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Oh man! - It's so easy to put shots on the wrong target in the 1500...I did 3 last time and 6 the time before; and am determined not to do it again.

I'm struggling with the 50m stages too - someone suggested getting hold of a target and shrinking it down for practice at 25...I'm going to give it a try.

Are you going to the National Championships in August?

I reduce targets to 1/2 size and practise on them
Ive recently spent hours and hours practising fast loading the marlin and its now paying off as i struggle badly with 10 and 15m stage
Only shot it once grcf did 1470ish with 1 shot missing.
Will be going to nationals and also theres a great 1 day event in september. Slg bisley event. Cheap and reasonably quiet event. Great chance to shoot for low price and watch the top boys.

Aye me and Mike will be there for more happy times
Yeah gotta work on the 50m esp the kneeling,just cannae seem to be able to hold steady.
Prob give the centrefire a miss,too much to squeeze into two days.

Tony-c wrote:also theres a great 1 day event in september. Slg bisley event. Cheap and reasonably quiet event. Great chance to shoot for low price and watch the top boys.

Cheers; I'll have a look at that

mr smith wrote:Aye me and Mike will be there for more happy times

Masochists! :lol:

I've got a club TR shoot on the Sunday, so have been thinking about what to do...I might have another crack at the 1500 in small-bore, and few others (got to improve on my CF 295 T&P1 at the Phoenix) on the Saturday and make a weekend of it...

Dougan wrote:

mr smith wrote:Aye me and Mike will be there for more happy times

Masochists! :lol:

I've got a club TR shoot on the Sunday, so have been thinking about what to do...I might have another crack at the 1500 in small-bore, and few others (got to improve on my CF 295 T&P1 at the Phoenix) on the Saturday and make a weekend of it...

The only way to improve is to practice and eliminate bad habits. In the pistol days I used to shoot around 1000 to 1500 rounds per WEEK to maintain my standard. The biggest problem was finding a range to regularly shoot 50 yards. The Yanks have 50 yard ranges in their back yards and could easily do 1000 rounds per DAY - sponsored of course!
BTW the best I ever shot was a 1473 - I never did get to high master, despite a LOT of effort.
PP1 score average was 299 and an occasional 300.
For the short range, rapid fire sections you might consider a light weight boolit and a low load - I used a Lee 105gr SWC and 2.2gr Viht 310. I also used to adjust my sights to aim low and aimed at the centre of the number 9 so as to avoid my eye being dragged to the boolit impact point.
Keep plugging away. :cool2:

I'd be ecstatic with a 1473! - I'm aiming for a 1450... a hundred bulls-eyes out of a hundred and fifty would be a good achievement...

About T&P1 CF - The previous 2 Phoenix meetings I shot a 299...no problems with the 15 and 10m sections; but dropping 1 in the first detail...very frustrating when you can put 24 in the 10 ring when practicing :cool2: - This years' 295 really p*** me off, but it could well be because I didn't practice CF much due to concentrating on SB (as a new discipline)...as you say; practice makes perfect...