Hurt my hand this morning, but when I got past that, there were some good moments in this round. The overall score was down though. Still. Card 4. *heheheheh* 
Composite group, Round 8
43 + 37 + 43 + 45 +41 + 42 = 251
Cards after the break… Continue reading »
Wasn’t expecting great results from tonight; I planned to shoot round eight of the UCESSA air pistol match and then do some position work without kit (I figured, if I can do the left forearm right without kit, it’s definitely the jacket that’s causing the problem.
Of course, the morning before shooting a pistol match, I reach into my gym locker with my right hand and nearly tear off the thumbnail on the metal of the locker doorframe. Nice one. Spent most of the pistol match trying to find a thumb position that didn’t hurt. But maybe distraction works:
See, some days you eat the bear, and some days you don’t watch the sights and focus enough and the bear eats you while laughing at your six…
The position work was frustratingly good. I tried with my rifle, and every club rifle in the rack, from very old and heavy Walthers to FWB603s to FWBP700 Juniors. Every single time, the left elbow found the top of the left hip in the same place without thought and the left forearm was perfectly vertical. So I really am fighting that jacket badly, even after the surgery.
Thing is, until the gut’s gone, there’s little point in a new jacket – so everything is just waiting around for the gym to sort out the weight problem. Harumph.
There was a death in the family recently. Distracted during this shoot as a result, and it shows.
Round 7 composite group
37 + 42 + 45 + 45 +45 + 40 = 254
Score wasn’t bad, but the form is off 
Cards after the break… Continue reading »
So that’s round six down, and here’s the composite group of all shots fired to date:
UCESSA Air Pistol Postal 2010/11 Composite Group to Round 6
Not too horrible. Reasonably consistent, some fliers, but the bulk of the shots in the aiming mark, if a shade over to the right. I can live with that!
Strange one this round. Didn’t feel particularly good, in fact it felt a bit off, but it’s the highest scoring round so far. Probably because I didn’t run out of energy on the last two cards, but still, nice.
Cards and scores and card notes after the link… Continue reading »
Not a bad shoot, but could have been better. Turns out that shooting pistol (which depends on a smooth controlled trigger pull, especially with the lovely sand-filled feel you get from an old Baikal) and fingers numb from cold do not make a good mixture
The composite group for the round is still looking heavy on the trigger finger, but reasonably okay:
Round 5 Composite Group
Cards and scores and card notes after the link… Continue reading »
Thanks to the inclement weather (ie. the range hitting -16C at one point), I simply couldn’t get to the range for most of December; thankfully, the UCESSA made allowances in its rules for those of us who didn’t see that coming and so I’ve been able to catch up to where I should be over the last fortnight by shooting a round every time I went to the range for training. Things aren’t going too badly, the scores have been fairly consistent and the overall group for the past four rounds doesn’t have too many fliers or wierd patterns overall:
A little off-center to the high right. With lots of shots fired like this, this pistol target diagnosis chart is now of use:
So I guess I’m pulling the trigger a bit rather than pushing it straight back; but it doesn’t seem to be that pronounced, certainly not compared to the overall wobble in my hold. That wobble basicly just requires muscle tone and practice to fix; but to be honest, I’m not sure that’s something I’ll be doing – I do pistol for fun, I don’t really want to train at it as much as I do for rifle. A little shaving off the pistol grip under the pad at the base of my trigger finger might help a lot with the triggering – I notice I have to bend my finger back with my left hand to settle the pistol into the grip every time, and that can’t be right!
Anyway, here are the target scans and scores:
Good news for UCESSA pistol league shooters who’ve not been able to get within a sideways bump into the ditch of their ranges thanks to the weather:
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and the Members of your Club
Ulster Counties Winter Pistol Postal Leagues
Given the amount of snow that fell last month and that is now covering the UK it has meant that some people have been unable to get to their club to shoot their cards. We have therefore extended the deadline for scores. We would like you to have sent in Rounds 1, 2, 3 and 4 by the end of January 2011. This will also apply to those shooters from warmer climates.
For those of you who email your results to Des Clyde he is having problems with his internet service provider and therefore email address. Would you please resend your results and send all future results to the following address:
ucessa [ DOT ] leagues [ AT ] gmail [ DOT ] com
obviously replacing [ DOT ] with a . and [ AT ] with @Best wishes for the holiday season and good shooting
Stephen
UCESSA Secretary
I entered this year’s UCESSA air pistol postal earlier this year because I knew I probably wouldn’t get to shoot too many shoulder-to-shoulder air pistol matches for a while. The first two rounds are due in this month, so last night I shot the first round before rifle training:
So that’s 87 + 84 + 80 = 251/300. Not too horrible, and about where I’ve been in the past.
Of course, you have to have some way to spot cheating, so for this match, you stick stickers on the back of the cards before shooting (mind you, the glue’s not so good, so several of mine – 4/6 – were shot off and had to be stuck back on afterwards ):
More on this match as it goes on…
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