Bullseye

Did you bring your desert hiking boots?

I’ve got a bit of a trek ahead.

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The rules of the Bullseye sport allow considerable latitude in equipment and technique. And there are certain items and practices that improve one’s ability to hit the center of the target.

In case you haven’t already found it, Brian Zins has written some excellent words on fundamentals on his website (link below).

I’ve been told that the mental techniques and skills for Bullseye and golf are much alike. And it’s certainly true that everyone is asked to hold down the talking and other extraneous noise so the participants in both sports can concentrate on their current “shot”.

I took a Newbie to the range yesterday. I let Jim shoot my 22, first with iron sights and then with the dot. As might be expected for his first time, he struggled with the irons but did better with the dot.

I occasionally take non-shooters to the range for their first experience with firearms. Over time, I’ve tended toward a similar sequence of presenting things but knowing the Bullseye community’s safety record, I decided to ask for their input as well. The following procedure benefits from the excellent suggestions of Fred, JC, Chuck, Sheral, Kent and George in the Bullseye-L email community, and from the shooters I meet on the line from whom I’ve learned many valuable and sometimes life-saving lessons.

I fired 2437-37X in today’s 2700.

That’s 90.26% for 270 of the 360 record shots I need to advance to Outdoor Expert.

In Bullseye, you will be scoring your neighbor’s target, writing that score on both the score card and also the target, and then moving to your target to check the score you were given by your other neighbor.

Sunday came with high hopes but that’s as far as it went.