10m air pistol practice.

[Smithfire]

Morning peeps

What do you guys do in the way of training/practice when shooting 10m ap?

I feel the need to formalise my practice so the resulting cards are easy to score and are of a similar number each sesdion.

Do the NSRA shoot 4 shots per card and ISSF 5? I'm thinking of taking part in NSRA postal comps next year so I guess it makes sense to shoot 4 per target and get used to that course of fire/scoring. Ive also started to use a ISSF scoring app which is really interesting.

I think what I'm trying to get at is what do you think is the right amount of practice cards to shoot during a session so i can access how im scoring?

Thoughts on any of the above much appreciated.

Clive

[McTrucky]

A few things to consider:
It doesn't matter if you shoot 1,4, 5, 10 or 60 shots per card. They are all individual shots, so don't get hung up on that.

Scoring - best not to. I know we all want to record and measure performance - but what that does is focus you on the outcome. The outcome is a result of the process - so you need to focus on the process; and let the outcome take care of itself.
One way to embed that is NOT to score your training cards. Think more in terms of:
How each shot felt. Consistent feel? Recoil the same each time? How was the triggering? Follow through? Where do you think the shot went? etc etc

If you want to score - how about measuring group size? Shoot ten shots and how far appart are the widest two? Bring that down to 30mm and you'll be on the money. Down to 20mm and you can shoot 100s all day long ;-)

In terms of how many shots. How many will you compete at? 60 shot match is the norm, with say 15 sighters means you should be physically fit enough to to do 75 shots and 25 raises - so training 100 routines is good. But if you are not there yet, it is better to do 20 or 30 quality shots in training than to just throw lead down the range doing the volume. Work up to it.

Cheers
Alan

[Inspector 71]

Very good advice right there ^

[Smithfire]

Thanks Alan....some wise words indeed.

Clive

[BC312]

I have been practicing my pistol shooting with my Hammerli and find I tend to wobble a bit in the arm, are there any exercises to make the arm more steady.

[Inspector 71]

I find that 15 mins dry firing each evening helps with automating the address, raise, lower, aim, fire, follow through and hones repeatability.
It also helps to automate your breathing as you go through the cycle.

I wear similar clothes and boots to what I'd wear for the club along with my blinder to make the simulation as close as possible.

When I get to the club on a Sunday morning I warm up so much more quickly because the familiarisation is daily rather than weekly.

[mikehill]

I have been practicing my pistol shooting with my Hammerli and find I tend to wobble a bit in the arm, are there any exercises to make the arm more steady.

Just practice and it will improve.

[hwtyger]

I have been practicing my pistol shooting with my Hammerli and find I tend to wobble a bit in the arm, are there any exercises to make the arm more steady.

First make sure yr zero position is correct. If you correct from the arm you'll never be stable
Besides that, how/why did you buy yr hammerli? Cause it fitted you weight/balnce wise or cause it came by for the right $$$?
Most buy on second reason. Fine but than you'll never get yr position perfectly stable if the pistol doesnt suit you
Is it a wrist or arm issue? Mostly its a wrist issue (not fixating)
Regarding practice, nuff said above.