Quote Originally Posted by red bob View Post
my latest adventure/challenge with bill and ben ;the hurricanes i use in the 6yd comp has shown me quite clearly that despite their relative shortcomings
in this kind of discipline ;they are capable of better results than my present ability.at the start which was more of a challenge due to having to change to l/h i was struggling to stay consistently in the black.i had to get out my orig6 to bolster my confidence that i could be better,but taking the bit between my teeth i made a point of shooting a practise card almost every night .then a moment came when i realised that instead of relying on a precise two stage quality trigger to assist in a clean unstressed let off.by instinct i changed to a slow but consistent pull which enabled my grip to allow for the pull on the trigger ,keeping the sight near steady on target.ive now started to make my target discs smaller than the comp disc to create a further challenge as i realised that i was getting a bit lazy,"o well its in the black good enough"attitude. i have managed now to stop using my trgt dedicated pistols for what is a placebo effect on my lack of shooting discipline ie trying to run before i could walk so to speak. im now looking forward to using my target pistols to their true effect having demonstrated to myself that to really improve its a good idea to overcome the challenge of more demanding pistol to get the most of a more sophisticated one.
Give this method a try - it has been perfected by Hares Ear and as far as I am concerned it represents the purest form of target pistol shooting discipline and is just about as close as it can be to my own time proven technique:


Here's my method of shooting a pistol......words by Hares Ear.

Tip ten pellets onto the top of the target changer unit
Cock the 65 and shove a pellet up the spout.
Shuffle my feet about until I'm facing about 20 degrees to the left of the target.
Take a deep breath, and hold it.
I grip my 65 that tightly the circulation to my fingers ceases.
I Lift my 65
Point it at the target
Take up the first stage
Then unlike any one in the Airgun Magazines, I shut one eye. (incidentally something I do with any rifle or pistol that requires a steady aim)
By now, my lungs are bursting.
I then focus on the target, not the foresight.
By now my face is turning blue.
At some point, my foresight passes through the black part of the target. When it does I jerk the trigger.
If the pellet lands in the black, I'm chuffed to bits.
I now start to breath again, panting like a chap on 60 woodbines a day.
Drop the pistol to the bench
Repeat the above another nine times

I absolutely love this contribution from Hares Ear and it is always good to read it again.