So today I enrolled in a local gun clubs High Power instructional clinic. Couldn't have picked a more perfect spring day to shoot, sun and clouds 60F ad just a very slight breeze. The first half of the day was positional instructional lecture and I took a lot of notes. Great instructors detailing and showing us the do's and don't and why. This is the things you just can't learn by reading on the internet. As for my shooting i't work in progress. I shot a 259-3X. I had to take quite a few "missed" shots as I was purposly shooting slowly in the rapids, and a few missed shots simply from arm fatigue. I had a fantastic instructor and he stressed over and over "shoot patiently for a quality score, not the spray and pray". As I expected my very poor eyes are holding me back. I used the loaner match aperture iron sighted AR and I struggled with identifying the black bull especially when I started sweating. I was there not for score but for the instruction and I definitely learned a lot. While i'm frustrated that I didn't do great I had understand that I was using unfamiliar equipment, in unfamiliar and uncomfortable shooting positions , and with bad eyes. I definitely shoot more comfortable with my rifle as it's fitted with a 1-4X optic and a sling that fits me perfect. Bottom line I had fun, learned a lot and look forward to getting into HP and becoming more "at one" with the rifle. Everyone seems to dislike the off hand relay but oddly that seems the relay I like best. My off hand NPA seemed to come easy where prone and sitting I struggled a lot to gain my NPA. The sitting relay really beat my body up as my back did NOT like bending way foward getting up on the sight but i'm sure with practice my muscles will stretch out.
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