As I have now got a cheap pistol, I thought I would join in with my local clubs competition today.
Was shooting between 42 and 47 for the first 6 or7 cards. So thought, yeah go for it.
I did. Which is when my scores suddenly went down into the mid to high thirties. On the last few cards I had the hump so went back into practice mode and straight back into the forties again. GO FIGURE.

Still, am going to practice a bit more at home.
I will get that elusive 50