Klem Wrote:......Several slow, measured and recorded groups. The last group was just for fun, as fast as I could reacquire the target BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG, holey-moley it was the tightest group of the day. Go figure!
Klem, O.K. I am just a newbie here and you are a chieftain, but I am fairly certain that I have been hunting more years than you have been on this earth, so here goes, we think too much about our shooting. About the last shot, the growing group, its getting late and the drive home, the only shot that matters is the one in the chamber that we are about to squeeze off. In the service I was taught to shoulder my weapon, acquire the sight picture, and fire in just two seconds, because even a rank greenhorn would not expose himself for more than 2 1/2 seconds. I frequently did better on the rapid fire stages than the slow fire because I thought too much about the sights, my breathing, my score, etc. and the longer I held up the shot, the more I wobbled.
Back in the Day, my Grandfather and I hunted for food. Not for trophies nor for the freezer, but for the table that night. Cheek weld, breathing, sight picture, and controlled, steady pressure on the trigger put more meat in the cook pot than any other technique. These days we get caught up with technology, fade equipment, and a host of other things that are counter productive to good shooting. Just relax, focus on the fundamentals, and shoot!