The first competition of the year.

I’ve had this happen to me at 200 yards with the 3 inch  (1.5 MOA) X ring on our Military Short Range (SR) target, shots all around the periphery but none in the X ring.  It’s frustrating.  It’s usually because of not getting in a position for a natural point of aim (NPOA) and subconsciously muscling the rifle to get sight and target alignment.  

To determine if your position is at the NPOA, close the shooting eye for a few seconds, fully relax, then open your eye and see where the sights are pointing.   If the sights are not at your desired point of aim, move your body around your left elbow a bit at a time to correct the NPOA, but don’t move that left elbow!  You adjust elevation by very slight movements of your body forward and backward, correct lateral POA errors by rotating your body around the left elbow. I do this on my toes, very slight adjustments. 

Good thing you found the broken extractor spring now and not during the match!  One of the guys shooting our first match of the season on Saturday had the hammer break on his AR during the last stage of the match (600 yds prone slow fire). 

The target is reduced for the 200 metre range from the usual 300 metre IRS target. 

Looking forward to the next competition on our normal targets and hopefully some better scores!

First time of the year is always poorer than the rest. Its just lack of practice.

I never feel "comfortable" the first time out of the gate until at least an hour has passed I& it all just fits into, place again.

Our club has organized regular practice sessions through the winter, which have been a lot of fun and well attended.

I've improved and thoroughly enjoy the Itaca/Colt 1911A1.

We have one member that is a very good pistol shot. But he prefers shooting two handed. Which is possible for the Military Vitesse and the Gong's. However he is not as comfortable shooting one handed for the Precision stage which requires shooting single handed. I have always preferred shooting one handed.

So it's been very close in the Precision practice, usually he is beating me by a couple of points.

But last time out I shot an 81, to his 80. Which was very satisfying! This a C50 target at 25 metres.

I have been struggling a bit with the gong's, but he's been helping all of us improve.

Last practice is next Saturday morning, then the competition in early April.