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Range Report: 1,500 bb’s
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 1:07 pm
by Sir Henry
I just finished a 1500 round can of bb’s in the last month. From that can and others I must be around 2,000 rounds. About three weeks ago all I did was shoot sun up to sun set and must admit I was getting good. Then projects got in the way and although I was still shooting I lost that magic.
Lately I’m concentrating more and getting better again. Concentration and discipline is what it takes. I’m not going to learn something that all of a sudden makes me accurate. I know what to do. I just need to do it.
In the next month I still have the laundry room to finish but will continue to shoot everyday.
Re: Range Report: 1,500 bb’s
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 10:43 pm
by BigAl52
Work will always be there but fun wont. Stop and take time for the fun it will not be there one day
Re: Range Report: 1,500 bb’s
Posted: Fri May 14, 2021 11:08 pm
by JEBar
if you don't have some already, it sounds like you could sure use a target with a BB trap ....
... once you have the fundamentals down, practice will bring them back .... congrats
Re: Range Report: 1,500 bb’s
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 9:46 am
by GFK
Sir Henry wrote: ↑Fri May 14, 2021 1:07 pm
I just finished a 1500 round can of bb’s in the last month. From that can and others I must be around 2,000 rounds. About three weeks ago all I did was shoot sun up to sun set and must admit I was getting good. Then projects got in the way and although I was still shooting I lost that magic.
Lately I’m concentrating more and getting better again. Concentration and discipline is what it takes. I’m not going to learn something that all of a sudden makes me accurate. I know what to do. I just need to do it.
In the next month I still have the laundry room to finish but will continue to shoot everyday.
True: practice, practice, practice. That is my hope as well. But as note, other things raise their head, in this thing called life.
Re: Range Report: 1,500 bb’s
Posted: Sat May 15, 2021 6:47 pm
by North Country Gal
Don't let other things raise their head. Shooting is doing, not thinking. Practice allows you to do every step on auto so you don't have to think, you just shoot. When you focus on one step out of all that are needed, you steal some concentration from the 100% you need on the sight picture. You miss. Sight picture, then give the metal command to shoot, then right back to sight picture. The trigger squeeze will take care of itself.
This clearing of the mind when you have the shooting routine down is why I find shooting to be such great therapy. Very much like my beloved mountain biking. If I think about anything but the trail in front of me, I pay the price. Sometimes it hurts, too.
Re: Range Report: 1,500 bb’s
Posted: Sun May 16, 2021 6:11 pm
by Sir Henry
North Country Gal wrote: ↑Sat May 15, 2021 6:47 pm
Don't let other things raise their head. Shooting is doing, not thinking. Practice allows you to do every step on auto so you don't have to think, you just shoot. When you focus on one step out of all that are needed, you steal some concentration from the 100% you need on the sight picture. You miss. Sight picture, then give the metal command to shoot, then right back to sight picture. The trigger squeeze will take care of itself.
This clearing of the mind when you have the shooting routine down is why I find shooting to be such great therapy. Very much like my beloved mountain biking. If I think about anything but the trail in front of me, I pay the price. Sometimes it hurts, too.
Muscle memory keeps my sights near target and it’s the discipline of pulling the trigger at the right time is where I usually fail. Stopping when I fail and restarting fresh 15 minutes later sure helps. The reward of a successful shot is another shot.
I’m not sure why pulling a weed or two in between helps. Sometimes I’ll ride my bike up the street and back, water or pull weeds for 10 minutes and then shoot for as long as I can stay on target. Then repeat the bike, weed, shoot routine.
I tend to have a two-day work week with five day weekends. I’m getting very little done but enjoying every second of it.