Brian Zins

In the first relay, James Henderson’s early start at one point back and then dogged persistence combined to earn him a two point edge in the overall 22 championship – but again, that’s only for the first relay. Jim finished at 890-58X, two points ahead of Philip Hemphill and Robert Park at 888-47X and 888-43X.

It looks like the first relay’s Slow Fire results are posted (see match #135 here.

The scores from the NRA Practice Match are posted (see here and click #111) and Jim Henderson is the winner with an astonishing 891-56x.

The NRA Blog is updated as much as a couple of times per day with the goings-on at the Camp Perry National Championships this week (July 13-18, 2009).

Before

The Desert Midwinter competition for 2009 Conventional Pistol begins today with a 900 for service pistols.

Steve Reiter, national champion Bullseye shooter many times over, is a stack of rocks.

Brian Zins has won the US national bullseye (Conventional Pistol) competition at Camp Perry Ohio more times than most of us have shot Xs in a single target. Understandably, when Brian speaks, bullseye shooters listen.

For Bullseye 2700s that last all day (typically 8:30AM to about 3:00PM) I have adopted a very specific diet. Several other local shooters seem to do about the same and also Brian Zins, the seven times US pistol shooting champion from whom I’m admittedly borrowing much of this advice, has mentioned a very similar diet for the day of competition. Please note, however, that I’ve adapted all this to the perceived dictates of my own metabolism. (YMMV.)

Shooting, I’m beginning to suspect, is like riding a bicycle. Intellectually you know what you have to do but as long as you have to think about it, you’re gonna crash.