a Shady/Ruah Speed run. I hit 14 of 15 shots but grouping was poor. It will get better.
The point of the training system is to get your draw finalized and to get you to shoot from the subconscious. Once you get there, the mental toughness training will take you to being a tough gunslinger averaging 80%.
"Chunking and automation travel together on the march towards expertise."
The Sports Gene, page 14.
The point of the training system is to get your draw finalized and to get you to shoot from the subconscious. Once you get there, the mental toughness training will take you to being a tough gunslinger averaging 80%.
"Chunking and automation travel together on the march towards expertise."
The Sports Gene, page 14.
I know you like math, but I think you make it too hard. You came up with the formula when all sanctioned matches were shot at 21 feet so it was an accurate formula for that format. Now that we may be shooting sanctioned matches at 15 or 21 it is not quite as accurate. Because target center is now based on draw height of 39 1/2 anyone who does not have a 39 1/2 draw height has to change angle to hit center. Might I suggest to lower target center 1/2 inch per foot less than 21 feet and shoot to center. Be happier with under center than over. Center moves down 10 1/2 inches over 21 feet, but the bottom only moves up 1 1/2 inch. Food for thought.
ReplyDeletePossum, I can not follow what you are saying, our minds must run on different wave lengths. Since my muzzle height is now higher for me it is not very important but for a lower muzzle height it would be. Any way for a shooter that shoots enough he/she will get to know how much low he/she should be at different target distance. I guess it does make a difference what you shoot. If I do the calculation for 21 feet my target height would be 46.19 instead of 45.66. That reflects for me that Cal's calculation puts the 15 feet target about a inch low based on my muzzle height. Told you I was high shooter. What is important is that the new shooter know that to practice at 5 feet at 50 inch target or a 47 inch target will cause the shooter to shoot high. Unless of course he is tall.
ReplyDeleteThe formula you devised was designed for shooting 50 inches at 21 feet so the center of the target would stay on line from the individual draw height at whatever practice range. When the 15 foot target was added that set the angle from target center to target center, declining at the rate of 1/2 inch per foot. This was based on "average" draw height and worked out to 39 or 39 1/2, I don't remember which now. I know that nobody measured my draw height to calculate the "average" and I would be willing to bet nobody measured yours to put in the calculation so we'll just have to guess who is "average". My point is, I feel one should lower target center 1/2 inch for every foot closer than 21 feet and strive to hit just below center. I do my bucket work at 9 feet on a 24 inch target just because it is convenient, but the target is set 44 inches to center. If I was doing it at 5 feet it would be set at 42 inches. The part about preferring hitting below center is: Target diameter is reduced 1.14 inch every foot closer it comes to the shooter or .57 radius. Because the target is lowered .5 inch every foot closer, the top edge changes 1.07 every foot, but the bottom only changes .07. So practicing at 5 feet the top that would be a hit has moved down 17.12 inches while the bottom that would be a hit has moved up 1.12 inches. When you are ready, we can discuss why the top half of the target is bigger than the bottom half and farther away.
ReplyDeleteI sincerely mean that I have trouble comprehending the brilliance of your mind. Your simplification works for me with a 45 inch muzzle height especially because I use a 5 inch target area which gives a margin of error, it is like shooting 15 inch and 21 inch targets instead the actual sizes of 17 and 24. However, a shooter with a 29 inch muzzle practicing for a 21 foot match would be practicing to miss 50% of his /her shots. It is easy to calculate target height why not do it so that it is individualized. Your comment tells me you are practicing on the light. We do too. Generally we know on the target where the hits ought to be. Sometimes I will mark a coffee can lid circle where the hits ought to be. BUT true bucket work on cardboard without the light seems to really tune me up for a match assuming I figured the target area correctly.
ReplyDeleteI do not do "bucket work" on the light, I just use the target for convenience. My range is marked at 9, 12, 15, 18, and 21 feet. At 9 feet on a 24 inch target set at 44 inches I sometimes miss 3 shots out of 50, but they are close enough to see my misses and all the hits on greased steel are easy, kinda like the Camp wall, to see. During this adherence to Alleluia training I am not using the light at home, but club practice is on the light twice a week--weather and schedule permitting. I am also doing one, two or three sessions a day at 5 feet with a laser(practice until I'm worn out and results are getting wild then rest), my target is a switchplate. We will see if I have the mental toughness to stick to this plan. I hope so.
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